Because the donor area is filled in either with a piece of remnant carpet or is left unrepaired carpet patching is considered to be imperfect but a net overall improvement.
Can you buy a patch of carpet.
Fortunately you don t have to buy new carpet or even rearrange the furniture to cover isolated damage from burns red wine stains and other blemishes.
Keep in mind that if you plan on replacing the carpet the patch will adhere to the padding making it harder to salvage the pad.
The four professional tools used to patch carpeting a carpet iron carpet tractor knee kicker and trimmer can be rented for around 100.
A line or 2 of glue on the surface of the carpet pad will often be sufficient.
Use the piece of carpet you removed as a template for cutting the patch.
If carpet tape is not doing the job you can also use carpet glue to hold the patch in position.
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For the price of a patch kit some glue and a star roller about 30 total you can make an invisible repair that will last the life of the carpet.
Carpet patching is a simple system of carefully cutting out the damaged area and replacing it with a patch of donor carpet of the same size.