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Topic: carpet dying
Posted By: greg
Subject: carpet dying
Date Posted: 05/February/2004 at 7:00pm

Is any out there doing spot dying if so i need help. I  've been carpet dying for 3 years and today for the first time i came across an off white carpet with color loss. My customer tried using oxy clean to clean up dog vomit, and it took out some of the color. i thought about using a neutral dye but i'm unsure. some one please help!




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Posted By: carpetologist
Date Posted: 06/February/2004 at 6:56pm

Regarding your off-white carpet dilemma.

The fact that your customer used an oxidizing bleach it may be possible that you have a much cleaner and whiter area at the original problem which may appear to be color damage. Maybe a good all-round cleaning with an oxidizing cleaner would level the field and make all look good again.

If indeed you do have color damage it is more than likely caused by the vomit. If so you should contact your dye distributor or I could recommend to you a dye product (as opposed to the oxidizing agent as most of these are very color safe today) called Prism from Von Schrader out of Michigan.



Posted By: greg
Date Posted: 09/February/2004 at 1:14pm
thanks for the info. Carpetologist.



Posted By: LeeS.
Date Posted: 20/February/2004 at 10:13pm

I HAVE DYES OF ALL COLOURS IF YOU NEED.

What colour is the spot now??

 



Posted By: mark
Date Posted: 31/March/2004 at 3:44pm
Hi there,I have seen this from oxy-clean before.if the customer uses too much it will definately remove colour from the carpet.The spot is usually left in the pinky,purply colour.I have actually fixed a few of them.They are generally easier to deal with given the fact that they are much easier to deal with than bleach in the neutralization process.


Posted By: duckcountry
Date Posted: 23/December/2008 at 2:53pm
Originally posted by Carpetologist Carpetologist wrote:

Regarding your off-white carpet dilemma.

The fact that your customer used an oxidizing bleach it may be possible that you have a much cleaner and whiter area at the original problem which may appear to be color damage. Maybe a good all-round cleaning with an oxidizing cleaner would level the field and make all look good again.

If indeed you do have color damage it is more than likely caused by the vomit. If so you should contact your dye distributor or I could recommend to you a dye product (as opposed to the oxidizing agent as most of these are very color safe today) called Prism from Von Schrader out of Michigan.



This answer is right on.  I have off white and I have seen off white carpets that do this.  Just cleaning up pet vomit fast can be enough to get that one spot clean and all the rest of the traffic area is crying for a cleaning.


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Posted By: envirosteam
Date Posted: 14/February/2009 at 9:44am
I havent yet started dying carpets, I'd like to be able to get into that, I have a customer that has dog stains all over the house that has changed the color of his carpets. Can anybody recommend a good supplier and a site that has info on dying carpets?

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Posted By: Hammy
Date Posted: 14/February/2009 at 10:24am
I used to use Americolor.
 
I would recomment taking a course first as it is not that easy to learn from scratch. I used to do complete dye jobs for a few apt complexes. They were happy and I was happy


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Posted By: envirosteam
Date Posted: 14/February/2009 at 10:22pm
Thanks for the reply, I'll check them out and check with our local prochem distributor about any up coming classes.

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Posted By: Steam Man
Date Posted: 09/August/2009 at 1:12pm
Is there a 'system' for colour matching or is it just having an eye for it and practice?

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Posted By: greg
Date Posted: 13/May/2010 at 7:14am

This post was 6 years ago, but I still remember the job. The carpet was new in a room never used. The carpet was as white as can be with out being bright white. She had a small spot the size of a toonie she tried oxy pro and it left a whiter spot that would not come out. If you can picture it it was color gain not loss.... weird case. Still nobody has said if they do spot dyeing or not.Wink



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Posted By: CarpetproKC
Date Posted: 13/May/2010 at 1:29pm
I spot dye carpets. 


Posted By: duckcountry
Date Posted: 13/May/2010 at 7:32pm
Originally posted by CarpetproKC CarpetproKC wrote:

I spot dye carpets. 


I have not but thought of doing it.  Where would one start if you wanted to learn things right?


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Posted By: CarpetproKC
Date Posted: 13/May/2010 at 11:28pm
Well I learned in the automobile reconditioning industry prior to getting into carpet cleaning. If there were stains in the carpets (blues and reds) with the detail I would come along and dye them for about $50...

I know the IICRC has color repair classes as well. 


Posted By: greg
Date Posted: 14/May/2010 at 7:14am

You can buy a complete package from Americolor with video and evrything. I know CDR offers a course https://www.centerfordisasterrecovery.com/ - https://www.centerfordisasterrecovery.com/ . I did the video and hours and hours of practice. Then I sent a couple days with a guy who does it in Ottawa and he really shed some light on how to do it. I lived in Halifax at the time and couldn't find any IICRC courses anywhere in Canada fot it. But that was 8-10 years ago.



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Posted By: duckcountry
Date Posted: 14/May/2010 at 2:01pm
Thanks greg, I found the Americolor site.  Here in Oregon to boot.

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Posted By: CarpetproKC
Date Posted: 14/May/2010 at 9:58pm
Duck just realize it is a commitment and like the other gentleman said it will take hours and hours to begin to get the hang of it. 


Posted By: royalmayur
Date Posted: 17/May/2010 at 6:37am
Hi dreg and all

come to point plz
well i would like to tell you a very few professional carpet cleaners use steam cleaning and dry cleaning that will be good for you...and you can sort out your prob as well..you need to contact a reputed carpet cleaning company nearby your are...

cheers


Posted By: duckcountry
Date Posted: 17/May/2010 at 10:18pm
royal - have you been sniffing the glue tube again?

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Posted By: greg
Date Posted: 18/May/2010 at 7:18am
LOL I wasn't going to say anything but he right... wow and by the wat Duck your welcome here is another pplace to check out http://vonschradercanada.com/view_doc_by_id.php?edit=1&inpage=true&id=122 - http://vonschradercanada.com/view_doc_by_id.php?edit=1&inpage=true&id=122  very nice kit imop.

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Posted By: Tidy Guy
Date Posted: 05/May/2012 at 11:28am
Cry i have a customer with wool rugs that have bled due to a water damage. i have not ever tried to remedy it, because i thought that it was a lost cause. is there anyway to remedy the color transfer?


Posted By: Lavon
Date Posted: 05/June/2017 at 5:22pm
I have been carpet dying for over 10 years. Off white carpet is hard to dye back to the original color but it can be done. I use blue red and yellow for all of my dye jobs. It might be easier for you to patch the stain


Posted By: Buddyhart
Date Posted: 19/November/2018 at 12:15am
Well, dye carpets is the best option.



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