Welcome to Probrite.Net, website of the carpet color specialist
in the upper-Midwest U.S.A.! Our services include color repair,
correction, change, enhancement, and color maintenance of carpet.
We specialize in the problems that are widely considered impossible to correct and with replacement being the only option. Since the early 1980s we have been successively and consistently solving color problems for all installed carpet installations, loose-lay and fine Orientals – regardless of fiber content. Nylons, acrylics, polyester, sisal, jute, cotton, wool, silk, and even olefin have all been successfully repaired and worked with. From carpet bleach stains (bleach spots), sun fading (sun bleaching), to carpet side match; all color related problems in carpet is our speciality. A master dyer and spotter can employ generationally proven arts and practices that go far beyond the abilities of common cleaning. Explore our website and be amazed at what can be done for the perceived impossible.
For decades we have been solving the most difficult problems related to carpet color. Whether the problems were related to bleaching to off-coloring, our services have extended locally to internationally. We specialize in the "impossible job". A large part of our business is providing troubleshooting and consultation for the cleaning professionals. Carpet color is our business, our only business!
Carpet
Color Repair
Carpet salespeople tell us that color is the number one consideration of a new carpet buyer. Yet, color damage is the number one cause of replacement. As many have noted, most carpets will ugly out long before actually wearing out. It is the addition and/or loss of color that causes most replacement. Color loss, yellowing, dye and ink stains, furniture stains, or bleaching from sunlight, chemicals, or traffic dye wear, are major forms of such damage. Whether the problem is thumbnail size, located in residential, or lage scale commercial, the vast majority are repairable. Virtually all common maladies, short of construction degradation, are either repairable or can be brought to an acceptable appearance level.
Repairable Examples
Benzoyl Peroxide. A common ingredient found in many personal care and
cleaning products. This oxidizing bleach usually shows up on clothing, towels, and carpet. Classified as a latent color
destroyer, it can remain dormant in carpet for months, until activated to cause color bleaching. Carpet cleaning or high
humidity are common triggers.
Bleach Stains. A myriad amount of carpet bleaching is caused by many
ingredients in today's products. Chlorine, peroxides, color strippers and solvents, are only a few of the many color bleaching
offenders. The vast majority of these chemically caused problems are repairable by redyeing.
Dye & Ink Stains. Dye stains from writing inks to food dyes in drinks are usually
correctable. Only a very few of these occurances are beyond repair.
Fading. Loss of color due to sunlight, fumes, heat or traffic is reverseable
with industrial quality dyes. Redyeing of color faded areas or even an entire carpet gives beautiful results.
Furniture Stains. Wood stains from furniture on carpet can be removed
without cutting and patching. Removing and possibly redyeing these color damaged areas usually produces far better
results than using a knife.
Pet Stains. Cats, dogs and other household pets are loveable, but can be center
to carpet color headaches. These pet staining and bleaching problems do have remedies besides replacement.
Carpet Color Correction
In new carpet installation, some occasional manufacturing imperfections show up as off-sidematch at seams, banding, or steaks. Reinstallation has many times been the method used to correct the problems. However, this solution is not without its own drawbacks. Additional high costs of tear-out, site preparation and reinstalling are incurred. Further business disruption, and time delays are other issues that come into play. Plus, there is also the possibility that reinstallation of the same carpet line will face a repeat of the same problem. This can and does happen all too often – occassionally,
multiple times on the same job.
Carpet color correction is an alternative remedial solution. Using the same mill dyes and procedures, it extends the final manufacturing processes to on-location and is specifically tailored for each individual situation. Extending the in-plant manufacturing processes to on-location, color correction is a final step in the manufacturing and installation of broadloom carpet. It preserves all warrantees and guarantees years of life and beauty for a major investment.
Correctable Flaws in New Carpet Installation>
Color Sidematch - A color variation at the seam when two carpet panels are joined. This may affect the full length of the seam or only partially. It can appear that the panels have totally different colors, or are only slightly off. There are various causes for this to occur, but almost all of the situations are correctable onsite without reinstallation.
Pile Reversal - A pile reversal within a roll of carpet can occur during manufacturing, and when two pieces are seamed together a color difference will appear. A reversal is usually assumed to be cause by the carpet being turned different directions during installation, but this is many times not the case. For example, a pile reversal can be present even when the face fiber patterns match at the seam, and the stamps and arrows on the backing of both panels are self-consistent.
Roll Crush - Pile crushing is not considered a manufacturing defect, even though it can give the appearance of a color difference at the seam. The crushing usually occurs during storage or shipping of the carpet rolls, and results with a variance of pile direction at the seam when installed. It can be corrected with little difficulty with vary rare exceptions.
Banding - Bands of differing hue, value, width or number can occur that run the length or width of a carpet. The causes can be due to color, the lack of color, texture difference, or other variations that occurred during manufacturing.
Streaking - This is usually observed as a narrow line or partial line running lengthwise in a carpet. It can appear darker or lighter in color - or lack of color - in the carpet roll. Most often there is a single line in the carpet roll, but there can be more. This is a correctable situation, even in a multi-colored patterned carpet.
Texture Sidematch - During the shearing or tufting process of manufacturing a texture variance can cause the appearance of a color or shading difference. Shearing of random style loops can cause what appears as a color sidematch when panels are seamed together.
Advanced Color
In the crafts and trades there are many general rules written to keep the novice within safe parameters. Similar to the designated geyser boardwalks in Yellowstone Park, venturing beyond those borders has caused more than one person's demise. In the world there are numerous artisans in various crafts. In textile dyeing there has been and is many master dyers. In on-location color repair and correction of textile flooring there are very few. It has been estimated that their total number can be shown on a few hands – the actual number is unknown; but it is this type of artisans that write the rule books; that deal with the exceptions, and set the standards.
Our services include color repair, correction, change, enhancement, and color maintenance of carpet. Whoever has carpet color problems is our potential customer.
We are well into our third decade of serving home owners, carpet mills, dealers, cleaners, businesses, and contractors - all with carpet color problems. That is what we do, all we do, and we do it well! That is why we say, "When the Pros Need Help - They Call Us!"
Carpet color problems arise from a myriad of different sources and reasons. Common complaints are chemical bleach, acne cream bleaching, sun bleaching or fading,cleaning products, furniture staining, Kool-Aid™, pets, fingernail polish, sidematch, roll-crush, and the list goes on.
Whether the problem is thumbnail size located in residential or large scale commercial, the vast majority are repairable, or can be brought to an acceptable appearance level.
We have received numerous inquires looking for help in distant locations. For most, the possiblilities for helping have been small. The size of the job rarely warrants the expense of a fly-in.
As an alternative, we are offering this generic and targeted how-to multi-media training facility. With the proper training and guidance, some may be able to at least improve upon their own situation.
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