Buy a steamer on e-bay. Like said above.

No towel needed and it can't burn or melt the carpet.

Buy a few for multiple spots.

You can place them. Clean an other room and come back.

Search black decker wallpaper stripper on E-Bay.

Usually you can get them for around 25 bucks.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Black-Decker-STE...item2c52609cd5

Red Relief parts A & B is a stronger more effective product than the Red 1.

Use heat transfer method and patience it takes time. A cheapo Walmart iron will work fine too. I have used the same one for 2 years now at a cost of $10.00. Don't wet a red area with water or prespray. Only use your red removers. They are more effective on dry carpet. If I know a red stain is going to be a problem then I apply my red removers before prespray so it has time to dwell. Next I rinse with many dry-passes and use a towel to blot the area dry. The re-apply red removers and use heat transfer method. As stated above if you see no results after 3 or 4 tries then it is more than likely a set stain.

I have'nt used a iron in 5 years to get red stains out!

With the tecnologie with chems today you just spray & go!

A product you might like to try for red food dye stains is Bridgepoint's RedZONE. Tre and Rob did a report on it early in the year and showed some photos of great sucess they had.

As one posted mentioned above, this type of product is always more effective on dry carpet. Two reasons for this. Water in the carpet dilutes the stain remover. Also, you want the stain remover product to penetrate the carpet fiber a thoroughly as the spill that caused the stain. If the carpet is wet, it does not absorb much stain remover. Instead the product stays on the surface of the fiber.

Red dye removal products are chemically active. This menas that they sufer from exposure to heat and time. So use fresh product. Your products away from the heat of the truckmount, van engine or other heat sources as much as possible. I like an insultaed carrier for these products.

Give it some time or speed up the process with heat from a steamer or steam iron. In a pinch, you can even wet a cotton towel and microwave the towel to get it really hot. Just watch out to not burn yourslef when you take the towle out of the microwave!

Try the RedZONE. Two part products usually work better than the one part product.

Thanks Scott!

I have used the one part and got great results on wet carpet but often had to do it over and over again.

The dry carpet fact should help a lot and I am going to try the 2 part RedZONE as well. Now it should be much faster!

Originally Posted by Scott W

A product you might like to try for red food dye stains is Bridgepoint's RedZONE. Tre and Rob did a report on it early in the year and showed some photos of great sucess they had.

As one posted mentioned above, this type of product is always more effective on dry carpet. Two reasons for this. Water in the carpet dilutes the stain remover. Also, you want the stain remover product to penetrate the carpet fiber a thoroughly as the spill that caused the stain. If the carpet is wet, it does not absorb much stain remover. Instead the product stays on the surface of the fiber.

Red dye removal products are chemically active. This menas that they sufer from exposure to heat and time. So use fresh product. Your products away from the heat of the truckmount, van engine or other heat sources as much as possible. I like an insultaed carrier for these products.

Give it some time or speed up the process with heat from a steamer or steam iron. In a pinch, you can even wet a cotton towel and microwave the towel to get it really hot. Just watch out to not burn yourslef when you take the towle out of the microwave!

Try the RedZONE. Two part products usually work better than the one part product.

Scott is there any kind of "post" spray that you recommend if chemical and heat fails to remove all the red? I know at times customers have used improper treatments before I have arrived or the red stains are very old. These types sometimes don't respond as well. So I was wondering if after you have done all you can and if there is a slight amount left, is there a product that you can put on that may help to improve the problem over a 24-48 hour period?

I dont know if it's just me or what, but I've never found a product that gets red dye out yet. I've tried them all, exactly to directions, using the iron, being patient and repetitive, doing everything I can, nothing has ever worked. I apply a 2 part oxidizer and move on.

Jason's video shows Red Wine, which is easy to get out with a wand and prespray. I'm referring to true red dye.

Some will never come out

Originally Posted by Rob Allen

Scott is there any kind of "post" spray that you recommend if chemical and heat fails to remove all the red? I know at times customers have used improper treatments before I have arrived or the red stains are very old. These types sometimes don't respond as well. So I was wondering if after you have done all you can and if there is a slight amount left, is there a product that you can put on that may help to improve the problem over a 24-48 hour period?

Rob, there are some chemicals that might remove more color. They might also remove color that you did not intend to remove. Food dyes are very similar to the acid dyes used for much nylon carpet. The chemical doesn't know which is which.

I tend to take a cautious approach. I don't want to accidently do some damage and lead anyone else down that path. So, I prefer not to share those ideas in a public forum. I don't want to get sued for giving advice that damaged a carpet and some of these stronger products certainly could..

Could you send me a PM Scott. I promise not to hold you liable!

Yeah, send me a PM too. I won't hold it against you.

Just be careful with olefin. Olefin doesn't like heat and will begin melting a lot quicker than nylon.

Get on of these on E-bay.

Use fresh products and you'll be a red spot removing expert.

You can't damange a carpet this way. You also won't need to use a towell.

If I had employees, I'd definitely go the steamer route. Owners tend to be a bit more careful.

I used the steamer for a while, but I'm a bit impatient and hated waiting for the water to get hot enough. An iron heats up darn quick.

I had used Red1 before and thought it didn't work, even with an iron. After reading this thread I dug it out and started using it before I presprayed. It works better than Red Relief does after prespraying. I have yet to retest RR before prespray but I'm sure I'll have the same experience.

This bottle of Red1 is more than a year old.