Dye for Spots

I am excited to see the spot dye kit offered and think it will be a great add on. I was unable to attend the conference, so missed out on the demo. I am curious to know what most guys are going to charge for this. I assume the color matching process can be somewhat time consuming. Look forward to adding this service to my business.

If you really want to know how to dye, ask Gordon. He has the sure fire secret formula… 8)

At the seminar they said 50 dollars for a quarter sized spot or smaller. Then the prices just went up from there.
Jamie

I have been dying carpet for about three years. My price always depends on the situation. My min is 20.00. If I am doing multiple spots the price drops quickly per spot. I look at it as the same way we have trip charges. If I am called to clean a 5×5 room only I am going to charge $75.00 If there neighbor calls to have two reg size rooms cleaned it is $80.00. We give discounts for multi rooms and services all the time. The truth of the matter is that set up is what takes the longest. Neutralizing the bleach on two or ten spots does not take that much more. Same goes for mixing the right dye bath. once you have it right you can do multi spots all the same. For me if they have one small spot (dime)it is $25.00. If they dribbled ten small spots it might be $75.00. The more you do the faster you are.

Dying carpet is the fastest way to realy screw up someones carpet. Take percautions to not spill the dye and always mix in a very safe area. I have only had to buy one carpet in 7 years and it was due to an accident where I dropped and broke a quart of carpet mill red dye bottle.
I have had houses that had fifty to a hundred very small drips from the house cleaners. All the bleach was on the tips of the fiber. I used my handy carpet scissors(available next month), and cut just the very tips off. I charged $80.00 and had a customer for life. Took me only five minutes.

Good Luck

Dave yes I am covered, no I would not turn in a claim unless we burnt a house down. A small claim 5 thousand or less is not worth it. The rates will go up. I was teaching the repair class in the other room so I have not seen our new method. But with anything there is a learning curve at first, and always take percautions. I once left an iorn on a red stain to long and it pulled some of the dye out. I was able to fix it. That does not mean that I would stop taking red stains out, I am just more informed now. By adding on small things to a buisness like repairs, or dye you can add big $$$ to your year end. I figure I probably have made over $30,000 a year doing this. THat comes out to $210,000 since I have been in buisness. The cost of the carpet that I bought was at an apartment and my cost was $800.00 five years ago. Since then I have done over $12000.00 a year just at this one apartment comunity. I hope this makes sence. Repairs, dye, woodfloors, leather, ect.. all of these are choices for you to think about But not mandatory. What works for me might not work for someone else.