carpet dyeing

[Ovinewar]

Never liked the green carpet in our Class A. Bought dye and prep from Americolor and tackled it this weekend. New charcoal colored carpets look amazing and as-new. Was actually not that hard. Boiling hot water was the key with vigorous brushing. I was quoted in excess of $7K to replace. Spent less than $100 for dye products and sprayer. I am a new fan of this approach.

[BurbMan]

Agree 100% and it looks like it came out nice! We did 100% carpet delete on our TC rebuild, it was past dying (dye-ing?) it was already dead LOL!

[Ovinewar]

BurbMan wrote:
Looks great! It's hard to fully "de-carpet" when you have flaps like that around the slide areas.

FWIW, it's not a 1-hr job to replace that carpet. Carpeting is installed before any cabinets or walls, so that carpet runs underneath everything. The cheap way to do it is cut it with a razor knife and butt the new stuff up against it, but almost impossible to do with that flap you show in the pic. The right way to do it is to remove all the furniture, which is why you got a quote of $7K.

Makes sense. I didn’t think I was being scammed at that price, only that it wasn’t a priority at that price. If this had not worked we would have evaluated a plan B. I am pleased with this result.

[Ovinewar]

Super_Dave wrote:
My experience with trying to dye anything is the bleeding long after the job is done. First spill or when it gets wet will be a test.

Had some concerns as well. So far they have not manifested. Rubbed my hands in the carpet wet and zero bleed. This is not the end all solution, but it has been successful for what I intended. I like the color, it looks great in coach, and it was less work than ripping it out

[BurbMan]

Looks great! It's hard to fully "de-carpet" when you have flaps like that around the slide areas.

FWIW, it's not a 1-hr job to replace that carpet. Carpeting is installed before any cabinets or walls, so that carpet runs underneath everything. The cheap way to do it is cut it with a razor knife and butt the new stuff up against it, but almost impossible to do with that flap you show in the pic. The right way to do it is to remove all the furniture, which is why you got a quote of $7K.

[Super_Dave]

My experience with trying to dye anything is the bleeding long after the job is done. First spill or when it gets wet will be a test.

[Ron3rd]

Nice work and a great idea. One advantage I can think of is you can always touch it up as needed in a year or few years as needed

[Ovinewar]

mr_andyj wrote:
hard to imagine how someone quoted $7,000 to replace a few hundred bucks of carpet. Did they think it would take them a couple of weeks of labor? Seems like a carpet installer could knock that out in an hour or so.
There are a lot of people in this country that work full-time for months just to get $7,000 in their pockets after taxes...
I may be in the wrong line of work if carpet installers can make $7,000 per hour. Where do I sign up?

That quote came from the factory service cemter

[mr_andyj]

hard to imagine how someone quoted $7,000 to replace a few hundred bucks of carpet. Did they think it would take them a couple of weeks of labor? Seems like a carpet installer could knock that out in an hour or so.
There are a lot of people in this country that work full-time for months just to get $7,000 in their pockets after taxes...
I may be in the wrong line of work if carpet installers can make $7,000 per hour. Where do I sign up?

[Ovinewar]

Bumpyroad wrote:
wow, looks great. is that "dark" grey? looks sort of medium in the pix. how did you do such a good job on the non-flat curved areas, watching the firm's how to video, looked tough enough on flat floor surfaces and curved vertical ones would seem difficult.
bumpy

The darkest area is the part already dyed. You spray it on with a sprayer.

[Bumpyroad]

wow, looks great. is that "dark" grey? looks sort of medium in the pix. how did you do such a good job on the non-flat curved areas, watching the firm's how to video, looked tough enough on flat floor surfaces and curved vertical ones would seem difficult.
bumpy

[Ovinewar]

Here are some pics

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[Ovinewar]

Lwiddis wrote:
Should work fine. Let us know in a year.

I agree the initial results may be misleading, but really, how do any carpets look after a year of use? The dye took to the fibers, that is obvious. BTW..... I am not shilling the company. I had a problem that I assume wasn’t unique, and never found a economical solution on any RV forum. This approach solved my problem and did not create new ones.

[Ovinewar]

Bumpyroad wrote:
could you please be a little more specific about the products used? a
thanks
bumpy

Americolor carpet dye. Put in some one step dye prep, Mix with super hot water;add dye, and spray. Then brush the carpet to get the dye deep into the nap. Not sure how to add a pic.