How can I dye an oriental rug?
It doesn't match my decor, which is neon pink, bright green, and gold ingots.
How can I get rid or dye out the blue parts of the rug? What nearly bleach?
Answers: You want to do this at a laundromat, biggest machine possible.
within cold water, bleach the rug. It may bear two tries---using the largest possible machine, try a cup of detergent and a cup of bleach, and see what happen. If you get the desired shade, or remove the colour it enough, later you can immediately dye it (To a dark shade, of course.) Otherwise, double or triple the bleach, no detergent, and run it again.
You may put further bleach in the compartment where on earth the fabric softener go, and it will bleach it again on the rinse cycle.
After you dye it, as a courteousy to the next soul, run it through a cycle with detergent, bare. Or you can do a load of unlit, old clothes, approaching blue jeans.
To dry it, lay it on a flat surface, turning it occasionally, and avoid direct sunlight, ideally it will be in the shade on a reheat, breezy day. If indoors, dry it on an aged sheet on a carpet, near a fan pointed at it, again, turning it every hour or two.
Good-luck---Brian
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