I pinned this comment because I 100% overlooked this as a factor as to why it didn't work. Im not sure if other manufactures use natural fabrics and im not even sure if this carpet inst natural but hopefully this helps other people from running into the same issue I did. I appreciate it!
Rit does make a dye for synthetic materials it requires using boiling water. From their website. *Important Note: Due to the complexity of dyeing synthetics, you must use Rit DyeMore with the stovetop method to maintain an almost boiling temperature for the duration of your dyeing.
@@ComicbookGuy70 you need to soak the carpet in a trash can full of boiled rit dye for about a week and then dry and wash all the dye out and it will be ink black until the end of time.
@@ComicbookGuy70 Also from their website "Add Salt or Vinegar (If Dyeing Cotton, Linen, Silk, Wool, Nylon Rayon and Ramie). To enhance the color: (1) add 1 cup of salt when dyeing fabrics containing cotton, rayon, ramie or linen; (2) add 1 cup of vinegar when dyeing fabrics containing nylon, silk or wool."
It failed because you used room temperature water. RIT dye is heat activated, and you should get the water as hot as possible. The dye didn't activate in your case and was just sitting on the surface. You should also add table salt to it to get the dye to activate easier in the BOILING HOT water, and attach to/soak into, the carpet fibers.
I my case i was very successful using the dye, but i did my 1986 Caprice floor carpet during middle of summer on my open driveway where temps are usually 105F-115F.😊
I just watched this went to Walmart got right stuff for 4.78. Went home boiled water added a pinch of soap and dye did carpet for my car hung it to dry for a day It is perfect
Thanks for the video. I wouldn't have never used RIT . I used Dupli- color vinyl and fabric paint, to change the carpet color from grey to Red , in my ' 90 Corvette Convertible and it looks awesome. I highly recommend Dupli-Color vinyl and fabric paint.
We used Dupli in the dealerships on small areas/parts. For whole carpets, especially in bigger vehicles it was Americolor products 100% of the time. Their products are pricier than Dupli but the Americolor products are worth it.
The correct product to dye a carpet is RIT Synthetic. This is the one to dye polyester, nylon, and acrylic. Additionally, it requires at least four paint coats to recover the same color; you are changing the color, so it needs more paint coats.
I just got done doing my 79 corvette and can tell you its true. i dye the carpet about 2 weeks ago and dried it on the sun and then under the constant ceiling fan for the remainder time. and after i installed it 2 days ago, is now sweating. and i have no idea how to stop it. so, yes, do not use rite for car carpet, use the spray can he has. i used it for the rest of the car and for some reason not for the rug. but we do and we learn, anyways...good luck man!
It would have been cheaper to get replacement carper at 12-15$ a can and labor. I did a car carpet just like you and at the end paint coat about 150$ and my labor it would have been cheaper for my client and less trouble for me
I did my carpet on my truck the same way you’re doing it with that dye. Spraying it with the bottle it came out fine. Just let it sit out in the sun for a while and spray some more scrub like you were doing baking Son. No tiger stripes lol i’ll tell you one thing spray it with the spray cans, a lot easier, and it save time.
Def a helpful video. Looking to dye my E30’s dark blue carpet to black. Good to hear the carpet isn’t all plastic feeling afterwards. I was planning to tan swap the interior since that’s what I have but found some black sport seats. So might just dye the rest of the interior black too.
I’m pretty sure it’s because you are going over beige why it has a green Hue. If this was on gray or to refresh black carpet I think it would have been fine.
you need to soak the carpet in a trash can full of boiled rit dye for about a week and then dry and wash all the dye out and it will be ink black until the end of time.
doesn’t seem too different from the e36/e39 carpets i’ve done, 96 gallon bin gets the trick done. the hard part is finding something to do with the 800lbs of ink water 😂
Haha thanks man! Yea I was hurt. Maybe im a dummy and messed it up but it’s a pretty simple process. The end result came out great and I appreciate you watching! I love my Grom but trying to sell it lol
From what I remember the directions only say hot water. Nothing else. Also apparently they have a natural fabric dye (what I used) and a synthetics dye (what I should have used)
Bruuuhhh! I just saw your video lol. You did boil the water which will help. If you read some of the comments on my video someone commented that our carpets are synthetic which requires a different rit dye… hopefully your carpet doesn’t bleed out. If it does hopefully you can clean it out.
LOL thats crazy!! yeah i washed them and they all turned grey and green so it sucks but once i get the spray i think it will work out i just wish i knew before i did all of it !!!@@zackellis23
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The reason why is Rit is for natural fabrics like cotton; auto carpet (except for wool) is plastic, can't absorb the color.
I pinned this comment because I 100% overlooked this as a factor as to why it didn't work. Im not sure if other manufactures use natural fabrics and im not even sure if this carpet inst natural but hopefully this helps other people from running into the same issue I did. I appreciate it!
Rit does make a dye for synthetic materials it requires using boiling water. From their website. *Important Note: Due to the complexity of dyeing synthetics, you must use Rit DyeMore with the stovetop method to maintain an almost boiling temperature for the duration of your dyeing.
@@ComicbookGuy70 you need to soak the carpet in a trash can full of boiled rit dye for about a week and then dry and wash all the dye out and it will be ink black until the end of time.
@@ComicbookGuy70 Also from their website "Add Salt or Vinegar (If Dyeing Cotton, Linen, Silk, Wool, Nylon Rayon and Ramie). To enhance the color: (1) add 1 cup of salt when dyeing fabrics containing cotton, rayon, ramie or linen; (2) add 1 cup of vinegar when dyeing fabrics containing nylon, silk or wool."
It failed because you used room temperature water. RIT dye is heat activated, and you should get the water as hot as possible. The dye didn't activate in your case and was just sitting on the surface. You should also add table salt to it to get the dye to activate easier in the BOILING HOT water, and attach to/soak into, the carpet fibers.
Worked great for me too, but also used hot water lol😂
Lmao fails to follow instructions because too lazy. Typical
I my case i was very successful using the dye, but i did my 1986 Caprice floor carpet during middle of summer on my open driveway where temps are usually 105F-115F.😊
1. Yes, boil the water.
2. You needed to use Rit Colorstay after you dyed it.
YES. Color stay does wonders.
I just watched this went to Walmart got right stuff for 4.78. Went home boiled water added a pinch of soap and dye did carpet for my car hung it to dry for a day
It is perfect
@@ceasergert2780 hell yeah! I’m happy I saved at least one person a huge headache lol
Thanks for the video. I wouldn't have never used RIT . I used Dupli- color vinyl and fabric paint, to change the carpet color from grey to Red , in my ' 90 Corvette Convertible and it looks awesome. I highly recommend Dupli-Color vinyl and fabric paint.
Thanks for the info! Lesson learned for sure lol
How many cans you used ?
We used Dupli in the dealerships on small areas/parts. For whole carpets, especially in bigger vehicles it was Americolor products 100% of the time. Their products are pricier than Dupli but the Americolor products are worth it.
The correct product to dye a carpet is RIT Synthetic. This is the one to dye polyester, nylon, and acrylic. Additionally, it requires at least four paint coats to recover the same color; you are changing the color, so it needs more paint coats.
Follow the instructions. Written so you don't get what you got. Used RIT to dye carpets. Works great if you follow the instructions.
That’s incorrect. Directions don’t say it’s not designed for synthetic materials. BUT they do offer a version designed for synthetics.
Nah it’s trash for car carpets, I followed the directions perfectly and my carpet was green and not black in the test spots
@@funkmonkey5941 that sucks so bad. how did you fix it?
Thanks for the information😊
Im getting prepared to dye my carpet and trim from tan to black. Thank you for the tip because i have Rit that i was considering using for the carpet
Damn right. Good luck with it and I’m glad I could help
I just got done doing my 79 corvette and can tell you its true. i dye the carpet about 2 weeks ago and dried it on the sun and then under the constant ceiling fan for the remainder time. and after i installed it 2 days ago, is now sweating. and i have no idea how to stop it. so, yes, do not use rite for car carpet, use the spray can he has. i used it for the rest of the car and for some reason not for the rug. but we do and we learn, anyways...good luck man!
@@myceliumforall619 I wish you saw my video sooner but im happy that you commented to at least confirm the issue.
oh my god you just saved me from doing this to my car
@@angelicabaldassare9286 Im happy it helped! What are you working on?
It would have been cheaper to get replacement carper at 12-15$ a can and labor. I did a car carpet just like you and at the end paint coat about 150$ and my labor it would have been cheaper for my client and less trouble for me
I did my carpet on my truck the same way you’re doing it with that dye. Spraying it with the bottle it came out fine. Just let it sit out in the sun for a while and spray some more scrub like you were doing baking Son. No tiger stripes lol i’ll tell you one thing spray it with the spray cans, a lot easier, and it save time.
Hahaha I appreciate the comment. Yea I’m in no rush to try another carpet again BUT when the time comes I’m gonna rit again
Def a helpful video. Looking to dye my E30’s dark blue carpet to black. Good to hear the carpet isn’t all plastic feeling afterwards.
I was planning to tan swap the interior since that’s what I have but found some black sport seats. So might just dye the rest of the interior black too.
hell yeah. If I could find a black carpet I would 100% use that but the spray dye has been doing good so far
I’m pretty sure it’s because you are going over beige why it has a green Hue. If this was on gray or to refresh black carpet I think it would have been fine.
Yea I agree. But she's black now so im happy lol
Haha same thing happened to my dad on his c1500 truck carpet
Lol there are still so many videos of people using this method. I don’t get it lol
You hundred percent right I don’t recommend this product I wish I watched your video before I used it.
I will say though people were roasting me in the comments because I did it wrong lol
you need to soak the carpet in a trash can full of boiled rit dye for about a week and then dry and wash all the dye out and it will be ink black until the end of time.
That sounds like a ton of work and carpet it also too stiff for a trash can lol BUT I don’t doubt that would work
doesn’t seem too different from the e36/e39 carpets i’ve done, 96 gallon bin gets the trick done. the hard part is finding something to do with the 800lbs of ink water 😂
Are you being serious does that actually work?
"Look at this failure of a product, i didnt even follow the directions and it djdnt work! What garbage"
Learn from my mistakes. You’re welcome.
It amazes me how people don’t read the goddamn instructions. Anything people see in a bottle they assume it’s just gonna come out and do magic.
I agree, people are so stupid sometimes.
You have to boil the water you mic into the dye
yea that's what the directions say but I can't see the hot water making that much of a difference.
@@zackellis23 It makes a massive difference. RIT dye is heat activated.
How does the carpet feel after the duplicolor spray?
a little stiff. almost like it was spray painted lol. So not nearly as soft as it once was
Sucks you had to be the test dummy for this video, but I know not to use the (rit) but the end result was bangin 🤘 btw like the gromm
Haha thanks man! Yea I was hurt. Maybe im a dummy and messed it up but it’s a pretty simple process. The end result came out great and I appreciate you watching! I love my Grom but trying to sell it lol
if im correct, don’t i have to get water and put vinegar or salt and dish soap to activate chemicals correctly ?
From what I remember the directions only say hot water. Nothing else. Also apparently they have a natural fabric dye (what I used) and a synthetics dye (what I should have used)
@@zackellis23yea only problem is i just did the same thing lol im gonna try too find black synthetic dye
Bruh I’m too late to this video 😭😭 now I gotta get that spray 😢😐
Bruuuhhh! I just saw your video lol. You did boil the water which will help. If you read some of the comments on my video someone commented that our carpets are synthetic which requires a different rit dye… hopefully your carpet doesn’t bleed out. If it does hopefully you can clean it out.
LOL thats crazy!! yeah i washed them and they all turned grey and green so it sucks but once i get the spray i think it will work out i just wish i knew before i did all of it !!!@@zackellis23
Any updates?
It's holding up well! The only spot that needed to be touched up was the foot well on the drivers side.
Carpet looks good but there are kids that watch your videos would've been just as great without the cursing
@@sherriannbarecchio8890 thanks for watching and for your comment. I didn’t realize kids watched my channel. Based on my channel analytics 81% of my viewers are 25-44 years old, 7.8% are 18-24 years old and 0% are under 18.