Removing pink dye from carpet

ted34 · 21 Aug 2006 at 18:14

iraiguana said:
wet and dry vacumn ? able to rent them out and generally do a good job at cleaning carpets.

Mums already got one - not sure if shes tried it yet though

blitz2163 said:
You could always phone some professionals and see if they would be able to fix it and of course if you pay for it im sure your mum would be happy

Last resort - hoping there would be a quick fix as must happen all the time on this forum

Steevo38 · 21 Aug 2006 at 19:13

Marci said:
Personally, I'd get a sharp knife, cut the section of carpet out, chuck it in washing machine, then once dry glue it back in place again

Cut out a square from under the sofa and swap over.

ramdor · 21 Aug 2006 at 19:22

Marci said:
Personally, I'd get a sharp knife, cut the section of carpet out, chuck it in washing machine, then once dry glue it back in place again

and slap yourself on the head when the square shrinks in the wash... lol

Richie.

w3bbo · 21 Aug 2006 at 19:33

Autoglym upholstery cleaner (sky blue label). Halfrauds £4.99

ted34 · 22 Aug 2006 at 11:34

Cheers w3bbo - will give that a try

FunkyCowie · 24 Aug 2006 at 13:20

Change your course in Uni to Carpet Installer/Repairer and then you can go with the 'cut section of carpet out' idea because you'll be a proffesional and she'll have to listen

Seriously... get a professional in to do it and if it's a money issue then don`t drink, don`t smoke, don`t eat for a few days and you'll have saved enough because it wouldn`t cost too much anyway.

w3bbo · 24 Aug 2006 at 15:20

ted34 said:
Cheers w3bbo - will give that a try

Did it work?

I got red wine on a new carpet and used the autoglym which worked a treat, the foam did most of the work too so only a light scrub was needed. SWMBO is stuill unaware of this 'mishap'

matt100 · 25 Aug 2006 at 01:59

kill it with fire tbh

then get down carpetworld/land/planet whatever's nearest.. carpet is dirty cheap.

ted34 · 25 Aug 2006 at 16:31

Go home tomorrow morning so will see what the damage is. Have emailed most of the ideas to mum and she seemed in a good mood when last spoke to her so hopefully sorted.

dirtydog · 25 Aug 2006 at 16:34

ted34 said:
Just moved house and managed to spill some pink dye straight out the bottle on the carpet. Is there anyway to get it off?

What were you doing with pink dye? Gayness tbh

alexakasloth · 25 Aug 2006 at 16:36

dirtydog said:
What were you doing with pink dye? Gayness tbh

Just what I was thinking

Le_Petit_Lapin · 25 Aug 2006 at 16:39

ted34 said:
Just moved house and managed to spill some pink dye straight out the bottle on the carpet. Is there anyway to get it off?

Dye the rest of the carpet.

aardvark · 25 Aug 2006 at 16:47

what sort of dye is it?
and what type of carpet is it?

Nikias · 25 Aug 2006 at 16:53

dirtydog said:
What were you doing with pink dye? Gayness tbh

My guess from:

smashing my comp to bits in anger is the fact that one of the tubes might burst and send more pink water over the place

is that he's making his water-cooled PC case have pretty pink tubes in it.

Gayness tbh.

dirtydog · 25 Aug 2006 at 16:56

Definitely sounds like a gaylord to me

I must admit I like pink though