[Steve Chapman]

 Have some carpets to clean for letting agency next week and they have one fairly new carpet which is a looped carpet but has some long threads pulled on it as if someone has dragged some furniture over and pulled them badly :

Is there anything i can do cosmetically to make them look better or is it just not worth the hassle?

They pass me lot of work so i said i'd have a look and they desperate (as always :) not to shell out for new carpet.

Any thoughts would be appreciated,  no photo's as can't get in there till next week.


regards
steve

[Alan Brooker. Aqualink Carpet Care]

What's the primary backing?

Alan

[calmore]

How many threads are pulled?

It's amazing the damage that dragging things can do. I cleaned some carpet tiles the other week where someone had dragged a piece  of furniture. The friction had caused the synthetic fibres if the tiles to melt, leaving a couple of deep lines across the floor.

[Cloverleaf]

You could cut the pulled threads and it would look much better but only with permission from the agency.

John

[Damian]

Steve(carpet doc) buy a pair of nap or napping shears and trim the loose fibres mate-it will improve the appearance no end. Thats all you can do with loops.

Damian.

[Steve Chapman]

i was thinking about pulling the carpet back and then using a needle to pull through the threads to the underside, does that seem possible, it;s not something i've tried before?

I was thining aswell that if i trim the threads it might actually make it worse or leave a hole

regards
steve

[Jeremy]

Just cut the threads. Causes no more damage than has already been done, and the appearance is improved. Everyone happy.

Jeremy

[carpetclean]

i always carry scissors for this purpose clear it with the client and they are impressed with such a simple solution

[woodman]

It is possible to effect a pretty good repair on loop piles, that is if you are able to do re-weaving/re-tufting, if not a CC local to you may be able to assist.

If the carpet is secondary backed you can re-weave the loop back in, if its foam/felt backed then as the others have said just snip it off to prevent it being pulled further.

[carpetguy]

why don't you just do what you've been asked to do............................clean the carpets, presumably you've already stated you're observations to the agent..............never create problems, when none exist.

robbie