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How to fix my couch?

CJMST3KCJMST3K Posts: 9,722
edited March 2009 in All Encompassing Trip
Last night while trying to fix the hard drive my dog broke, for a moment I placed a clip lamp on the couch, but long enough to burn a hole in my couch. Here's the damage:

burnedcouch.jpg

I'm thinking if I cut off the coarse burnt fabric and cover over the hole with fabric cut from the back and attach it with fabric glue that that will be the best I can do. Am I on the right track?
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  • vduboisevduboise Posts: 1,937
    yeah, that looks like your best bet. You can also use "Stitch Witchery" - an iron on bonding strip that works well and sets up fast.
  • CJMST3KCJMST3K Posts: 9,722
    vduboise wrote:
    yeah, that looks like your best bet. You can also use "Stitch Witchery" - an iron on bonding strip that works well and sets up fast.

    but with fabric that melted with a 65 watt lightbulb nearby, would an iron be a good thing? :)
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  • vduboisevduboise Posts: 1,937
    put a cloth between the patch and the iron. And don't use the highest setting. Pass it over the area several times to make sure the bond is secure.
  • CJMST3KCJMST3K Posts: 9,722
    vduboise wrote:
    put a cloth between the patch and the iron. And don't use the highest setting. Pass it over the area several times to make sure the bond is secure.

    Gotcha. So it's a low-temperature heat activated bond? I wish this were a removable cushion...
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  • vduboisevduboise Posts: 1,937
    I've used it several times, and have had no problems with it un-bonding over time. And there is no way to flip it over and hide it? :lol:

    good luck!
  • normnorm Posts: 31,146
    how the hell did your dog brake your hard drive? :shock: :lol:
  • CJMST3KCJMST3K Posts: 9,722
    norm wrote:
    how the hell did your dog brake your hard drive? :shock: :lol:


    External hard drive. He fritzes out when he hears anything, so when someone made a sound (like opening a book, or clicking a pen) he ran and tangled his leg in the short wire between my laptop and my HD. ...so now, 7 years of data may be lost, but that's a whole other problem i've got. :(
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  • normnorm Posts: 31,146
    CJMST3K wrote:
    norm wrote:
    how the hell did your dog brake your hard drive? :shock: :lol:


    External hard drive. He fritzes out when he hears anything, so when someone made a sound (like opening a book, or clicking a pen) he ran and tangled his leg in the short wire between my laptop and my HD. ...so now, 7 years of data may be lost, but that's a whole other problem i've got. :(

    :shock: :shock:

    that sucks...sorry man :(
  • Drowned OutDrowned Out Posts: 6,056
    vduboise wrote:
    You can also use "Stitch Witchery" - an iron on bonding strip that works well and sets up fast.
    vduboise wrote:
    put a cloth between the patch and the iron. And don't use the highest setting. Pass it over the area several times to make sure the bond is secure.
    Reads like a Stitch Witchery informercial.
    Are you in marketing/sales by chance? :lol:
    I remember wearing pants with stich-witched hems as a kid :oops: ...so versatile!
  • normnorm Posts: 31,146
    Drowned Out wrote:
    vduboise wrote:
    You can also use "Stitch Witchery" - an iron on bonding strip that works well and sets up fast.
    vduboise wrote:
    put a cloth between the patch and the iron. And don't use the highest setting. Pass it over the area several times to make sure the bond is secure.
    Reads like a Stitch Witchery informercial.
    Are you in marketing/sales by chance? :lol:
    I remember wearing pants with stich-witched hems as a kid :oops: ...so versatile!

    you're gonna love my nuts!

    ;):mrgreen::mrgreen:
  • vduboisevduboise Posts: 1,937
    Drowned Out wrote:
    vduboise wrote:
    You can also use "Stitch Witchery" - an iron on bonding strip that works well and sets up fast.
    vduboise wrote:
    put a cloth between the patch and the iron. And don't use the highest setting. Pass it over the area several times to make sure the bond is secure.
    Reads like a Stitch Witchery informercial.
    Are you in marketing/sales by chance? :lol:
    I remember wearing pants with stich-witched hems as a kid :oops: ...so versatile!
    haha. No, I've been using it a lot for a project I'm working on. When something works, I'm all for it. :lol:
  • South of SeattleSouth of Seattle West Seattle Posts: 10,724
    Rick James would know how.
    NERDS!
  • PatrickBatemanPatrickBateman Posts: 2,243
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kEryR5wj9o
    If a man speaks in a forest and there is no woman around to hear him, is he still wrong?
  • CJMST3KCJMST3K Posts: 9,722
    South of Seattle wrote:
    Rick James would know how.

    Believe it or not, that's my dad's name.
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