Iron burns on carpet happen from time to time.
Burnt carpet with iron.
Replacing the carpet or calling in the professionals can be costly but with a little care and patience annoying burn marks can be removed from the carpet for good.
Things needed to fix a carpet burn caused by an iron.
No matter how it happens it will leave a very noticeable black mark.
You may be ironing quickly and the iron slips out of your hand or you set the iron onto the ironing board and it accidentally falls onto the carpet.
Use the x acto type knife to carefully cut out the burnt area of carpet without cutting into the padding.
There is a solution to repairing it.
If you accidentally cut the padding it will need to be removed and patched with the same process as the carpet repair.
If your carpet has a pattern make sure it exactly matches that of the burnt section.
Using a carpet blade to shave damage from a carpet.
As we re rushing about our busy days frantically trying to get everything done accidents tend to happen right.
Iron burn stains on the carpet can be removed using supplies from your home and the hardware store.
You can also place something heavy on it for awhile to flatten it a little.
So whether your carpet burn is from an iron that has decided to kamikaze off the ironing board a heating appliance that prefers curling carpet to hair or a runaway cigarette.
Using a carpet blade to shave damage from a carpet.
Coit s guide to removing burn marks from carpet.
And no it s not setting up a little plaque and declaring it modern art.
1 roll of double sided adhesive carpet tape 1 razor knife 1 iron to use heat to adhere the new carpet to floor 1 towel or similar cloth 1 comb for brushing carpet.