COLOUR REPAIR POLYESTER CARPET
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Topic: COLOUR REPAIR POLYESTER CARPET
Posted By: Zero KELVIN
Subject: COLOUR REPAIR POLYESTER CARPET
Date Posted: 23/February/2005 at 9:37pm
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Can you dye or repair bleach spots on Polyester or olefin carpet?
Zero KELVIN |
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Posted By: LilNiteRidrhood
Date Posted: 23/February/2005 at 10:27pm
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First off big shot, I'd like to see a bleach spot on olefin Second of all, Greenland is just a colony of a lowly Scandanavian country so I don't think you are worthy of answering Third of all, RUTH is my friend Fourth of all, I am too old to play with crayons |
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.Posted By: MR. STEAMER
Date Posted: 23/February/2005 at 11:19pm
????? ------------- www.mr-steamer.com |
Posted By: surroundings
Date Posted: 24/February/2005 at 4:23am
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I agree with Mr. Steamer. Cheers, Allen |
Posted By: MR. STEAMER
Date Posted: 24/February/2005 at 7:35am
I think we are missing something Allen... ------------- www.mr-steamer.com |
Posted By: cleanex
Date Posted: 24/February/2005 at 8:32am
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Not if you are colour blind! ------------- DON ELDRED YOU CAN "STAND" ON OUR REPUTATION |
Posted By: Zero KELVIN
Date Posted: 24/February/2005 at 12:41pm
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you guys missed the boat years ago.
Zero KELVIN
yes it can be done |
Posted By: MR. STEAMER
Date Posted: 24/February/2005 at 12:45pm
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I missed the boat on purpose... who wants to go to Greenland??? ------------- www.mr-steamer.com |
Posted By: Rick/Magic
Date Posted: 24/February/2005 at 3:48pm
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it's easy...just pull out a razor knife...cut the bleach spot out and go to the closet and cut out a patch and replace it...otherwise...nothing else you can do... ------------- 25 years of cleaning carpet and my back hurts |
Posted By: surroundings
Date Posted: 24/February/2005 at 3:52pm
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Rather then jumping on the boat, Id rather be.... Jus' sittin' on the dock o' the bay Watchin' the tiiide roll away Maybe it's too cold to do that in Canada or Greenland though? Cheers, Allen |
Posted By: doug
Date Posted: 24/February/2005 at 4:05pm
I dont think Otis Redding really gives a damm what colour your carpet is???? ------------- Just My opinion |
Posted By: doug
Date Posted: 24/February/2005 at 4:06pm
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Has everyone forgotten how olifin is dyed?? If so look it up and explain the bleach stain??? ------------- Just My opinion |
Posted By: MR. STEAMER
Date Posted: 24/February/2005 at 4:07pm
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he's an outdoors man ------------- www.mr-steamer.com |
Posted By: Harry
Date Posted: 24/February/2005 at 4:07pm
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Toilet bowl cleaner will "bleach" Polyester carpet and yes it can be reapired without the knife, much faster too and you don't need a usable scrap to do so.
------------- Be Juan in a Million - be a Leatherwright. |
Posted By: Zero KELVIN
Date Posted: 24/February/2005 at 5:26pm
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acne meds will also take the colour out of olefin and polyester
Zero KELVIN |
Posted By: surroundings
Date Posted: 24/February/2005 at 6:36pm
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If it's a polyprop carpet, you'll not be able to re-dye it... according
to the company here in Adelaide, South Australia that does all my spot
touch-ups. He's been doing it for 20 years, and I kinda trust him
at this stage from the help he's given me in the past. Someone
please post if they feel that I'm mis-guided. If it's a polyprop carpet though... I'd be surprised if your problem area is bleach. Re-test the carpet.... re-question the client. Dunno about polyester though. I've never asked. Which are you talking about anyway... olifin or polyester? Good luck Allen |
Posted By: Zero KELVIN
Date Posted: 24/February/2005 at 9:03pm
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both can be fixed
Zero KELVIN |
Posted By: Adwa
Date Posted: 24/February/2005 at 9:48pm
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Zero Kelvin you started this topic with a question and then you answered it. This had never been done before. You get a Zero mark for that. ------------- The Following Statements do not Necessarily Reflect the Views of this Forum Network http://www.kleenkuip.com - http://www.kleenkuip.com |
Posted By: MR. STEAMER
Date Posted: 24/February/2005 at 11:44pm
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what answer??? they can both be fixed???? yeah use a match... ------------- www.mr-steamer.com |
Posted By: greg
Date Posted: 25/February/2005 at 6:02am
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you could try the dyes they use for cars. it comes in a spray can. you may not find a color to match. i've only found a match once and it wasn't 100%. but dyeing isn't perfect it only makes it better. make sure the client knows that before you start.
------------- nothing is impossable. it just hasn't been done yet. |
Posted By: surroundings
Date Posted: 25/February/2005 at 3:32pm
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Greg, Although you can aim to lessen the visual impact of a stain with what you suggest... a good carpet dye job takes time to properly colour-match. I believe Mr. Zero KELVIN insinuated that the problem could be FIXED... which is different (IMHO) to the suggestion you gave. Now though... I'm still not convinced that bleach will take the colour out of polyprop. I've got a sample somewhere, so I may have a go at it. I'd also be interested in how our colleague Mr. Kelvin proposes to fix this problem (if indeed I can re-create it in the first place). I don't believe that I have any polyester carpet though. I do have an 'enjo' cloth that's not bleachable.... does that count? Any more info??? Cheers, Allen |
Posted By: greg
Date Posted: 26/February/2005 at 7:26am
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surroundings, i don't think KZ will be able to repair it, that is why i suggested the spray dye. acid dyes only work on nylon and wool, as everyone knows, and yes a good dye takes time but even then it is not alwas perfect. sometimes you can only, as you said lessen the visual impact. but sometime par is good enough.......( i'm thinking golf already )
------------- nothing is impossable. it just hasn't been done yet. |
Posted By: John L
Date Posted: 26/February/2005 at 2:11pm
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Olefin (polypropylene) -- is the most stain-resistant of all fibers. And the least moisture absorbing of any fiber. When dyed at the manufacturing plant it is solution dyed, because it doesn't have dye sites. High ph cleaning chems won't harm this fibers. Also it has dying limitations, so your color selection will be limited. I wouldn't use it on high traffic areas, it has low resiliency. Polyester -- is difficult to dye and to stain. It will accept bright dye colors, has good abrasion resistance, and sure is easy to clean. I wouldn't use poly in high traffic areas.
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Posted By: Steaminpile
Date Posted: 26/February/2005 at 8:15pm
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polyester is hard to clean? ------------- A.K.A. Andy |
Posted By: John L
Date Posted: 26/February/2005 at 9:26pm
| It shouldn't be had to clean because it's hard to stain. Are you sure it's poly? How are you testing the fiber? It's up there with olefin as a stain-resist fiber. What chems are you using? Having the right chem for this fiber makes it not so hard to clean. Sometimes all fibers are hard to clean. The right chem will make it easier on you. |
Posted By: surroundings
Date Posted: 28/February/2005 at 6:59am
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I suppose that the best that could be done without replacing a section
of this type of carpet is a 'close-enough-for-rock-N-roll' dye
substutute then? I mention 'dye substitute' as it seems (from
what I've heard/read) that normal carpet dying techniques will not
properly adhere to the actual fibre? If the customer is informed of this, and the colour matching is carefully attempted... then perhaps it is an option to be considered. Cheers, Allen |