My carpet finally met its match..!

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It's been a while since I have been active on here. Life has been hectic! I hope everyone out there is safe, and hanging in there through all this.

Now, my '03 Tahoe was never a show stopper, blah blah. But, it did look good. But I often found myself staring at the stains in the carpet. Now, after hauling around all 5 of my kids for the last few years, its gotten its fair share of stains, dings, dents, and scratches. But nothing bothered me more than the ugly stains on the carpet. So I set off trying to clean it up a bit.

After multiple cleaners, sprays, soaks, scrubs, nothing was working. It was time for drastic measures. I was going to dye the carpet, black. Here's a few photos of afterwards. I used RIT fabric dye, which is great. And, it doesn't stick to plastics. With that, you can keep a lot of the big stuff inside the car during the process.

It has been about a week since I've finished the front half and so far so good. The cargo area is under construction as of now, and will be getting the same treatment, possibly a little more if I choose to.
I knew it wasn’t going to be perfect, but as long as it didn’t look blotchy I was happy.

Side note: lighting sucks, but I haven’t noticed any lighter/darker spots yet. The cargo area, being a big square will take some time and concentration.
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I will add, with the exception of one spot, which took a tall, ice cold pitcher of Red kool-aid one summer day, its all pretty nice. It "feels" updated, if that makes sense.
 
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Definitely. I got in every time and was just drawn to the stains. Couldn’t stand it. Especially after purchasing a 2015 Nissan.
slowly but surely everything’s getting checked off the Ta’Hoe build list.
 

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That turned out great. I’m currently working on restoring a WJ Grand Cherokee for my sister-in-law. Will have to keep that stuff in mind if I can’t save the carpet in it
 

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It's been a while since I have been active on here. Life has been hectic! I hope everyone out there is safe, and hanging in there through all this.

Now, my '03 Tahoe was never a show stopper, blah blah. But, it did look good. But I often found myself staring at the stains in the carpet. Now, after hauling around all 5 of my kids for the last few years, its gotten its fair share of stains, dings, dents, and scratches. But nothing bothered me more than the ugly stains on the carpet. So I set off trying to clean it up a bit.

After multiple cleaners, sprays, soaks, scrubs, nothing was working. It was time for drastic measures. I was going to dye the carpet, black. Here's a few photos of afterwards. I used RIT fabric dye, which is great. And, it doesn't stick to plastics. With that, you can keep a lot of the big stuff inside the car during the process.

It has been about a week since I've finished the front half and so far so good. The cargo area is under construction as of now, and will be getting the same treatment, possibly a little more if I choose to.
I knew it wasn’t going to be perfect, but as long as it didn’t look blotchy I was happy.

Side note: lighting sucks, but I haven’t noticed any lighter/darker spots yet. The cargo area, being a big square will take some time and concentration.
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Did you pull the seats and center console to dye everything?
 

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