| I have always enjoyed carpet repairs and | | | | Take the piece of paper and place it on the |
| enjoyed the easy money even more. I remember | | | | carpet with the pencil on top. Roll the |
| when I first started doing them and I thought | | | | pencil quickly back and forth and the paper |
| wow what an easy way to make money and make | | | | will scoot across the carpet in the direction |
| my carpet cleaning clients happy at the same | | | | that the carpet nap lies. Do the same thing |
| time. I am going to teach you how to make | | | | on the replacement piece from the closet. |
| simple repairs like fixing a cigarette burn | | | | This way we can make sure that the |
| or fixing a hole that your pet tore in the | | | | replacement piece carpet fibers lie in the |
| carpet. To start we must assemble our very | | | | same direction as the room we are fixing. You |
| expensive tools. A pencil, glue gun, glue | | | | might even draw an arrow on the back of the |
| sticks, seaming tape, a bottle of latex glue | | | | carpet so you do not forget. Take the carpet |
| , piece of paper, seaming roller and a carpet | | | | square that you cut out and place it on to |
| knife. You could literally start a carpet | | | | the backing of the replacement piece of |
| repair business for about $20.00 to $30.00. | | | | carpet. You can now trace the outline of your |
| You can find all of these tools at your local | | | | carpet square on the replacement pieces |
| hardware store. | | | | carpet backing. Take your carpet knife and |
| | | | cut the piece out and place it in your hole |
| First we must have a piece of carpet to use | | | | that you created in the middle of your |
| for our replacement piece. If you do not have | | | | room.They should fit together very tightly. |
| an extra piece of carpet, use a piece out of | | | | Take the carpet roller and roll over the |
| your closet. Pretend that we have a small | | | | edges and watch the seams disappear. Now take |
| cigarette burn right in the middle of our | | | | the carpet replacement piece out and trim off |
| room. We are going to take our carpet knife | | | | any carpet strings that are hanging. You |
| (razor blade), and cut out the damaged piece | | | | should also trim off any carpet strings from |
| of carpet. I prefer to use a straight edge | | | | your carpet hole. Now take the bottle of |
| and cut the burn out in a square, as straight | | | | latex and trace the edges from both the |
| as I can. We now have a square hole in the | | | | carpet hole and the replacement piece. All |
| middle of the room. | | | | the carpet edges are now sealed. |
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