How to Remove Burn Stains From a Berber Rug

A dropped lit cigarette can a brown stain on your Berber rug.

Before hiding that burn stain with a piece of furniture, try fading and removing it. When you drop a glass of red wine on your Berber rug, the object in cleaning is to remove the red wine, and its red color, from the carpet fibers. With a burn stain, it is a bit different. Instead of adding a substance to the fibers, like red wine, the fire changes the ends of the carpet fibers, turning them brown and singed.

Things You'll Need

• Hydrogen peroxide
• Cup
• 3 white rag
• Scissors or disposable razor

Instructions

1. Combine one part hydrogen peroxide with five parts water.

2. Blot the stain repeatedly with the solution, using a clean white rag. This is to fade the stain. Rinse the area with fresh water, blotting with a clean rag. Blot dry with a dry rag.

3. Snip off the remaining singed fibers using a sharp scissors or disposable razor. Be careful not to remove too much of the fibers.

4. Fluff up the carpet fibers using the tips your fingers.

References

• Cottier Carpets: Do It Yourself Carpet Repair
• "Haley's Hints Green Edition"; Graham Haley, Rosemary Haley; 2009
• "Ask the Family Handyman"; Reader's Digest Association, Reader's Digest; 1999