How to repair a burnt carpet?

neter

Hello, my carpet is burnt, Can you please guide how can I fix this which tools do i need. Thanks

Jewelleryrescue

If that carpet is truly melted together down deep there is not a lot to help that spot.

1 , Cover the spot with rug.

2 Try using a kitchen fork and hold it upright and try to rake the fibres free from each other if they lightly fussed. So scuff up the melted patch it may work If only top fibres lightly fussed the carpet will never look as good again sorry to say. If the carpet responds and starts fluffing up again you may end up with some pilling (little balls of fluff on top of the carpet) after wards use a face shaver and shaver the pilling off gently evenly. Some times work in case of fresh glue dropped too or chewing gum.

3 Last ditched effort not for the faint hearted this may ruin your carpet 100% and maybe better to leave melted spot until the time you replace carpets.

If you have spare carpet of the same (I burnt the carpet black in a hand size spot as a kid science experiment gone wrong I thought my parents would kill me lol) So I used a fresh super sharp box type cutter and cut out the burnt section of carpet in a square shape is easiest. I then laided out the cut out bit on the spare carpet matching the pattern position too and cut a 2mm larger all round new carpet patch and glued it in with araldite fluffing the edges together know one ever noticed todate I could see it though Gulp. , The slighly larger size sprung out wards making a neat compressed fit to carpet surrounds.

Akanksha

Sorry to hear about your burnt carpet, @neter. Our resident Bunnings D.I.Y. expert @MitchellMc will also be happy to provide some advice as soon as he can.

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Akanksha

MitchellMc

Hi @neter

If you are looking for a seamless repair, then that's a job for a professional. They'll be able to take a piece from somewhere else, like a cupboard, and cut out the damage and glue in the new section.

It's possible to do this yourself, but it's a little difficult to match the pattern and your repair will likely be noticeable.

Mitchell

Dave-1

Afternoon @neter

Ouch! 😕 Thats about all that I can say.

I have melted my nylon carpet to a sheet of plastic by leaving a 1500 Halogen flood light sitting on the floor when I was painting one time.

The carpet wasnt as compressed as your instance is but I did manage to fix it by using a brand new blade of a safty knife and giving the carpet a hair cut just below the melted part.... Not confidant it will work in your instance but could be used as a last resort.

Slow and steady and maybe practice on a piece of spare carpet you may have to get a feel for it.

Dave