how do I get hair dye out of the carpet

louise_1981

Any tips on getting red hair dye out of a cream carpet.

I have tried vanish, but that has smudged it

Louise

comping_cat

Spray the area with soda water, and blot with kitchen roll, then sprinkle with borax, leave to dry and vacuum up.
Catherine x

postingalwaysposting

hair dye is dye, thus it has dyed the carpet red you can try catowens sugestion but if it is porixide based it will be permant sorry

louise_1981

The hair dye is one of those that was out after so many washes, it is not advertised as permenant, therefore I live in hope!

Louise

MATH

I'm sorry to be the bearer of bad news but I don't think it will ever come out. That is why salons keep their hair dying towels seperate from regular. None of the stain removers I have tried will shift permanent hair colour. I have a batch of dying towels that have splats and splots going back to the 80's (ahhh....every stain a memory)

black-saturn

If it's semi permanent it might come out with some vanish and a lot of elbow grease with a good scrubbing brush. If its permanent I'm afraid your stuck with it :eek:

postingalwaysposting

ahh if its non permanent then do as black saturn advised lots of elbow grease and presevrance

Lucie_2

Don't worry, after a while you grow to love those splodges on your cream bathroom carpet. I know I have, I barely even notice them any more................

louise_1981

Only problem is we rent, aggghhhh!

Louise

Glad

I've got a hair dye stain on the cushion floor in the bathroom, tried everything and it's still there

HOLsale

louise_1981 wrote:

Any tips on getting red hair dye out of a cream carpet.

I have tried vanish, but that has smudged it

Louise

i did this once, worse still i was house sitting (they were silly enough to have beige carpeting in a bathroom! first of all carpet in a bathroom bad idea, BEIGE carpet another bad idea!)

anyway, the dye was only on the top so i use nail clippers to cut away a tiny bit at a time til i got all of it. then i hoovered back and forth and all around til it fluffed up to normal again, you couldn't see it if you didn't know what to look for

course that only works with pile carpet, if you have something like sisel or something really 'flat' i think you're S.O.L