Jamesh921
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What's the difference?
Acid Rinse vs Dye Stabilizer
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Jamesh921
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Sorry 'bout the double post. MODERATOR???? Clean up on aisle 6.
Chris Howell
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Dye stabilizer is designed to stabilize or "lock in" the dyes. An acid rinse will help both to "set" any loose dyes as well as rinse away any dyes that are not inside the dye sites (sitting on the outside of the fibers. This applies to both carpets and rugs.
Chris Howell
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Answered in your other (duplicate) post.
Larry Cobb
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Acid rinses will tend to set only acid dyes.
What you are calling a dye stabilizer, I would call a Dye Transfer Inhibitor.
They work by absorbing any dyes released from the fiber.
They are more effective on both acid (anionic) & disperse dyes, and more expensive.
We have one used in the woven rug cleaning field (ColorSorb) :
http://www.cobbcarpet.com/zen/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=65&products_id=5424
This is a good article on Dye Bleeding by ARCS:
http://www.rugcarespecialists.org/images/pdf/dye_bleed.pdf
What you are calling a dye stabilizer, I would call a Dye Transfer Inhibitor.
They work by absorbing any dyes released from the fiber.
They are more effective on both acid (anionic) & disperse dyes, and more expensive.
We have one used in the woven rug cleaning field (ColorSorb) :
http://www.cobbcarpet.com/zen/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=65&products_id=5424
This is a good article on Dye Bleeding by ARCS:
http://www.rugcarespecialists.org/images/pdf/dye_bleed.pdf
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