Carpet dye
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From: Sitting in his Nowhere land Hanover Pa
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I bought the Rit dye at Wal mart it was for nylon based fabric. I cleaned the carpet first. Then with gloves on I took a kitchen sponge and soaked it the blotched and rubbed it in the carpet working it in. Then put the carpet in the hot sun for a few hours to dry. Then installed it. 6 years latter it is still holding up. This was on black carpet so color matching really was no problem.
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Tx for the note!
I bought the Rit dye at Wal mart it was for nylon based fabric. I cleaned the carpet first. Then with gloves on I took a kitchen sponge and soaked it the blotched and rubbed it in the carpet working it in. Then put the carpet in the hot sun for a few hours to dry. Then installed it. 6 years latter it is still holding up. This was on black carpet so color matching really was no problem.
Can it be done that way and let it sit in the sun with the T-Tops removed??
And it appears that you used it straight from the bottle???
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From: Sitting in his Nowhere land Hanover Pa
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I can't see why you can't dye them while still in the car. Just tape and mask off anything you don't want the dye on
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I’ve had good luck with Rit dye as well. My son and I dyed the charcoal gray carpet in his Mustang with the carpet still in the car. We used the liquid dye mixed with some really hot tap water and some vinegar. We spayed from a spray bottle to coat the carpet, and a brush or sponge works well to make sure it really gets into all the fibers.
Last edited by Ron71; May 6, 2026 at 10:25 PM.
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I’ve got to try and restore some color in my Brothers car. I’ve used RIT DYE in the past and makes a mess,how would you do a large section of the carpet without making a huge mess,what type of tub would you use? This will be RED so I’d like to contain as much of the color as possible.