How To Repair Carpet By Floor Edge

Patching a pile rug that's damaged or stained tin can renew its look. Fixing damaged pile carpet with a patch is cheaper than replacing a whole carpet. Simply cut out the damaged or stained spot and add a section of matching carpet. When patching a pile carpet, make certain that the nap in your patch runs in the same direction as the balance of the carpet or it'll stick out like a sore thumb.

Get together your tools: Carpet remnant, roll of double-sided carpet tape, tube of seam adhesive, putty pocketknife, utility pocketknife, T-square.

Gather your tools: Carpet remnant, roll of double-sided carpet tape, tube of seam adhesive, putty knife, utility knife, T-square.

Instead of a utility knife, you could purchase a special carpet tool called a cookie cutter. Twist the cookie cutter back and forth to cut through the remnant and damaged carpet at the same fourth dimension.

Position your carpet remnant over the damaged expanse.

Position your carpet remnant over the damaged area.

Be sure to line up whatsoever pattern in the carpets.

Cutting through the remnant and the stained carpet at the same fourth dimension.

Cut through the remnant and the stained carpet at the same time.

If you are using the utility knife, apply the T-foursquare to help y'all cut a foursquare through both carpets that is slightly larger than the stain. Be sure to motion the pile to one side or the other so that you don't stop up cut the pile in half.

Remove the damaged carpet.

Grab concord of the carpeting's nap to pull it straight out.

Set the patch loosely in the hole.

Don't record down the patch withal! Y'all need to set it in the hole showtime to check the direction of the pile.

Push the nap in one direction to test the nap.

Compare the look of the patch with the rest of the flooring. If there is any departure in color and blueprint, the patch is facing the wrong management.

Reposition the patch and push the nap again.

Proceed repositioning and brushing the nap until the patch blends with the rest of the carpet.

Remove the patch and squeeze seam agglutinative on the edges.

Remove the patch and squeeze seam adhesive on the edges.

Applying seam adhesive to the border of the pile carpet patch will foreclose the loops and strands from unraveling. Be certain to let the adhesive dry out.