Making Holes in Car Floor Carpet
Mark SimpsonDescription
Cutting perfectly round fray-free holes in carpet is a lot easier than you might think. Mark Simpson demonstrates a quick tip to help your next carpet installation project go much more smoothly.
If you've ever tried to make a hole in a carpet, let's say you're laying a piece of carpet in the trunk or laying new carpet inside the cabin of the car. Eventually you're gonna come into an instance where you're gonna need to make a hole. Usually you grab the scissors or a knife and you start hacking away at it and, and you, you, you don't let the wife know that you grabbed her scissors out of the sewing room and when you're all done, you end up with something, either the wrong size or it looks like somebody's chewed a hole in your carpet and all the edges fray and everything else. Here's a quick tip and on how to get like nice clean holes in carpet and, uh, that won't fray and, uh, give you a nice round appearance. We've all gotten a cheap set of sockets as a gift at some point in our lives. And before you throw them into the box of stuff, you're gonna haul up the swap meet someday or put on Craigslist, grab a socket, grab a socket the size of the hole you need, put it on an extension grab some propane heat, the socket up, simply put it in the position that you need and just like that you have a round hole, the, where all the fibers around the hole are now melted together that won't fray. And it's just exactly the size you need.
That's a great idea for round holes. I've used a cheap pencil-type soldering iron in a similar fashion to make various shaped holes in carpets. Like the heated-up socket, it cuts through like butter. I've also run the soldering iron along a carpet edge effectively cauterizing it to keep it from fraying.
I love these kinds of tips. Keep them coming!
Nice tip except for using a lighter to light the propane torch. That's a dangerous thing to do. One should ALWAYS use a striker to light any torch.
You can use anything that is the size you want. You don't have to use an old socket, but the extra mass of the socket walls will hold the heat a bit longer.
Or the right size punch with a lead weight behind it when you use a hammer. Also leave bolts screws etc... in carpet and headlining when fitting carpet or headliner. Use tips of fingers to feel for screws and make a small snip on head of screw to expose and remove to install visors etc... Use chalk on carpet to mark location for where hole is to be cut, burned or whatever to make hiole.
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That was a great tip. Something I never would have thought of. So simple, yet looks like its the best way to make a hole. Keep up the good work guys.