4 Tips to Remove Carpet Dents from Furniture

Everyone loves redecorating a room, moving furniture around for a new look and feel. Unfortunately when you move the furniture around you also have to deal with the marks or dents left in the carpet from the furniture that was previously there. There are a few tricks that you can do to restore the carpet and bring the piling back up to look fresh. Here are 4 different tricks:

1. Ice Cubes - Place an ice cube in the area of the carpet dent and let the ice cube melt. You may need to place more than one ice cube depending on the size of the dent. Let the cube completely melt. Once melted the fibers should start to rise. Take a brush or comb and gently rub it back and forth. The pilings should be lifted and look fresh again.
2. Spray with water - Take a water bottle and spray the dented carpet area. Take a comb or carpet rake over the dented area and rake back and forth. This will loosen the fibers and fluff them back up again.
3. Steam Iron the spot - Place a towel over the area that the carpet is dented. Turn the iron on low and iron over the towel for thirty seconds. Don't let the iron sit directly on the carpet or on the towel in one location to long so as to not burn the rug. Lift the towel and take a comb or carpet rake over the area to lift the fibers. Repeat this step over a few times and the carpet should look fresh again with no dents.
4. Dampen area and blow dry - Slightly dampen the area you wish to restore. Take a hair dryer and on a medium heat setting blow dry for 30 seconds. Now take a comb or carpet rake back over the area to restore the fibers.

These four tricks should work and will restore the carpet fibers. Next time you're hesitant about rearranging your room because you're worried about furniture indents on the carpet, try one of these four tricks. Enjoy your decorating!