CM/Spotlight: Carpet Care Should You By: Melody David Carpet? Avoid an eyesore by camouflaging discolorations in common problem areas. Melody David is president of Americolor Corp, the nation’s oldest and largest producer of carpet dye. Americolor offers over 70 colors of carpet dye, easy-to-use Dye Pens and all necessary dyeing chemicals. David offers public and private classes in color repair across the country. Her hands-on train-ing program offers students real world examples in a no nonsense setting. Visit www. AmericolorDyes.com for more info on dye products or training. Dye options are available and often a better option than carpet patch-es or replacement. A for more info Visit www.cmmonline.com and type in search keyword: Carpet Care . For more information on related products, visit www.cmmonline.com , select DIRECTORY from the main navigation bar, and enter keyword: Spot Dyeing . Are you or your workers the cause of the bleach spots in the workplace? Well now you can be the hero. We’ve all seen those troublesome bleach spots on carpet in hotels, hospitals or office buildings. They are often found along of-fice hallways, outside a maid’s closet in a hotel, outside the laundry room of an apart-ment building or around the door of the restroom. It’s possible that staff could be the reason they happened in the first place. Usual culprits accidentally drip bleach from a cleaning rag, spray bottle, bucket or mop cart. And that can be a terrible feeling if you know your employees are the cause of this troublesome problem. But your department can also be the one who fixes it. With the ever increasing amount of carpet dye products available on the market, you now can be the hero in a “bleach spot” situ-ation. White or yellow discolorations tend to draw attention to the eye and are often the first thing seen when walking into a room. The use of dyes can camouflage these spots to not be such an eyesore. While no dye job is ever perfect, at least it won’t be the first thing you, your client or boss sees when they walk into a room. Tricks Of The Trade You do not need to be a dye expert to fix little dime to quarter size spots. 28 CM/Cleaning & Maintenance Management ® June 2014 Image courtesy of Carther/iStock/Thinkstock SPOT DYE
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