does any one have any experience with a good, decent, quality carpet dye kit.?

 

i would like to change a tan carpet into dark gray or black.

 

there seem to lots of ''vinyl'' dyes out there and some claim to be for carpet but i'm not sure a spray can of color is going to last on carpet.

 

thought or suggestions?

 

thanks,

john

Edited September 15, 201213 yr by johnceggleston

pull the carpet out and buy you a disposable plastic rubbermaid tub and a 6 bottles of black RIT brand liquid dye. add water and soak. I don't remember how long, but maybe overnight? then rinse, vacuum with wet/dry vac, and let sun dry. then brush with a nylon brush and it will look brand new. I have seen some people do it with a spray bottle but i think without rinsing the excess, it can have some residual back transfer to anything in the floors like shoes, bags and papers.

Edited September 7, 201213 yr by Ricearu

^^^ What he said.

 

 

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Buddy of mine did it to the carpet in his 97 Legacy. Think he went with 3 bags of Rit, but you really can't have too much overkill; and it's cheap.

+1 for Rit. Did it on my old Legacy GT and it came out great.

well, my first try was not too successful. i only used 3 bottles of dye, when i got to the store i had forgotten how many to buy. but that does not seem to be the issue, i don't know. but it came out spotted in places. like a tie dying sort of. mostly dark but with brown spots scattered around. i assume this was due to the folding, rolling of the carpet and dye not circulating. but maybe caused by only using only 3 bottles of dye. and it has a dark dark midnight blue tone. not the black that i wanted but i could live with it. and maybe the best i can hope for since i'm going from brown to black.

 

so i'm going to try again with more dye.

 

any suggestions? maybe i'll fold it up a different way this time.

Edited September 15, 201213 yr by johnceggleston

I actually found a great DIY for carpet dying over on http://www.sl-I.net. Funny think is I just stumbled across it a couple days ago. Here's the link to the thread!

http://sl-i.net/FORUM/viewtopic.php?f=39&t=21710

thanks for the link.

 

i may try this instead of the soak method for my second attempt.