I know it is bleach and the stain will not come out. I just neeed some help covering it up. The spots are a light orange color.
2006-09-21 01:58:40 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Home & Garden ➔ Cleaning & Laundry
have a carpet cleaning service come out and clean and dye the entire carpet it's not that expensive and will look great
2006-09-21 02:08:30 · answer #1 · answered by Joe M 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends on the fiber of the carpet. Wool will take a fabric dye much better than polyester. If it's a good carpet, it would be worthwhile to get a professional to come and take a look. They can tell you if it can be repaired.
If it's in an out of the way spot or isn't that expensive, try the tea bag thing. It works for dyeing fabric. I've used this method for "ageing" lace or fabric for craft projects. Sometimes you have to do it several times to get the intensity you want. Polyester is almost impossible to do. For that I've had to get a pkg or bottle of Rit dye, close to the color, and experiment with how much dye to how much water, and it's trial and error.
Godd luck!
2006-09-24 20:54:55 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi!
So sorry about the bleach oops, my husband did the same thing. I have had some success with tea bags. I boiled the tea bags and placed them down over the center of the spot and dampened the white areas almost to the edge, covered with a weight and let dry. I used black pekoe tea, but depending on the tint to your carpet you might try orange, green or flavored tea. I also steeped tea bags to dye old linen and lace curtains to a rich beige very successfully. Diluted RIT dye might be worth a try, too. Good luck.
2006-09-21 09:04:58 · answer #3 · answered by bobandsue M 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Many carpet cleaning services also offer carpet dying service, it should be possible to either dye the spot so that it is less noticeable or dye the entire carpet to hide the spot. I suggest contacting some of your local carpet cleaners to see what they offer in the way of these services.
2006-09-21 09:04:07 · answer #4 · answered by dsi_samw 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I did this same thing....
I simply did the entire carpeting to match it and it worked great ! My carpeting was a dark brown, the bleach made it look orangy so now I have brown orange variations throughout the whole room... It Looks much better than it sounds.... ha ha ha !! : )
2006-09-21 10:31:47 · answer #5 · answered by Kitty 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The tea bags work. Also my crazy mom makes this type of repair with markers matching the carpet!
2006-09-21 10:33:55 · answer #6 · answered by Shell 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Ask around at carpet retailers. There are layers who can do fantastic patch up work, and can colour match with dyes. I have seen the work and was amazed.
2006-09-21 09:08:07 · answer #7 · answered by pa69oldfart 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Go to a carpet store and see if they have carpet dye and try to dye the carpet good luck
2006-09-21 09:10:48 · answer #8 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
check the dye section sometimes there is products there to help undue accidents like this.
You could try fabric paint.
Last resort get an area rug to place over it. Layering is all the rage these days.
2006-09-21 09:09:15 · answer #9 · answered by AVA 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Get more bleach
2006-09-21 09:01:48 · answer #10 · answered by Chief BaggageSmasher 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋