When I painted my home theater door I dripped black paint on the carpet (and a couple red and a couple beige..which don't matter AS much on beige carpet). At the time I tried rubbing alcohol to remove it..just a dark smear after that.
After leaving it for a few months and trying a couple of rugs to cover it I got sick of that and tried again last night to remove the stains. I scrubbed using a rag, brush and Goof Off. It seemed better, but now I have larger dark smears..and more of them..the rag must have spread the black..DAMN. After that I tried some simply green, then dishwasher detergent, then a lot of laundry soap.
As of this morning it does look better, but it's hard to tell cuz it is still very wet. The area I scrubbed the most is looking pretty beat up now, and has lifted a bit, and the underlay seems not too great..probably from the Goof Off.
Anyways..getting to the point here. This is the area at the bottom of my stairs in my basement. when you reach the bottom you can go left into my furnace room, or right into my theater. The area of carpet is about 3' x 4' wide.
Since my home theater is Star Wars themed I was thinking it would be kind of cool to put a rug or something at the bottom of the Sarlacc Pit. That way as you go down the stairs it will kind of be like you are heading into the pit...which could be what I call my theater.
I couldn't find much for inexpensive custom designed rugs, but I did find that Wal-Mart will make a woven blanket using an uploaded picture for $130. I'm on the fence about this..and if I'm going to throw away $130 I should look into having that area professionally replaced.
Anyways..IF I decide to do this I would need a high resolution picture of the Sarlacc Pit. The attached image of Luke looking into the pit was the best I could find online..and I do kind of like the idea of having Luke in the picture..even if it does detract from the illusion of walking into the pit. The other picture is more what I was originally thinking.
Anyways..anyone have any suggestions (instead of woven blanket, different images, cheaper methods, etc?)
Thanks!
Jason
After leaving it for a few months and trying a couple of rugs to cover it I got sick of that and tried again last night to remove the stains. I scrubbed using a rag, brush and Goof Off. It seemed better, but now I have larger dark smears..and more of them..the rag must have spread the black..DAMN. After that I tried some simply green, then dishwasher detergent, then a lot of laundry soap.
As of this morning it does look better, but it's hard to tell cuz it is still very wet. The area I scrubbed the most is looking pretty beat up now, and has lifted a bit, and the underlay seems not too great..probably from the Goof Off.
Anyways..getting to the point here. This is the area at the bottom of my stairs in my basement. when you reach the bottom you can go left into my furnace room, or right into my theater. The area of carpet is about 3' x 4' wide.
Since my home theater is Star Wars themed I was thinking it would be kind of cool to put a rug or something at the bottom of the Sarlacc Pit. That way as you go down the stairs it will kind of be like you are heading into the pit...which could be what I call my theater.
I couldn't find much for inexpensive custom designed rugs, but I did find that Wal-Mart will make a woven blanket using an uploaded picture for $130. I'm on the fence about this..and if I'm going to throw away $130 I should look into having that area professionally replaced.
Anyways..IF I decide to do this I would need a high resolution picture of the Sarlacc Pit. The attached image of Luke looking into the pit was the best I could find online..and I do kind of like the idea of having Luke in the picture..even if it does detract from the illusion of walking into the pit. The other picture is more what I was originally thinking.
Anyways..anyone have any suggestions (instead of woven blanket, different images, cheaper methods, etc?)
Thanks!
Jason
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