tinytawnykitten Posted August 5, 2008 Report Share Posted August 5, 2008 I have spilled some of that blue white spot cure on the carpet. What a dummy. I haven't attempted to clean it because I thought I would just make it worse. I am wanting to know whether anyone has had any luck getting this out of carpet, or had any carpet cleaning type person up to get it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David R Posted August 5, 2008 Report Share Posted August 5, 2008 I struggle to get it off my skin. The silicone in my tanks seems perminantly stained, and even the driftwood takes a while to lose the blue-ish hue. Unless you can soak the carpet in water for a few weeks I don't think there's much hope. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkLB Posted August 5, 2008 Report Share Posted August 5, 2008 Ummm...I hope I'm wrong...but I think it's in your carpet forever. Think of it as a good excuse to get a new rug :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted August 5, 2008 Report Share Posted August 5, 2008 i think the main ingredients in the cure were used as a medical dye, i maybe wrong use too much it will even stain your silicone and may even make it let go Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitzy Posted August 5, 2008 Report Share Posted August 5, 2008 I aways pour in to a measuring cup over a sink so i dont have that problem of getting it on the carpet tho i did get it on the bench and used a bit of jiff and a hard scrub and it faded and eventually came out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dimebag Posted August 5, 2008 Report Share Posted August 5, 2008 i would call a professional carpet cleaner. if anyone can get it out they can. jae are usually pretty good. other than that call a carpet layer and have them patch it. either way it should be fine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrienne Posted August 5, 2008 Report Share Posted August 5, 2008 i would call a professional carpet cleaner. if anyone can get it out they can. jae are usually pretty good. other than that call a carpet layer and have them patch it. either way it should be fine or call your insurance company, pay the excess and get them to sort it. You may even get a new carpet! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David R Posted August 5, 2008 Report Share Posted August 5, 2008 use too much it will even stain your silicone and may even make it let go Tell me more! Both my tanks have blue silicone (I thinks its just part and parcel of keeping clown loaches, its bound to happen some time) and I haven't had any problems yet. But I suppose thats what the Irishman said when his horse died, "ah, its never done that before!" :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinytawnykitten Posted August 5, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 5, 2008 Oh don't get me wrong, but I am glad it most likely won't come out of the carpet I don't want to make an insurance claim unless I can be fairly sure that they won't be able to clean it out and will have to replace it! Otherwise I would rather just spend the $100 or so it will cost to clean it, on a new rug. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted August 5, 2008 Report Share Posted August 5, 2008 Methylene blue I don't know about removing but malachite green can be neutralized with SO2. Sodium metabisulphite is used by home brewers to sanitize bottles and will remove the green stain. Methylene blue was used to treat athletes foot. Forget the smell of wintergreen and look at your feet. Best guess might be nappie san it is used to remove beetroot and red wine stains from tableclothes by caterers. When in solution it produces sodium carbonate (washing soda) and sodium peroxide. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warren Posted August 5, 2008 Report Share Posted August 5, 2008 I recommend you spill it over the rest of your carpet. The stain will not come out. Your only options are to replace the carpet or use the meth-blue to dye the rest of the carpet the same colour... 8) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpidersWeb Posted August 5, 2008 Report Share Posted August 5, 2008 or move the fish tank forward so that nobody can see it To minimise the effect you would've needed to have taken action immediately pressing lightly with an absorbant moist towel (not rubbing). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tHEcONCH Posted August 5, 2008 Report Share Posted August 5, 2008 You'll never get rid of it - get a carpetlayer to patch it with some spare carpet (often found in your closet bottom etc) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinytawnykitten Posted August 5, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 5, 2008 I recommend you spill it over the rest of your carpet. The stain will not come out. Your only options are to replace the carpet or use the meth-blue to dye the rest of the carpet the same colour... 8) :lol: :lol: :lol: I have actually phoned the insurance company and they are sending Jae up to clean it. Now I just hope they don't get it out. I managed to drop the bottle in the doorway and it spilt into my son's room and the hallway so here's hoping they fail and then replace the carpet. We were planning to recarpet in a year or two anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simian Posted August 6, 2008 Report Share Posted August 6, 2008 Might be best if this thread "disappeared" "accidentally" :roll: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinytawnykitten Posted August 6, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 6, 2008 Might be best if this thread "disappeared" "accidentally" :roll: Nah it's not as if I deliberately wrecked the carpet, and I don't think it's 'wrong' to hope they can't get the stain out. And if they can get it out I have clean carpet again and if they can't, the policy is replacement, it's all above board! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpidersWeb Posted August 6, 2008 Report Share Posted August 6, 2008 na that is a legitimate insurance claim. You'd be amazed at what you can claim for (one of my exs worked at IAG as a Claims Advisor). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinytawnykitten Posted August 6, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 6, 2008 na that is a legitimate insurance claim. You'd be amazed at what you can claim for (one of my exs worked at IAG as a Claims Advisor). I have had my house and contents insurance since we bought our house 11 years ago, and have never made a claim, but I dropped my camera on honeymoon and it broke. It was a second hand camera I bought from a friend for $200. Then I bought a $100 replacement camera while on holiday from a supermarket in France and my husband dropped it (yes we do seem like complete losers but we really aren't! ) and both cameras were broken. When we returned someone suggested we claim though our travel insurance. We had to send them both cameras and they sent us a $1200 Camera House voucher. Super sweet! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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