Does anyone know how to remove dents in a rug made from chairs and diningroom table legs ?

Question

We moved our table about 2 ft. and the rug dents are sightly .

Answer 1

I have a tool for that. It came with my Kerby Vac. I never had to use it. To bad you don't have a Kerby. The best Vacum ever made.

Answer 2

Hope you have an iron, cause you're going to need it. Set it on steam and put a towel on top of the dent. Get the iron pretty hot with as much steam as you can get to come out of it. Put the iron on the towel over the dent and leave it for 5 seconds . Take the iron off and check if the dent is gone. If not repeat until it works. Don't leave the iron on the rug too long or you may burn or melt it depending on the fabric.
Good luck !!!

Answer 3

Apply steam to the dents and work the fibers with your hand or a large bristle brush. If you have a clothing steamer that would be great, if not, (and I hate to tell you this), use a WHITE CLOTH and a steam iron. Place the WHITE CLOTH over the dent then apply steam for about 5 to 10 seconds. Repeat as needed. In between applications of steam work the fibers with your hands. Be careful not to burn yourself. This will work if your carpet is made of nylon. Won't work with anything else. The dents in the carpet pad most likely will never disappear but that shouldn't be a problem. Hold the steam iron above the WHITE CLOTH. If you use a colored cloth you might cause a color transfer to the carpet fibers, use a WHITE CLOTH! the CLOTH WILL ALSO HELP PROTECT THE FIBERS FROM MELTING IF YOU ACCIDENTLY GET THE STEAM IRON TO CLOSE TO THE CARPET FIBERS.

Answer 4

My mom is a realtor and here is what she does to fix the dents in her client's rugs:

Leave an ice cube on the dent and let it melt for a little while. The fibers of the rub will absorb the moisture and perk back up. Pick up the ice cube and ruffle the rug. Repeat this until the rug returns to original posture.

Answer 5

Move the furniture to expose crushed carpet pile.
Place crushed ice cubes all over the area to be restored.
Allow it to dry naturally and the carpet pile will spring back to life.
Once dry, take a key (house, car, etc) and use it to bring up the pile. Just scrape it over the indented part. This also works well for lighter furniture that leaves less of a dent.

Alternate method
Lay a towel, I use a shop rag, over the depression.
Iron the towel area depressing the steam button.
If the spot is slightly damp, let it dry before vacuum

Answer 6

I've done this in my home and when I was in the field of interior decorating and "staging" homes for quick sale, I did it all the time. It sounds too easy to work...but here goes.

At night, right before bedtime, put a full-sized (about 1.5" x 1.5") ice cube in each "dent." NOT CRUSHED ICE. NOT COLD WATER. Just a simple ice cube.

While you enjoy a restful night's sleep, the slow evaporation of the ice will gently bring your little dented areas back to life!

I've never had this idea fail - but perhaps I've been incredibly lucky. I did head a professional carpet cleaner advise the exact opposite - but I think it would work with the same principle. He advised "steaming" out the dents with a hand-held steamer like a Scuunci, or Dirt Devil. I've never tried it - but do know that steam will "melt" acrylics (like synthetic wigs, for example) so I'd be careful and check the material that the carpet is made of.

Good luck!!
Barb
(PS One other little ice cube trick is to put 5-6 cubes in high-hanging plants so that you're not balancing on a ladder with a watering can and water is gushing out the bottom drain holes. Once again, the ice will melt and don't worry about the cold - by the time it evaporates, your roots are not going to be exposed to actual ice.)

Answer 7

I hate when that happens first move whatever furniture is over it. The wait a day or a hour if your in a hurry. Step on it a couple of times. vacuum it. the wet it(hot water). use a towel to dry it step on the towel then rub it(then wet it again with cold water if u like) over the spot with the towel. Better yet? if not keep reading. if just dry just a little moist you can vac um it again. (if a rug not carpet pick it up a few times and drop it) It should be better if not i am sorry i tried my best

Answer 8

Place an ice cube on the "dent" in the rug, move it back and forth a few times, then "fluff" it up. Even rug companies tell you that this is the answer to removing dents from furniture. I've done this many times--it really works.

Answer 9

An ice cube is the easiest way. Just put an ice cube in each dent and let it melt, the carpet fibers will slowly plump back to thier normal shape from the melting ice without water damage to the floor below.

Answer 10

I'm a flooring installer, mostly carpet, and we use a commercial drapery steamer to remove the same type of irregularities in carpet. Any steamer should work, but I would not use an iron since the heat would distort the carpet fibers. It's actually amazing to watch how quickly the steam removes the dents. It shouldn't harm the carpet unless you have a high end material. I have heard that ice works, but have never seen it in practice. But I know that steam works!

Answer 11

When this happened to me, I let ice cubes melt on them then air dry. Helped some, but afterwards I still needed to put Woolite rug cleaner on the "dents"--alot of Woolite (make sure your rug can take it though). The rug got "stiff" with the Woolite, then I vaccummed to get the fibers all the way up.