Sunday, May 24, 2009

In search of color



As I did some Theraband stretches in one room today, little did I know that Jake was tearing open a package of Rit dye he had found among Rachel’s art supplies in her room. It would have to be SCARLET!



After I figured out what he had been up to, I tried my best to pick up the dye crystals on the light-colored carpet. I should have gone downstairs and gotten the vacuum cleaner. But like an idiot I grabbed a wet washcloth, only to see the rug turn a nice shade of deep pink.



Several washcloths later, I resorted to a Clorox solution, which didn’t completely take out the color, but made it a lot less vivid.



You can still see color on his right front leg. I imagine his mouth is red on the inside too. If Rit dye is toxic, it doesn’t seem to be having an immediate effect on the culprit.

11 Comments:

Blogger Kellyann Brown said...

JAKE!!!!

Probably thought it was koolaide!

11:29 AM  
Blogger Terry Grant said...

Oh no! Of all the things he could have gotten into-- Rit makes a "color remover" product. I don't know if it would be any more effective in taking the dye out of the carpet than the clorox, but might be worth a try.

11:40 AM  
Blogger Barbara said...

Kelly -- I think he was trying to tell me he wants MORE of his new gourmet food, which he gobbles down with no hesitation.

Terry -- I thought about the color remover, but didn't want to take the original color out of the carpet. I just checked and it actually looks amazingly good considering the chemical onslaught this morning!

11:49 AM  
Blogger rachaelgking said...

Stained is the new black?

Sorry, love. :-)

12:02 AM  
Blogger Waterbaby said...

Well, at least Jake is feeling better!

11:25 AM  
Blogger GEWELS said...

He's lucky he's adorable!

1:58 PM  
Blogger Gary said...

And you couldn't have had a scarlet colored carpet to begin with? Of course not!

2:52 PM  
Blogger Barbara said...

LiLu -- Actually dogs are color blind, so I can't fault him for his color choice!

WB -- I'm starting to think he was just faking sick, although he is still eating grass.

Gewels -- Yes, he's gotten away with a lot in his 11 years because he is a cute dog.

Gary -- That would be correct; no scarlet carpets in our house!

My neighbor had a similar experience with her dog biting into a ball point pen. Same results!

2:58 PM  
Blogger Kristin said...

Of course it was scarlet! If you're going to mess up, mess big.

5:18 PM  
Blogger Steve Reed said...

Time for hardwood floors! :)

I'd love to see the inside of his mouth!

2:28 PM  
Blogger Barbara said...

An update: Unfortunately this is one of those incidents that refuses to quit. When the cleaning people came yesterday, they managed to leave a huge red spot on the upstairs hall carpeting, probably in the process of emptying my daughter's trash can, where I had unfortunately put the opened dye. Tomorrow the carpet repair people are coming to do surgery on our upstairs carpeting. Luckily I found some spare pieces of carpeting in the attic.

3:50 PM  

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