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Old May 20, 2004 | 07:44 AM
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Arrow carpet dye

I am pretty sure I have heard of it before, does anyone know where I can find some. Its not for my Lightning but it is for auto carpets. I am gonna bleach them because they are filthy then I want to dye them black.

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Old May 20, 2004 | 08:23 AM
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Just a tip...

I own a operate a carpet cleaning company. I also do dye repair for carpet and auto ulpohstery.


DO NOT BLEACH THE CARPET!! You will end up with a multicolored carpet. Bleach will NOT fade the carpet out evenly. You will end up with shades raging from white,yellow,orange even blues or green depending what color the carpet is now.
When you try to redye that it will still be multi color since you adding a single color dye to multi color carpet ( bleach damage) and you will only make it worse then it was. It will end up looking like a ty-dye carpet.
Also when you bleach things it damages the dye sockets built into the carpet fibers and the dye will no longer take not to metion you have to neautralize the bleach ph before you try to dye it....NOT FUN if you dont do this for a living!!


My best advise is to find a local carpet cleaner that uses a truck mounted unit to clean the carpet first to remove all the dirt and grease. Now you can redye the carpet or have the capet cleaner dye it for you. It will need to be rinsed out ( the dye) after its applied or the excess will wipe off onto shoes,socks and clothing.

Good luck.
Jason Coffman
 
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