What options do i have for a carpet portion that was bleached in the process of trying to remove pen stains?

Question

The carpet is pastel coloured and the results of the clean up have left it discoloured (whitish) in parts. Help!

Answer 1

They have carpet dyes you can try which will match, the less expensive way is to buy throw rugs and cover up the spots until you can get new carpeting. Make a focal point in your room to distract people from looking at it.

Answer 2

The only options now that you have bleached this carpet is to remove the damaged portion of the carpet and replace with a piece of remnant of the same color from maybe a swatch of the carpet or piece of leftover is your only fix, I like to suggest next time you get a ink stain is to use only Rubbing alcohol to remove ink stains, this will not bleach out carpet or damage it. Good Luck !

Answer 3

Dude cut a piece of carpet from a closet or under a large piece of furniture and replace them with each other. Rent a carpet iron and buy some tape glue. The die thing wouldn’t work for Rembrandt. Maybe Picasso but not you.

Answer 4

you can either dye the portions to try to match the rest of the carpet, or dye the entire carpet, or change the carpet. These are the only options as far as I know.

Answer 5

Try matching the color with diluted food coloring. Make the solution about half the finished color-it's better to do two or three coats and let the color build rather than go too dark at first. Dilute the food coloring with water, take a paper towel dip into the solution and dab at the spots till wet, let dry,repeat until the color is matched, always let it dry in between coats it may dry a bit darker than the solution.

Answer 6

yeah, dying it to match is the way to go.