any hope for a fuzzed carpet??

Hello everyone

I had carpet installed back in may. Trying to clean up a stain, I inadvertently rubbed to hard and caused some "fuzziness" in that area. Is there any way i can fix this or make it less noticeable?

Thanks

[Forbo King]

It sounds like you bought polyester carpet or cheap nylon. You could actually use a hair buzzer, but be careful not to dig into the fibers, just skim the top where the fuzz is.
Steve

Actually...the carpet wasn't cheap at all....and is a nice quality ..I believe..nylon carpet. I read somewhere that spraying the area with water and then blow drying it ona low heat will work. Does this sound right??

[Peter Kodner]

I don't see that helping your condition. A small embroidery scissors is your best bet if the area is small. Carefully trim the loose filaments and it should look much better.

Your experience brings up a very good topic, and I am sorry you have to learn first hand. Never, ever rub carpet!!!!! All spots should be blotted. Nylon does not have anywhere near the absorbency of paper or terry cloth. Spots are removed by capillary action, not rubbing. In addition to the fiber distortion you have, rubbing it will also act to set the stain.

[The Carpetologist]

Another thing I have seen with fuzzing is the vacuum cleaner!
On stairs, customers will use their upright and their hose but leave the vacuum on one stair for quite a while causing bad fuzzing.
The two that I looked at I could not do anything with... the stairs had to be replaced.

[mcurrin]

Hot water extraction can help to re-orient the yarn. If you have any fiber sticking ou beyound the surface clip them off. I have found this to be successful on a number of occasions. It depends on how bad the yarn is blown out.

Mike

[brian jackson]

I've "fixed" this before with an electric razor. Is that the same thing as a hair-buzzer, Steve?

[Daris Mulkin]

A disposible razor may work. I've used them on more than one ocassion for kicker slips. The yarn may dull a electric razor.

Daris

[SAA]

Fiber slippage or poor bundle wrap can be a factor in fuzzing. Staple fibers will fuzz easily when newer due to orientation of fibers being different lengths.

Here is a hook latch rug that was vacuumed and had a bad case of the fuzz, simply gave it a hair cut and it was fine. Actually a lot of wool rugs can have fuzz, usually due to being a staple fiber. I have a wool rug, approx. 500 sf to give a hair cut to this week, it is a loop pile but it will still work well.







finished hair cut


SAA

EDIT

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[TFP Admin]

Great job, SAA.

By the way, your PhotoBucket images should be the smaller variety. I had to edit your post to use the upload feature here. That assures the pictures will always be here, even if you give up on PhotoBucket, and they are automatically reduced to a manageable size - clicking them opens them up to full size.

Thanks for your post.

T

[brian jackson]

SAA? Must be Steve Andrews. Truly the master!

BTW, how do you view one's profile here?

[SAA]

T,

Thank you for helping with the photo size, I guess I do not know how to do that.


Brian,

Thank you for the kind words, just trying to share a little when possible.

SAA

[TFP Admin]

Hi Brian,

You can view any member's profile a couple different ways:

• Click their User Name in the head of any post and select View Public Profile from the drop-down list.
• Click the Members List link in the navigation bar (near top of the page) and click on any User Name in the list to visit their profile.

T
PS: my pleasure, SAA

[Harry Myers]

Steve class A work. You cant get no better.