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line chalk on carpet bizee 08-07-2006
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Posted by bizee on August 7, 2006, 12:45 pm
my son in law was over doing some repairs, his chalk line was removed
from his toolbelt by one of the kids and chalk was released onto the
carpet (brand new mind you). Now have some red on the carpet.

I have only vacuumed it so far. Took a brush to try and break it free.
Tonight will use the hose attachment for better control and suction.
I have not put anything wet on it!

Anyone have permanent issues with this? The area was not walked on or
otherwise disturbed. Seems to be in the fibers pretty good.


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Posted by Phisherman on August 7, 2006, 4:34 pm

>my son in law was over doing some repairs, his chalk line was removed
>from his toolbelt by one of the kids and chalk was released onto the
>carpet (brand new mind you). Now have some red on the carpet.
>
>I have only vacuumed it so far. Took a brush to try and break it free.
> Tonight will use the hose attachment for better control and suction.
>I have not put anything wet on it!
>
>Anyone have permanent issues with this? The area was not walked on or
>otherwise disturbed. Seems to be in the fibers pretty good.

Try using the crevice vacuum attachment, tamp the carpet. With
patience that should get most of it. Avoid using anything wet.

Posted by DT on August 7, 2006, 4:40 pm
bizeesheri@gmail.com says...
>
>my son in law was over doing some repairs, his chalk line was removed
>from his toolbelt by one of the kids and chalk was released onto the
>carpet (brand new mind you). Now have some red on the carpet.
>

Well, the different colors have different ratings, red is permanent. You can
try contacting the manufacturer. Irwin is one common company, here is a link to
their answer about chalk colors, according to them it is "nearly impossible to
remove":

http://www.irwin.com/irwin/consumer/jhtml/askIrwinList.jhtml?key=/irwin/consume
r/repository/AskIrwinRepository/BMCO_0130Chalk.xml&asked=yes

--
Dennis


Posted by RicodJour on August 7, 2006, 4:42 pm
bizee wrote:
> my son in law was over doing some repairs, his chalk line was removed
> from his toolbelt by one of the kids and chalk was released onto the
> carpet (brand new mind you). Now have some red on the carpet.
>
> I have only vacuumed it so far. Took a brush to try and break it free.
> Tonight will use the hose attachment for better control and suction.
> I have not put anything wet on it!
>
> Anyone have permanent issues with this? The area was not walked on or
> otherwise disturbed. Seems to be in the fibers pretty good.

As soon as you said red it was over. The red chalk is meant for more
or less permanent markings. I don't know how the blue chalk differs,
but it's a helluva lot easier to clean up.

I'd try some of that oxygenated stuff, then steam cleaning. It might
make it worse, but you've got to try something. Failng with that, you
could have a carpet guy cut out the damaged area and splice in a patch.
Depending on the skill of the carpet guy and the type of carpet the
repair can be anywhere from passable to invisible.

R


Posted by on August 8, 2006, 10:15 am
wrote:

>bizee wrote:
>> my son in law was over doing some repairs, his chalk line was removed
>> from his toolbelt by one of the kids and chalk was released onto the
>> carpet (brand new mind you). Now have some red on the carpet.
>>
>> I have only vacuumed it so far. Took a brush to try and break it free.
>> Tonight will use the hose attachment for better control and suction.
>> I have not put anything wet on it!
>>
>> Anyone have permanent issues with this? The area was not walked on or
>> otherwise disturbed. Seems to be in the fibers pretty good.
>
>As soon as you said red it was over. The red chalk is meant for more
>or less permanent markings. I don't know how the blue chalk differs,
>but it's a helluva lot easier to clean up.
>
>I'd try some of that oxygenated stuff, then steam cleaning. It might
>make it worse, but you've got to try something. Failng with that, you
>could have a carpet guy cut out the damaged area and splice in a patch.
> Depending on the skill of the carpet guy and the type of carpet the
>repair can be anywhere from passable to invisible.
>
>R

Or just buy a few cases of red chalk and rub it into the whole carpet.

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