color trainings

  1. Chris Howell

    Any Redskins fans in here?

    Fun project that we did. This was a custom made designer wool rug that belongs to Daniel Snyder, owner of the Washington Redskins NFL football team. His wife, Tonya, wanted it dyed to a specific shade of blue to match her curtains. Fun job. This is the BEST kind of winter work!
  2. Chris Howell

    Marketing tip for slow time of year

    Here's a little marketing tip for those of you who are interested: Churches are a great source of business. They typically have high volumes of traffic and a limited budget for maintaining their carpets (since they depend on charitable contributions to survive). Remember that many churches are...
  3. Chris Howell

    Dye Stripper Damage

    Yet ANOTHER rug damaged by dye strippers. It's keeping my trainees busy!
  4. Chris Howell

    Our customer of the year award. And yours?

    Our customer of the year award: Customer: Hi. I'd like my carpet dyed. Colorful Carpets: Please send us a photo of your carpet so that we can see the color and the issues it has. Customer: Ok. Will send it now. Colorful Carpets: Ummm...:hopeless:
  5. Chris Howell

    Ugly ---> Beautiful

    Check out this ugly carpet that one of my trainees just made look beautiful. Very proud of him.
  6. Chris Howell

    Wool & Viscose Rug

    A wool rug with viscose accents that one of our trainees, Sturdy Wengen, airbrushed in our shop. Customer wanted us to make the accents a bit more vibrant. She absolutely loved the results!
  7. Chris Howell

    No market for carpet dyeing services

    So one of my Minneapolis color trainees this week was told by someone that there is no market for carpet dyeing services. ;) Check out the job that my trainee just got in today! Congregation just purchased this church. They want the entire carpet restored. It's still in excellent overall...
  8. Chris Howell

    Do you do the trade-offs for your services?

    One of the best parts of being in this business is the trade-offs that you get to do. We are doing a job in Virginia next week at a resort. I arranged a trade off with them where we would fix a couple of bleach spots in exchange for a 3-day weekend getaway at the resort. I'm bringing the...
  9. Chris Howell

    So whatdya do with hair dye on carpet?

    So whatdya do with hair dye on carpet? Hair dye is one of the most difficult things to remove because the dye actually penetrates the fibers actually penetrates the fibers and goes inside the dye sites. Dye sites are like little pores or pockets on the fibers that hold the color...
  10. Chris Howell

    A BEAUTIFUL carpet color restoration!

    Have to share this with you! A beautiful color restoration performed yesterday by one of our color trainees in Australia! LOVE THIS! ❤️ Happy Thanksgiving to each of you
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