Yeah, I noticed there was a tiny piece of gum that had been walked into the room, so I thought I'd get it out of the carpet by ironing the area through a piece of paper (I am later told that an ice cube is normally better for this). And somehow within seconds the iron had melted the cheap nylon fibres in the carpet and glued the paper to it leaving a VERY visible burnt bald patch in the middle of the floor. This is not my carpet, it's the landlady's and if it were mine, I'd just cover it with a rug and forget about it, but if she finds out she'll try every trick in the book to get us to cough up enough money for the whole house to be redecorated (she's a right byotch our landlady). What do I do? I'm hoping to find an off cut somewhere and deftly cut and paste an area of new carpet in place of the old one, but this will no doubt prove tricky.
― the next grozart, Friday, 16 November 2007 17:37 (eighteen years ago)
Depends, how big is the size of the burn? What colour is the carpet? Is it shag pile or very short?
― snoball, Friday, 16 November 2007 17:43 (eighteen years ago)
ts: a massive burn vs. an actual palm sized hole
― t**t, Friday, 16 November 2007 17:44 (eighteen years ago)
you used an IRON to get a piece of GUM out of the carpet and you are suprised you burned a hole in the carpet???????
― Mr. Que, Friday, 16 November 2007 17:46 (eighteen years ago)
this is the cold open, fo sho.
― That one guy that hit it and quit it, Friday, 16 November 2007 17:47 (eighteen years ago)
Iron + brown paper is well known remedy. For wax, not gum, admittedly.
― ledge, Friday, 16 November 2007 17:48 (eighteen years ago)
Yeah well I know now. Not one of my brightest moments I admit.
It's a plasticy burn in a cheapy thin-pile carpet, light brown in colour that I bet our landlady will bill us for four times more than is actually worth.
― the next grozart, Friday, 16 November 2007 18:44 (eighteen years ago)
Your only hope is to get a cat and train it to sit on the burn.
― HI DERE, Friday, 16 November 2007 18:46 (eighteen years ago)
You may need a dog to chase the cat back into the room when it tries to leave.
― HI DERE, Friday, 16 November 2007 18:49 (eighteen years ago)
You will probably build a robot to alert the dog to chase the cat back into the room.
― HI DERE, Friday, 16 November 2007 18:52 (eighteen years ago)
Maybe you could move items around in the room so that something is over it? Or if the room is rectangular perhaps you could turn the carpet around 180 degrees so that the burn is under something?
― snoball, Friday, 16 November 2007 18:54 (eighteen years ago)
you must kill your landlady. to death.
― The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall, Friday, 16 November 2007 19:16 (eighteen years ago)