I'm resting for a moment. I've been cleaning the carpet for over an hour straight. Thinking about having a beer even.

First pic, right after the incident. I had to mist the area down with water to see exactly where the powder traveled. It went EVERYWHERE. The main blotch is where she dropped the powder:

http://pic7.picturetrail.com/VOL185/1885646/3641149/63764596.jpg

Closeup, shows the color better lol. I kindof would like deep blue carpet I think. :) Dh didn't think I was too funny when I said that on the phone.

http://pic7.picturetrail.com/VOL185/1885646/3641149/63764587.jpg

After 30 minutes (still only using hot water and a steam extractor):

http://pic7.picturetrail.com/VOL185/1885646/3641149/63764601.jpg

One hour later, the blotch is MUCH lighter, yet still there. :rolleyes:

The other lighter areas are almost copmletely gone.

http://pic7.picturetrail.com/VOL185/1885646/3641149/63764606.jpg

Oh Becky :( I hope it comes all the way out.

Allison, if I don't laugh, I'm gonna lose it and cry. :(

:eek: although, blue is a nice color :p

Put peroxide and baking soda on it and let it set for a little while then scrub some more.

If that doesn't work, email me or IM me, I may have another solution :)

All that work!!:eek:

Try using dish soap in water and scrubbing it by hand with an old toothbrish or other saft srubbing device. Since we use Syntropol to get excess dye out of clothing after dying it will work simalarly on carpet. YOur back and shoulders will be sore but it should help.

oh no!

it looks a *lot* better than it did.

Originally posted by momof3tots
Put peroxide and baking soda on it and let it set for a little while then scrub some more.

If that doesn't work, email me or IM me, I may have another solution :)

Hi Chris! :)

I've tried that before and it actually bleached the carpet out. :(

Originally posted by TurtleMa
All that work!!:eek:

Try using dish soap in water and scrubbing it by hand with an old toothbrish or other saft srubbing device. Since we use Syntropol to get excess dye out of clothing after dying it will work simalarly on carpet. YOur back and shoulders will be sore but it should help.

Tried that as well, getting ready to do it again.....

I've tried that before and it actually bleached the carpet out. :( [/B]

If no more blue comes out bleached might look less noticeable than blue...?

I have no idea if this would work or if it is just a waste of money and time.... but Mr Clean magic eraser takes dye off my hands...??

Do you have any spare carpet? You might be able to patch it.

Becky,

I spilled bleach on my dark beige carpet at a rental in college. I made a paste of boiling water and coffee grounds and pasted it on the stain. Let it sit until dry, vacuumed up the grounds and then washed the carpet with soap and water. It worked so well I got my deposit back. Might be worth a shot on one small spot? I'm sorry this happened. One of those 'joys of having kids' moments, eh?!

:eek: Oh Becky :( Maybe Dharma would have a suggestion?

Have you tried some oxy clean? We got black leather dye out of our beige carpet before using that (my husband had it for his boots, and my son spilled the whole bottle!) We just made a paste with it, and rubbed it into the carpet, and let it sit for a few hours.

I hope you can get it out!

Becky maybe you missed my post but this happened to us a couple months ago when Ruby was just a few weeks old. He got a hold of a bottle of the dry tie dye mix and spilled it on the floor. Violet. The patch was just about exactly that size and another small one too just like that. You'll be happy to hear (although it did take alot of work) that it is almost completely gone now and noone ever notices it (it was in the main entrance of our living room). I have to point it out to family who heard what happened!

I called Dharma and all they suggested was lots of cold water. Since it is fiber reactive and most carpet is a nylon so it shouldn't react with the fibers. That being said, since the particles are so stinking small, they embed into the carpet and you see it.

Anyways, we spent oh about 4-6 hours steam cleaning and just going over and over and over it. FIrst with water, then with carpet cleaning solution. Then we started spraying a carpet pretreater on it and then later oxiclean (the powder form and the spray bottle form). I think lots of working it out and the oxiclean were key.

Keep your chin up. You'll work your butt off, but it should come out.

HUGS - I was so stinking stressed with it.

I'm c&p'ing my post to Allison for the same problem (dye)



I swear by Capture carpet cleaner. You can get it at Home Depot and maybe Lowes. You buy the spray on soil releaser and a bucket of the powder. I've gotten fingernail polish out of our carpet (4 bottles of red red polish broke, after using a ton of polish remover, a huge dark pink spot was left the size of a plate) and all kinds of nasty pet stains (won't go into detail here, I'll just say it was from a 120 lb German Shephard, LOL)

Heres a link http://www.captureclean.com/index.html

Becky, seriously this stuff really works, if you want cause it's kind of expensive, I can send you enough of both the soil releaser and the powder to at least be able to tell if it's going to help. With the fingernail polish I had to treat it like 5 times to get it all out so you would probably have to do the same w/dye. All you do is spray the soil releaser on, rub it in w/a soft bristled scrub brush and sprinkle the powder on top and scrub that in and let it sit till it dries. You can actually watch the stain lift out of the carpet and rise to the top of the powder. Lmk if you want me to send you some.

hey that's cool - I must not have seen your response! darnit!

Ok, tried the baking soda/peroxide and it didn't do anything. After I said I was concerned it would bleach the carpet, I thought to myself, "well der! That'll remove the blue!" Anyhoo, I mixed it up according to the self-made oxyclean recipe and nada.

Will try the Mr Clean Eraser in a minute....thanks for the idea Bethan!

I was reading the ingredients in OxyClean, and one is Sodium Carbonate, which is Soda Ash. I was concerned it would set the stain more than help, kwim? I'll give it a try in a bit. Thank you Allison and Sherri.

I talked to dh about the Capture (I was eyeing it last time we were at Home Depot), and will pick up the starter kit later this week when the kids are feeling better (they have gnarly colds right now).

Thank you everyone for your words of advice! Since I rented the steam extractor for 24 hours, we've done most of the house as well, which was very needed. I'm tired, dh is tired.

I have a lovely patch of Raspberry in my living room. I guess I must be pretty relaxed, because I would rather ignore it than get down on my hands and knees and try a dozen different solutions. :o

I have a big red spot like that in my bedroom, it's been there for 2 years. It's not coming out... Kids and dye and mom wasn't looking... Hope you get yours out.

Originally posted by grtlyblesd
I have a lovely patch of Raspberry in my living room. I guess I must be pretty relaxed, because I would rather ignore it than get down on my hands and knees and try a dozen different solutions. :o

lol, you are sooo right! I think I am trying so hard because we plan to sell the house sometime in the future, and this just solidified we will have to replace/patch the carpets. sigh...

becky that's what stressed me out too (we were planning on moving in the near future)! In fact we're moving tomorrow - no complaints from the realtor or buyer or anything!