What color of carpet and what color has the effected area changed too? Most bleach spots turn yellow or peach in color and based on what color it has changed too determines what color of dye you should use. Also you need to check and see if the carpet itself will even accept the dye. Polys wont take dye but nylons will. Or at least the types of dyes we use.
The bleach stain has to be lighter than the surrounding fiber. You can't ad dye to make it lighter. I took a class a couple years back and you need to make sure you neutralize the bleach before you start adding dye. Also, if the bleach stains have different shades you won't be able to use just one dye. Good luck, I never enjoyed spot dyeing.
Another secret to gd spot dying is to start light you can always go darker. But if you start too dark you may end up at a loss. But with all this skill i always have my trusty knife and bonded insert skills to back me up. May be a gd skill to learn if you get into spot dying.
well i will give it my best shot although remember this is not always gonna be 100 percent accurate because dif carpets accept dye dif but the main thing you have to understand is the way colors work. First you have your Primary Colors, or the colors that stand alone and all other colors are made from Red, Yellow, and Blue Then a proper mixture of these colors you get your secondary colors Red + Blue = Purple Yellow + Red = Orange Blue + Yellow = Green Now to get more complex colors you may need to mix all 3 of the primary colors exp: Red + Blue + yellow = Brown or Grey So for example if you have a brown carpet and for some unknown reason there is a bleach spot in the middle of the room. First look to see what color is still present. Usually it will be a yellowish. so from the colors above you know you will need to add some Purple to the spot to get it back to brown. Start with some dye prep to get the bleach neutralized then go with a light purple. Based on the color of the carpet you may need to tweek the dye a bit to match better. It is a gd idea to dye as you are cleaning then you can rinse the spot and reapply dye until you rinse and find that the color is staying. I recommend getting some remnants and bleaching them out and practicing. It takes a gd deal of time to get the hang of it but customers love it. We use dye from ColorMatch. Its gd dye but once agian practice makes perfect.
spot dyeing is tuff as previously stated some carpets will not even accept dye. i have done SOME spot dyeing on someof the easier colors to acheive the browns, beige gray's blue's etc. it is kinda like you are painting, in the browns for instance if the bleach spot as yellow you have lost your blue and pink or red i perfer the lighter colors my self, that make up the brown, have been lost and its your job to find them LoL Good $$$ in it but it is not easy and is sometimes time consuming Good dyeing to all!!
