OMG help - carpet nightmare

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I live with my OH and he's selling the house, where we will be moving to a house we own together.
He has had new carpets fitted really recently, which was a huge deal for him as the upstairs was bare floorboards for about 4 years due to some electrical work that kept getting delayed.

He's mega precious about the house anyway (gets really upset if theres a mark on the wall, if the dog gets mud on the skirting etc) and is spending all day, everyday renovating the house ready for sale.

Also, things are really stressy at the moment because of the new house.

I've just spilt dry PIGMENT on the new carpet in the spare bedroom. PIGMENT! (used for making paint). I tripped and the box fell from my hands

This stuff is evil and it 110% stains (its pthalo green of all bloody colours, one of the most evil pigments).

He's downstairs and didn't hear me fall.

It's dry, so I'm hoping the majority will hoover up but I can't hoover until tomorrow morning when he's out walking the dog, because if he hears me hoovering now he'll know what's happened.
I'm not convinced hoovering will get it all up.

Carpet is dark grey, sort of speckled so at least it isn't white - worst case is I can pay to have someone come and replace it but I'd rather not own up to it if I can help it; he's already really stressed out.

HELP!

Has anyone had anything similar happen? How the fuck do I get pigment out of a carpet?!

Just tell him, if he's a decent bloke he'll get over it, you had an accident, they happen.

Baby wipes is the only thing that gets creosote off my hands properly too. Worth a try! If not pay to get the carpet professionally cleaned or even offer to replace.

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This is suggested for powder paint, but I beat no responsibility for more hardcore pigment

"Make a paste of baking soda and water and apply to the stain. When the baking soda paste is dry, brush or vacuum the area. Then dip a sponge in alcohol and blot the remaining stain. Turn the sponge as it absorbs the stain."

if it is sold for rentals chances are it is synthetic and bleach cleanable. You stand a much better chance with that than if it were made of wool

Would turps shift it?

Eeee.

Yikes. That’s got be ruined. Surely? I’d chuck all the tips you can find at it but fully expect to replace.

Bicarbonate Soda?

Oops.
For now, pop that box over it.
Tomorrow, get some proper advice from a carpet cleaning company.
Good luck!!!

Only on MN would we get a stealth boast about the type of carpet someone has.

My head says that I always tell my DD to fess up because the cover up is worse than the mistake.

But I can understand your angst.

The reality is that you've not been able to fix it. You gave no choice but to tell him. Apologise, tell him you'll organise professional clean or replacement if insurance will not cover. Tell him you we're anxious to tell him because you don't want to add to his stress, but then you reminded yourself that he'll realise it was an accident and nothing that can't be sorted.

Good luck.

Oh OP I feel for you. I'm also SUPER clumsy and this is my DP's pet peeve about me. Last week I was carrying a used bottle of hair dye down stairs and dropped it. It bounced and hit three of the stairs leaving hair dye splatters on the carpet. By some miracle I managed to get the stain out without him noticing thank fook!

Bite the bullet and tell him. Good luck.

Wow. I think that's an insurance claim.

I would leave it now & get a professional carpet cleaner in to look at it - my children stained our cream carpet and I locked the stain in by trying remedies that I found online so would avoid doing anything to it yourself.

Get a rug.

Tell him! You really should be able to talk to him about stuff like this if you are buying a house together.
Hoover it up ASAP. Rug doctor carpet wipes are pretty amazing. They got spots of navy paint off my beige bedroom carpet amongst other things.

Yikes. That’s very stained. Have you any spare bits of carpet left over. Could you just replace a patch of carpet? If you are selling it then it won’t matter too much.

Oh that's big When I had just moved into a new rental, I had lovely cream carpets fitted. Our house was still in unpacking stage with units everywhere for the kitchen. A friend came around with her 3 year old and he dug through my handbag and found a lipstick. 10 minutes after making a cup of tea, I thought 'he sounds quiet...' and found him giggling under a blanket. He had drawn all over my carpets with lipstick.

I did claim on the insurance after trying to wash it out. A carpet cleaner came out and got it out beautifully. Depending on the substance you need to change to cleaning agent.

Yikes. Telling him won't be fun, but anticipating that isn't something you want to be sleeping on, trust me.

If it’s only the spare room it’s presumably a smallish area? I’d call the carpet place and explain, ask if they have any of the same carpet in an off cut that would cover it, lay on the sob story and see what sort of deal they’ll do you!

Swarfega?

cold water slightly damp jclothe & neat washing up liquid try small area do in circles going outwards than slightly damp fresh j clothe & rinse same way use dryer clothe to take up stains doing same (but vacuum first)

I went downstairs really upset and told him.

The thing that upset him the most was that I was so upset; he gave me a hug and the first thing he asked was whether I was okay after falling down.

He went upstairs and did say "oh Jesus" when he saw it (the photo doesn't do it justice - it's VERY green) but wasn't cross at all, and just said "it's done now" and we talked through some cleaning options.

He told me that his friend's wife was messing around with the exact same shade of green, in paint form, and spilt it on their brand new carpet a few years ago and it was a huge drama. He's taken a photo, sent it to the mate with the caption "so you think YOUR carpet is green?!"

He's laughing about it already and says its going to be the conversation starter for the next few years.