The day before, I did a repair because of some carpet staining. The carpet was a dense, cut pile nylon and pretty nice stuff. It was 10 or 15 years old. The repair to be done was a 6 foot by 7 foot area in a 14 by 16 foot bedroom.
One length of the repair seam was 4 feet out from a sliding glass door. There was a seam two feet out from the door which showed. It most likely showed when it was first installed. That seam wasn't sealed. I removed a number of loose primary strands that were sticking up so the seam wouldn't get any worse.
I spent over 4 1/4 hours trimming and sealing the three sides of the carpet to make new seams and sealed the repair edges as well. I did that by row cutting from the top side............ weft and warp!. Relatively straight in both directions. Well made carpet if I ever done seen one.
I told the homeowner the seam nearest the door would probably show because of fading and would be somewhat visible. I told him the seams in the traffic area would show a little too.
I created 20 feet of seams into this room insetting this repair section. The original seam showed and my seams came out virtually invisible. (patting self on head at that point)
Had the original seam been thermo-sealed 15 years ago, it might have turned out nice too. I tell you what......... I'm a 'huge' fan of thermo--sealing for a lot of reasons...... drying time is non existent and the seams don't peak. The job looked like a disaster waiting to happen when I first saw it.
I was amazed that the fading issue ended up almost zero............. This old high end nylon carpet beat the crap out of a "comparable" looking PET material in both wear and fade resistance. Charged the old fella $175 and he didn't bat an eye. He told me that if I was happy with it, he was happy with it. I was. Nice guy and a fun day of work because I didn't think it could have come out so nice. (pinching self this time) ouch! The job made a nice end to the week.
One length of the repair seam was 4 feet out from a sliding glass door. There was a seam two feet out from the door which showed. It most likely showed when it was first installed. That seam wasn't sealed. I removed a number of loose primary strands that were sticking up so the seam wouldn't get any worse.
I spent over 4 1/4 hours trimming and sealing the three sides of the carpet to make new seams and sealed the repair edges as well. I did that by row cutting from the top side............ weft and warp!. Relatively straight in both directions. Well made carpet if I ever done seen one.
I told the homeowner the seam nearest the door would probably show because of fading and would be somewhat visible. I told him the seams in the traffic area would show a little too.
I created 20 feet of seams into this room insetting this repair section. The original seam showed and my seams came out virtually invisible. (patting self on head at that point)
Had the original seam been thermo-sealed 15 years ago, it might have turned out nice too. I tell you what......... I'm a 'huge' fan of thermo--sealing for a lot of reasons...... drying time is non existent and the seams don't peak. The job looked like a disaster waiting to happen when I first saw it.
I was amazed that the fading issue ended up almost zero............. This old high end nylon carpet beat the crap out of a "comparable" looking PET material in both wear and fade resistance. Charged the old fella $175 and he didn't bat an eye. He told me that if I was happy with it, he was happy with it. I was. Nice guy and a fun day of work because I didn't think it could have come out so nice. (pinching self this time) ouch!
The job made a nice end to the week.
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