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[AuntG]

In February I deep cleaned the bedroom and rearranged our heavy furniture.  The marks are still in our berber carpet.  Wouldn't you think the carpet should have recovered by now?  I don't have this problem when I move furniture on our plush carpet in living room.  Sure, there are 'dents' in the carpet but they eventually come out.

[fthunt]

Doubt it - I have berber in family room and my husband (now deceased) use to watch TV in a wood chair leaning back against bookcase - on the two back legs.  (like our Mother wouldn't let us as kids)    The carpet has been vac'd - shampooed more times than I can count - and.....the dents from those chair legs are still there - permanently.   It's such a dense weave - it's like pounding a piece of metal with a hammer - permanent dent.  Sorry - no good news here!

[IamMrsG]

I have two ideas for you, but cannot guarantee either of them.

1.  Put ice cubes on the dents, and let them melt there.
2.  Put down a thick cloth (like a towel) over the indentations, and use a steam iron on them.

I hope one of these suggestions will be useful. 

Edited to correct a typo.  They annoy. 

[AnikaBrodie]

@AuntG  --- Check with an experienced carpet installer and/or the place you purchased the carpet.  They may know how to get rid of the dents.

I would try the ice/towel/steam iron too.  It just might work.

[Kachina624]

That's why people put those protective thing under furniture legs.  Of course that would have been impossible in this instance.  You should have taken his chair away.

[ID2]

Google an antidote!

[ValuSkr]

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@IamMrsG wrote:

1.  Put ice cubes on the dents, and let them melt there.

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You would let the ice melt right into the carpet and padding?  Seems like that wouldn't be good for the floor.

[elruth]

I don't have berber but more of a plush carpet. I put one ice cube in each the dent and then let it melt. It took care of the dent. No, it doesn't affect the padding. I was amazed how affective it was.!

[elruth]

meant to type..put one ice cube in each dent and also meant to type " effective " .

[debic]

I agree with fthunt.   Berber is horrible for that.   My parents had it throughout their whole house and when I cleaned it up to sell nothing really worked.   A steam mop helped a little, but they never really came out.