My Carpet

[ByronBob]

I spilled some deck stain on my carpet. It's the HD Behr brand. Any idea's how to get it out?

I'm open to whatever means works. The carpet is green and the stain is brown.

 

[MarkV]

I think in this case I would call in the pro's. They do have access to chemicals we don't.

Bet the wife is happy with you.

MarkV

 

[jk96]

A good box blade should cut right through the carpet so that it can be removed and replaced. Just don't go so deep you cut through the pad as well.

Only half joking, I'd be real surprised if it can be cleaned. I've got clothes with stains from doing our deck that haven't come out after several trips through the washer. Sorry to hear about the mishap.

 

[gsganzer]

Try some hairspray. The plain old cheap stuff. It has some solvents that might work.

 

[ByronBob]

Try some hairspray. The plain old cheap stuff. It has some solvents that might work.

Thanks men. Keep the ideas coming.

I'm more P.O. than the wife is.

 

[1bush2hog]

You can always get a throw rug

Actually you might want to give the pro's a call on this one. You could try mineral spirits, but if that doesn't work it may then make it impossible for a pro to get it out, or discolor the carpet by lightening it.

I used goof off and hair spray on some nail polish my daughter spilled on the carpet and it worked pretty good, but the pro carpet cleaners told me they could have probably done a better job if I hadn't messed with it

 

[Egon]

I'm more P.O. than the wife is.

This is a situation that is very interesting. Is there a desire for new carpet that you are not aware of.

Maybe check the label of the stain and it may tell you what dilutes it or removes it.

 

[MarkV]

Good point about not trying too much before hand if you are going to call a pro. I’ve been told several times that they do better with a stain that has not been worked on before they arrive.

Maybe it would be worth a call to Behr customer service and see if they have any suggestions.

MarkV

 

[ByronBob]

Good point about not trying too much before hand if you are going to call a pro. I’ve been told several times that they do better with a stain that has not been worked on before they arrive.

Maybe it would be worth a call to Behr customer service and see if they have any suggestions.

MarkV

Thanks guys. I think I will call Behr. If not then the pro's are next. I do have some slices of the carpet lying around to play with too.

 

[midlf]

Stain all the carpet. At least then it will all match. <grin>

 

[EddieWalker]

Thanks guys. I think I will call Behr. If not then the pro's are next. I do have some slices of the carpet lying around to play with too.

Do you have enough slices to practice cleaning a stain off of one?

Eddie

 

[CurlyDave]

...I do have some slices of the carpet lying around to play with too.

Do you have a piece that is big enough to completely cover the stained area?

If so, I have had excellent success at cutting out the stained area and replacing it with a new piece. If the carpet is fairly new, the repair will be invisible.

A carpet installer is the safest way to go on this, but I have done it myself several times and it has always worked out just fine.

I don't have a carpet seamer and the DIY seaming tape they sell is not really that good. What I have found is that if I buy the heaviest canvas available, wash it first and cut it into strips about 12" wide, I can cut out a freeform section of carpet, with a single-edge razor blade, cut a new piece to an exact fit and seam them together. Try to match the "grain" of the carpet. Place the canvas under the existing, already installed carpet so that half is under the carpet & half is exposed. Lift up the carpet and liberally apply Elmer's wood glue to the entire canvas surfact. Let the carpet drop back in place, place the patch on the exposed canvas & glue, and weight it down with something flat & heavy.

The next morning all will be well.

 

[mjarrels]

That is exactly why I do not have any carpet in my new house... been there, done that... any don't want to deal with it any more. Hardwood and tile only now.

mark

 

[rox]

Curly Dave,
you are a real treasure on tbn. You come up with many creative and efficient solutions. You really do think outside the box. Do you own any patents? You are such a.., again I guess jsut repeat, out of the box thinker. Ill ahve to go check out your bio and see what kind of profession you are in.

I will never forget your patch the carpet solution. It is really a good one, it is one that is jsut going to stick in my brain and some day when myself or one of my kids needs this solution I'll remember reading about it on TBN.

 

[rox]

If you don't have an extra piece big enough could you cut out some form a closet floor?

 

[CurlyDave]

Curly Dave,
...Do you own any patents? ...

Ah, rox:

Flattery will get you everything.

I only have 20 patents, although I don't "own" any of them. I am named as the inventor (or co-inventor), but they are owned by the companies I worked for at the time.

My father had 32 over his lifetime, and my best friend, who died several years ago at the age of 50, had 27. So, I am an underachiever...

I might get one more issued before I retire, we made the application two years ago, and every once in a while I get a notice that the patent department has moved it from one stage to the next.

But, the reason I read TBN is to pick up good ideas from all the other people. There are thousands of man-years of experience on many subjects available here.

 

[rox]

Can I spot talent or what!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i looked up your bio, which i rarely do BTW, nuf said.
i'll always remember the carpet solution.

 

[ByronBob]

Do you have a piece that is big enough to completely cover the stained area?

If so, I have had excellent success at cutting out the stained area and replacing it with a new piece. If the carpet is fairly new, the repair will be invisible.

A carpet installer is the safest way to go on this, but I have done it myself several times and it has always worked out just fine.

I don't have a carpet seamer and the DIY seaming tape they sell is not really that good. What I have found is that if I buy the heaviest canvas available, wash it first and cut it into strips about 12" wide, I can cut out a freeform section of carpet, with a single-edge razor blade, cut a new piece to an exact fit and seam them together. Try to match the "grain" of the carpet. Place the canvas under the existing, already installed carpet so that half is under the carpet & half is exposed. Lift up the carpet and liberally apply Elmer's wood glue to the entire canvas surfact. Let the carpet drop back in place, place the patch on the exposed canvas & glue, and weight it down with something flat & heavy.

The next morning all will be well.

Dave,

Actually I contacted Behr (stain mfg) and then I called Coronet (carpet mfg) and they gave me a few ideas to try but both of them said a pro is the way to go.

I did at least get somewhere but it wasn't easy. Nobody these days knows much about what they sell. But thank god the internet is around to make you more knowledgeable.

Being a dark green carpet with brown stain it's visible to me and such but to others it might not be. But the nice thing is in 27 more years it'll be paid for...