Simply tape off a square.
Light patch on carpet.
How to patch carpet.
Carpet patching is a simple system of carefully cutting out the damaged area and replacing it with a patch of donor carpet of the same size.
Spills cigarette burns and other mishaps can ruin a small area of wall to wall carpeting making it necessary to remove.
Place a narrow bead of carpet seam glue along the perimeter of the cutout.
Align the arrow on the patch with the direction of the fibers in the rest of the carpet and stick the patch down firmly onto the disk.
Turn your carpet cutout to make its bottom side face up lay it onto the new piece of carpeting and cut out the patch along the old carpet piece s sides.
Skipping the patch kit.
Because the donor area is filled in either with a piece of remnant carpet or is left unrepaired carpet patching is considered to be imperfect but a net overall improvement.
Instead of hiding a bleach spot on the carpet repair it with a dye pen or fabric dye.
Pluck out any loose carpet fibers around the edge of the hole and the surrounding carpet.
Or draw the patch s outlines on the fixing piece and cut following the pre drawn shape.
Dye pens are designed to be used with other dye pens of similar colors so you can blend them to create a.