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I have been spot dyeing now for about 4 years and it’s great money. I don’t know if pricing was discussed in LV. Where I’m operating people are paying $75-100 for a baseball size spot in a room and more if it’s in a highly visible area. Multiple spots (5) the size of coins, $50-75. Most of the time these types of jobs can be completed in 20-30 minutes. If anyone is charging more than that I’d be curious to know how you’re pitching it. Hope this helps.
$50-75 for the bunch. I did a job today where I charged $120 for 15-20 small (Half of a dime) size spots. It took me 40 min. I have now set a minimum for dye work of $100, if thats all the customer is calling me to do. If I’m already in a home cleaning, howeve,r I’ll give them a better rate.
Thanks for the response. I’m trying to get all of the info I can for the spot dyeing. I’m starting to see a bit more need for the process the more jobs that I do. I’m thinking about getting the package in the near future.
I did my second bleach spot job the other day. It took quite a while. 6 hours! But made $400 on it. The customer was house sitting for a very wealthy friend and his kids put chlorine on a soda spill. Both spots were about a foot long and as big as a dinner plate. I did come to a near exact match though. I was very proud of myself and the customer was very excited not to have to replace the carpet. If you want to make some good money, get into this! The guy would have paid me up to $700! I declined since I was kind of taking my time on it. But 6 hours though.
Any thoughts for some of you that have done this to be able to speed up the process, or was I doing it right for that much area. The carpet was gray and all colors were bleached out except for red.
My question is… Can you dye an existing stain such as a permanent yellow pet spot or a permanent red dye spot. Do you need to bleach these types of spots prior?
Ed H.Baden,
Congrats on the spot. That’s a large spot to be dying. I would’ve taken all $700. I usually don’t dye spots that large. I usually will go up to the size of a salad plate because it becomes difficult to get an even application and look on anything larger. I would have most likely cut in a patch.
Ed,
If a stain is darker than the color of the carpet it typically cannot be spot dyed. You can bleach them, however, I find that a lot of times that damages the fibers and can be difficult to neutralize the bleach.Ammon and others,
Thanks for the tips on this. We just went to our regional seminar and got some training on this. We’re planning to add to our repertoire.
My question is this….
We schedule our jobs with a firm (specific) arrival time. We have a pretty good idea how long each job will last (e.g., 4 rooms will be 90-120 minutes), and can be on time for more than 90% of our jobs.
I really want to add the spot dying, but my big concern is that the timing seems like it could vary widely. I’m not concerned about our initial (training) jobs.
When you area adding the $50-75 for the spots (as described earlier), is the time that you’ve said (20-30 minutes) consistent? Or does it sometimes leak into an hour?
Also, do you usually know that you will be doing this work in advance? Or is it something that you discover when you are on-site cleaning the carpet?
Thanks for your help!
Regards,
Barry
Barry I have been doing dye and repairs for a long time. There is a learning curve. What once would take me twenty minutes to do a patch now takes five. The great part is now I am much better and I charge more for working less. $30-50 for 5 minutes of work ain’t that bad. Most of the time they do not tell us on the phone. They usually figure that it is permanent and they will just have to live with it. Once you say that you can fix it for them they are willing to pay more for the service. Chances are they have been already told from a previous cleaner that it is permanent. Once your guys are trained up and proficient they will be able to do small spots that are the average that we see in homes in the same amount of time as removing a red stain. We do a lot of apartments as well as homes. 90% of the apartments use the same tan carpet. We have a premixed bottle of violet mixed and ready to go. We can dye twenty small drips in just a few minutes. If the guy shows up and it will take a long time for multiple spots/ and repairs we treat it like someone trying to add a sectional couch on the way out the door. We set up another time/date to perform the services that are required.
I got back from a seminar last week and was impressed with the dying procedure. What about the multi colored/patterned carpets?
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