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Help - burn on carpet!!
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I have just realised that either my daughter or myself has burned her brand new carpet (with either the hairdryer or hair straighteners). This has left a mark about 1 inch across where the carpet fibres have all matted together with the heat. Is there any way this can be repaired? I have hidden it under a rug so that my husband doesn't see it yet!!
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Here are some suggestions:
a. Ask the shop where you bought the carpet.
b.Do you have any offcuts of this carpet? if so you could use a very sharp Stanley knife to cut out the burn, use it as a template to cut a matching piece from the off cut and then glue the new piece into the hole. You need really strong adhesive and a second person to hold the gap open so that fibres from the original carpet do not stick to the underside of the patch. I have done this in my daughter's room with good results.
c.On a long pile carpet it might be possible to just cut off the ends of the burnt fibres
Failing that leave the rug where it is!
Good luck.
a. Ask the shop where you bought the carpet.
b.Do you have any offcuts of this carpet? if so you could use a very sharp Stanley knife to cut out the burn, use it as a template to cut a matching piece from the off cut and then glue the new piece into the hole. You need really strong adhesive and a second person to hold the gap open so that fibres from the original carpet do not stick to the underside of the patch. I have done this in my daughter's room with good results.
c.On a long pile carpet it might be possible to just cut off the ends of the burnt fibres
Failing that leave the rug where it is!
Good luck.
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