Ironing On A Carpet

If the carpet is a wool one put it on high.

Ironing on a carpet.

Iron burns on carpet happen from time to time. While you heat up the tape press the two edges of the carpet down into it and up against one another. You may be ironing quickly and the iron slips out of your hand or you set the iron onto the ironing board and it accidentally falls onto the carpet. For nylon or similar use the low setting.

Apply light pressure with the iron. Whether you accidentally dropped a hot iron or scorched it while working on iron on crafts there s not much you can do to remove the stain once the heat. Stay in each position for about 15 seconds then move the length of the iron. Under the edges of the carpet place a strip of carpet seam tape.

Scorch marks happen even on carpet. Rewet the towel if necessary to prevent burning. No matter how it happens it will leave a very noticeable black mark. Make sure that the seam iron is on the designated temperature that you need and then press it directly onto the seam tape.

You don t necessarily have to replace the entire piece of carpet to fix the damage. When irons fall onto the carpet there are three different levels of burn marks that remain. Sometimes the iron sits for only a second and the very tops of the fibers are damaged. Go from one end of the seam to the other.

Don t saturate the carpet just spray it lightly. Apply the iron to the towel moving slowly across the entirety of the seam. The carpet in our homes takes more wear and tear than any other part so it s worth the effort to fix problem areas.