Name: Mello
Message: Can Polyester carpeting be dyed by a do it yourselfer, and what dye should we use and what method? The carpet is in a rent house and in good shape with no rips or tears just looks bad. Thank you for your response.

No, it cannot. Polyester carpet is impossible to dye in place. To dye polyester, you must immerse the item to be dyed in a large cooking pot, large enough for the item to move freely, and boil it for an hour with a special kind of dye called disperse dye plus a toxic carrier chemical. Obviously, this is far from practical for any reasonable size of carpet.

In theory, fabric paints, such as Dharma's Pigment "Dyes" (which are not really dyes at all) might work, but it would wear off quickly. Also, they do not produce a solid even smooth color.

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