How to fix burnt carpet?

[radhikary]

 

 

  My bedroom carpet got these burns from Sage accidentally. I dont want to change my entire carpet right now. Can anyone help me by telling how can i do a easy fix please 🙏🏼 

[Dave-1]

Good Morning @radhikary 

No easy fix I know of, once nylon burns like that its hard to come back. Possible, but hard depending on the burn.

You could use an extremly sharp stanely knife blade (carefully as you will be holding the plade in your hands) and give the carpet in those burnt sections a haircut. I mean a very close to the burn haircut. You may still end up with burnt sections for the deeper burns but the shallow ones you might get away with. 

Come in at a very shallow angle with the blade, make slow passes diagonally with the blade at just under the burn mark itself. You wnat to save as much carpet as possible.

I melted plastic to my carpet floor while painting when i was using a 1500W Hallogen light so I could see all marks... Whoops.

I managed to get the plastic and nylon removed without too much difference to the carpet. (It was a blue carpet) 

Other then that check the bottom of built in wardrobes and see if they have carpet in them that match. Then cut a square and switch. You may still see the cut line tho.

Dave

[MitchellMc]

Welcome to the Bunnings Workshop community @radhikary. It's wonderful to have you join us, and many thanks for your question about repairing carpet.

It's great to see you've already recieved some helpful advice from @Dave-1.

Those burns are definitely repairable, but this is one of those situations where a professional carpet repairer is absolutely the best option. The type of fix you need is called a carpet “plug” or “patch”, and when it is done properly it is almost invisible. A repairer will take a spare piece of matching carpet from an inconspicuous spot, usually inside a wardrobe or under a piece of built in cabinetry, then cut out the damaged section and replace it with a perfectly matched piece. The trick is not just cutting a neat square and gluing it back in. The pile direction has to match exactly, the edges have to be feathered so the fibres blend, and the patch needs to be heat bonded so it sits flat and looks continuous.

It is technically possible to do this yourself, but it is a lot harder than it looks, and a small mismatch in pile direction or height will make the repair obvious. Since the rest of your carpet looks to be in good condition, it is worth investing in a proper repair. A specialist can usually complete it quickly and leave you with a result that you would never notice unless you knew where to look. 

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Mitchell
 

[Noyade]

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