Carpet repair?
Question:I have a small spot on my carpet where bleach spilled and took out the color. What is the easiest, cheapest way to have that repaired without removing the entire carpet?
Answers:
buy a rug
cut out that section of the rug and put in a new piece of carpet.
A carpet installer can cut a piece from under something and switch it into the bad place. They put a glue piece under it and it stays attached.
Use Permanent Colored Magic Markers.
If you have the same carpet in an inconspicuous place (like under a sofa, or in a closet) take a sample of the carpet from there. Cut out the bleached spot and insert the carpet sample. You may want to use some tacky glue to hold down the sample so it doesn't move or get sucked up into vacuum.
If you don't have an inconspicuous place to get the carpet, take the bleached area (leaving the real color around the edges) and take it to a carpet store. They might be able to give you a carpet square that you can use in the technique mentioned above.
Good luck!
Trying to color it back is just impossible, it never turns out right. I would either use a razor blade and cut off the offending strands and hot glue some strands taken from a closet or hidden area, but that might not last in a high traffic area.
Or else take a sample to a carpet supplier and get a piece big enough to make a patch, cut out the stained area in a circle, trace the cut out area onto the back of the new patching carpet, and then hot-glue it back down into the hole.
You can buy RID dye at walmart for like $4.00. I guess it's depending on what color carpet you have because they don't carry a lot of colors in this dye. You can also use permanent marker if the spot is small. You can get a pint of house paint from walmart and match it up to your carpet, but make it a tad bit darker than your carpet. Mix the paint with some water - maybe half water half paint and rub it into your carpet.
I do this with rug when I want to dye them. Just a few suggestions.
Cut it out in a square and replace it with a matching piece from an area that is underneath a chair or furniture thats not going to be moved. Make sure that the pile or weave of the carpet runs in the same direction on both bits of carpet for a seam free repair. stick it down firmly, making sure that you tuck any ends under so that these wont catch when you vacuum.
I've had this happen to my carpet and what I did was pull straight up on the carpet fibers until some color returned and clipped it off right at the point the bleach stopped stripping the color out of the fiber. This will work if you only spilled a small amount on your carpet and did not rub it to the backing. This also works for melted fibers when something hot like a light bulb is dropped on the carpet. I'd also try and match the color with felt tip pens. Try this on a piece in a closet or behind a door or a scrap piece left from installation. Naturally if it is very expensive carpet or in a spot that is very conspicuous it have it professionally repaired. $$$$$$$$$
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