Carpet Burns

beefcarrot

You can sometimes cut a circle out from under a sofa or somewhere else hidden, and use that to replace the damaged bit... depends on how big the area is & where it is though.

kippers

I'd look into claiming on your insurance too if it's too awful to live with...i do feel for you as carpets are so expensive

Pitlanepiglet

You'd need to have "accidental damage" cover for the burn to be covered and frankly for most of us that's pretty pricey cover (for a MSE'er!)

I'd go for a rug personally!

Depending on how long the strands are (I can't think of a way to say this properly?!) you can shave the very ends of the strands off to take out the burnt patch.

Ben84

Sounds like you have a plastic fibre carpet, so it isn't really burnt but rather partially melted. If this is the case then there isn't anything to clean it with, you'll have to live with it or patch it. Patches can work well and be invisible. They work best on deep pile carpets with patterns.

Depending on the value of the carpet, you might want a professional to do the patch. Alternatively, if you can get hold of an old carpet practice patching on that before you do any DIY patching.

You'll need some double sided carpet tape to stick the edges of the carpet and the patch down, and a sharp craft knife. Use a template, something solid you can cut around, like a cake tin. Circles are better, square patches are difficult to work with. It helps to have an extra pair of hands to hold it firmly while another cuts. We used a cake tin that you can take the bottom out of, that way we could cut out the damaged circle from the inside edge and the patch from the outside edge, which made it very slightly bigger so it fitted tightly with no obvious gaps. Try to only cut the backing and not any of the fibres.

Pink.

Hi little light,

The replies on this thread may help:

Carpet Burns

I'll add your thread to that one later as it helps to keep the suggestions together.

Pink

David333

I'm not too sure that this is the best place to post this; nor am I sure whether anyone can help. I was ironing, dropped the iron onto the carpet, and picked it up quite quickly. Anyway, what's happened is that now the carpet has a slight burn mark on (which I can cover up with a chair) and my iron has lots of carpet kind of attached to it. I've tried wiping it but don't really know how to clean the iron... . Any ideas?! Thank you... .

spendingmad

Try letting it cool and cleaning with a green non-scratch scouring pad?? I clean my iron with a green pad in it has done it no harm,

Although tonight my iron will not get hot - so will have to get hubby to look at it later - may just be the fuse has blown!

Hope it comes clean and sorry about your carpet!

David333

spendingmad wrote: »

Try letting it cool and cleaning with a green non-scratch scouring pad?? I clean my iron with a green pad in it has done it no harm,

Although tonight my iron will not get hot - so will have to get hubby to look at it later - may just be the fuse has blown!

Hope it comes clean and sorry about your carpet!

Thanks! I shall try that... . I was a little worried about scratching it, although it's not exactly useable at the moment! Thanks again!

busiscoming2

Something that works when you get burnt bits on the iron is: place a brown piece of paper (I use an old large brown envelope) on the ironing board and pour a small amount of salt on about 1-2 teaspoons and iron away, it is the abraisiveness that removes the burnt bits I aasume. Works for me.

ashlea170706

hi can anyone help please i knocked my iron of the ironing board onto my carpet and its scorched it i really need to get rid of it as its rented accomodation can anyone suggest a way to get rid of it please if there is any! thanks ash x