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When I arrived at this carpet repair job, the customers were a couple of seasoned citizens. The wife took great delight in showing me where her husband spilled ink all over the carpet.
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I explained to them that because the carpet was right in front of the window, that it may have faded a little bit and because of that, the patch of carpet that they wanted me to use to do the carpet patch with would be a slightly different color.
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The both felt that it would be better to have a patch that they could see a little bit than to have ugly ink stains on their carpet.
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The first thing I did was to use my straight edge and utility knife to cut the first two sides.
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Then the phone rang and I set up an appointment with someone who just happened to be in the same neighborhood.
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Using my straight edge, I began to cut the carpet from the back.
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Little by little I cut it down to size.
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It’s important that the new piece of carpet is cut perfectly for the new carpet patch to look good.
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Using my Pam Glue Gun, I glued in the first side.
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Then the phone rang again.
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After the first side cooled down for a couple of minutes, I used my straight edge to cut the second side.
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I pay special attention to not cutting through any nap unless there’s just no way around it. I do this by finding a row first with the back of the knife.
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Continuing to set up the seams.
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The backing of the carpet needs to meet up exactly. No gaps, no overlaps, no problem.
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Some final trimming and then I’ll be ready to glue it all into place using my Pam Glue Gun and seam tape.
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I always leave the glue gun on top of something that won’t be ruined if it happens to drip.
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Continuing to trim around the edges.
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There’s more than one way to cut a patch to fit, this is my way.
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The first three sides have been attached and there’s just one side to go.
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Here I am using my carpet tractor to push the glue into the back of the carpet.
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This carpet patch came out beautiful. The customers were so happy. By the way, thank you to the owners for taking these photos!