my daughter knocked the iron of the ironing board and has burnt the carpet. the colour of the carpet is a biscuit colour . please can any one help any ideas ?????
I hope no one was hurt by the hot iron. As others have mentioned, your options are somewhat limited, with regards to a burn. Synthetic carpets tend to not only 'burn' but also melt... so its not likely that it can be shaved off...the damage will be too deep. If you have a section of this carpet in a closet, then your best approach is to have someone use that piece to 'patch' the burnt portion. The process isnt terribly difficult, but it does take some skill, and a seaming iron. Any carpet fitter that has done seams, or patterns, could do this for you. Basically, a piece (larger than the burn) will be cut out of the closet portion, then lay it over the burn (being careful to line up the fiber/weave direction), cut through both pieces of carpet with a straight edge, and very sharp knife, apply hot melt carpet tape to the edges of the hole (to the underside of the carpet, hehe), and finally, insert the patch, and heat the seams with the iron. Someone who has had practice at this can make an almost invisible patch. Another idea might be to simply toss a decorative throw rug over the burn for the time being, or rearrange the furniture, hehehe. About the only other thing to be done would be to replace the entire carpet in the room, and if the carpet is very old or worn, then that might be a good idea anyway.... it is difficult to get a good patch on worn carpet. Good Luck
Kick your daughter out. Don't think there is much you can do unless you have a off cut off of the carpet. Then you can cut out where your knees have burnt the carpet oh sorry i mean the iron, then cut a piece out of the off cut of the carpet then patch it as this is what i had done before and you couldn't notice it that much but that maybe because a friend did mine but he is a carpet fitter..
if u have carpet in a closet then u can take a small piece from there where in won't be noticed and try to put in in the area that is damaged.....maybe use a liquid nail type glue which is found in the painting section of the hardware store
Cut out a piece of carpet in the closet and replace the burnt spot using some glue on the back of the carpet.
