How to remove pilling from carpet

<p>Pilling&comma; also referred to as &&num;8220&semi;bobbles&comma; fuzzing&comma; shedding or hairs&&num;8221&semi; are very small bobs on top of fabric&period; These are partly pulled fibers from the carpet that have clogged together to form a small ball of fibers that is stuck by a few fibers&period; These can make a piece of carpet looks very messy&period; Removing them is not difficult&comma; but time consuming&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2>Why remove pilling<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>Pilling often happens with pieces of fabric that are made from long strings of fabric&comma; such as a woolen sweater or a high pile carpet&period; Some of the strings are pulled loose from the backing&comma; or get loose from the twisted string it&&num;8217&semi;s made from&period; The loose fibers get tangled up together and form a small ball of tangled up strings&period; These look messy and out of place&period; They can also cause other things to get stuck to them&comma; or they fall off and get stuck to other things&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2>Trimmer<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>A trimmer that men use to trim their beards can be used&period; You can either use the divider to keep a safe distance from the other fibers&comma; but can sometimes also be used without the divider&period; The cutting blades are stronger than those of a hair-clipper&comma; and will easily cut through the fibers&period; This can be a very effective method&comma; however it might not work very good with an uneven surface&period; Car should be taken as well&comma; because it is easy to cut into the carpet&comma; creating irreparable damage&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2>Razor<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>A razorblade works very good at de-pilling a carpet as well&period; Because of the price&comma; the most common choice is to go for disposable razors&period; These are used on the carpet to cut off the fibers at a certain length&period; The razor might not last very long&comma; because the fibers of the carpet are quite rough and quickly dull the blade&period; Disposable razor blades are a fairly cheap option&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2>Scissors<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>If the pills are big enough&comma; a scissor can be used to cut the pills at length&period; A piece of tape can be used to pull them straight up while the scissors cut them at length&period; This might be more time consuming&comma; but works great at difficult to work with shapes like corners&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2>pumice stone<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>If a bit of rough work is allowed&comma; a pumice stone might be a fast option&period; The stone can be rubbed over the surface to literally pull the pills from the carpet&period; The rough surface of the pumice stone will get the pills get caught&comma; you then pull the pills out to remove pilling&period; This technique is not very recommended on sensitive carpets or at places that are often in sight&period; It might leave a slightly rough finish that could use a bit of refining&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2>Fabric shaver<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>These electric devices can be compared with an electric shaver for men&period; Except the openings on the bottom are a bit bigger and the blades might be bigger&period; The devices has hole for the pills to get through where a blade cuts them off&period; It is a similar technique as the razor blade&comma; but with less physical effort&period; A quality fabric shaver can work properly&comma; the cheaper ones often get dull blades quickly are simply hardly remove anything&period; Because of the grid on the bottom&comma; they are quite safe to use&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;