[Dan Williams]

Hello
I was asked to quote for an office, got there and part of the carpet where people use to sit has been discoloured and gone white.  It is a blue nylon carpet, like carpet tiles but is not.
I was thinking of dying the white parts back to blue. the customer will take the carpet out if I can dye it so i can experiment.
any advise on carpet dying and where I can get carpet dye from?
cheers

[AquaMagic]

Is it tiles?, if so it would be easier and possibly more econimical to replace the tiles with new ones?

Dene

[Dan Williams]

Its not tiles

[CATMAN]

chemspec do a carpet dyeing kit. Tread carefully if you go down this route. Experience says, someone will say your dyeing is a different colour to the carpet, next thing you won't get paid. Steer clear if I was you.

CATMAN

[Dan Williams]

cheers catman they will get rid if i cant dye it.

[Ken Wainwright]

Do not attempt carpet dying without training.

Why is the carpet white? Formaldahyde Drop? Coffee whiteners? Incorrect Cleaning? Crocked?

Safe and happy cleaning
Ken

[Dan Williams]

hello Ken

my guest was that it was wear from traffic but some one might of used a bleaching chemical to clean the traffic area.

what do you reackon?

[Jason Hedges]

Hi,

Chemspec do a kit as mentioned above. You need to register on their website for details but product description says:

'A complete set of dyes, liquid products and accessories needed to perform colour repair.

Contains 46 colourfast, light fast and fade resistant dye colours independently lab. tested, in a substantial colour repair carrying case. Training video and manual awailable as well as professional training courses with hands-on experience to give you the ability to deal with virtually all colour correction situations'.

http://www.chemspec-europe.com/

NOTE: Actually says awailable on website, will send email to let them know about miss-spelling!

£349 + vat!

Not sure if this price includes training or not, sounds like it does but will find out and let you know. Quite interested in this myself.

Have had several situations where colour restoration is only option.

Kind regards,
Jason.




 

[*paul_moss]

Jason
Getting the dyes/kit is straight forward.
Colour matching is the hardest part and takes a long time getting skilled at it.

[Jason Hedges]

Hi Paul,

Thats why I think the training is the essential part of the package, Chemspec run a course (not sure if its included in price of kit as mentioned above) but the training would be priority!

Nice to hear from anyone that has done the chemspec colour restore course or can recommend any similar.

Kind regards,
Jason.

[Ken Wainwright]

I've done the Chemspec one day course. It is intense. Primary, secondary and tertiary colours and then beyond. It's wiser to gain experience with spot repairs before going on to large areas.

Danrosswil

If the colour damage is purely from foot traffic, this suggests that the dyes are crocking and other areas will become affected in time. You don't have to use a bleach to remove dyes.  Dry Fusion training emphasises that this colour loss problem is growing where some nylon office grade carpets are cleaned with even moderately alkaline solutions. It's wise to play safe and work Woolsafe in this type of environment.

Safe and happy cleaning
Ken

[Adrian Makel]

you have to be soooooo careful when dying,chances are you will not get colour correct.stay well away

[Dan Williams]

thanks for the advise ken and all

very helpful