Chris Howell
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Do you offer color repair services? The major carpet manufacturers such as Mohawk, Shaw, Masland, etc. all have need of individuals who can perform color repair services such as correcting mismatched colors at the seams of new carpet installations. Did you know that the manufacturers often have to rip out vast expanses of brand new carpet because of dye lot disparities, causing mismatched color at the seams? Our company, Colorful Carpets, recently corrected a large seam match job in Washington, DC in a law firm where over 12,000 square feet of carpet had mismatched color at the seams. We charged $20,000.00 to correct the issues and completed the entire job in one 10-hour day. Our total material cost on the job was $28.00 So why would the manufacturers be willing to pay this much money for a day’s worth of work? Simple. Their alternative would have been the following:
As an alternative to all of this, the manufacturers can get the issue resolved in a timely manner at a fraction of the cost of having to rip out and replace all of the carpet.
Colorful Carpets teaches classes all over the country to individuals who wish to learn how to perform color repairs such as the ones mentioned above as well as the following:
Colorful Carpets recently released our very own color app called the ColorCue® This is one of the single BIGGEST technological developments to ever hit the carpet and rug dyeing industry!
The ColorCue® app will enable the user to accurately measure carpet color by simply taking a picture of the carpet with the color-damaged area. The app will then automatically calculate and display the carpet color and the colors that need to be added to any faded areas to bring them back to an exact color match.
In the event that the user is trying to determine if a color can be CHANGED to a different color, the app will indicate whether or not the desired color is possible to achieve. This will be helpful when determining if a customer can have their carpet or rug changed to a specific color.
You will be able to save each formula that you create and assign a name to it. For example, if you're in Mrs. Jones house, you can calculate all of the colors and save it as "Mrs. Jones". The app will automatically create a new folder in your photos app named "ColorCue®" where you can store all of your color repair work. You will also be able to email the ColorCue®information to others who can open it in the ColorCue® app and all of the technical data will be contained in the email. All saved photos and projects can be deleted as desired or emailed to your desktop computer to save space on your portable device.
The ColorCue® is ONLY be available to those who have taken our color training. It will NOT be made available to the general public.
Once you take our color training we have a support system that’s available 24/7, 365 days a year called “The Dye Lot”. The Dye Lot is a private Facebook page that’s only open to color repair professionals who have been trained in the art of color repair. It’s a place where you can ask questions, get advice, share photos, and interact with other color repair professionals. Currently we have 167 members in the group, most of whom are very active and happy to give advice, feedback, and just generally be helpful. So you will have an excellent ongoing source of support long after you’ve finished the training. Here’s the page:
Please visit our Facebook page for more information on the color trainings that we offer. We have thousands of photos and videos where you can see examples of the types of services that can be provided when you offer color repair for carpets and rugs.
Please feel free to contact me with any questions that you may have. You can respond to this message or contact me directly at: (240) 753-5395
We are including announcements (attached at the end of this message) of our upcoming trainings for 2016.
Wishing each of you a pleasant day
- Pay someone to rip out all newly-installed carpet
- Pay someone to scrape all of the glue off of the concrete floors. This alone would have taken over a week to complete
- Pay to have all carpet that’s been removed hauled out, loaded in a truck, and taken to a landfill (where they have to pay to dispose of it). Also, bear in mind that the carpet is non-biodegradable, so it just “sits” in the landfill.
- Run an entire new production of carpet and hope that they don’t have the exact same issue again with mismatched seams
- Pay to transport newly-produced carpet to job site
- Pay to have new carpet cut and installed (glue down)
- Wait for client’s approval for new carpet appearance
- Deal with unhappy dealers and end users for excessive time that was required to resolve the issue and complete the renovation.
As an alternative to all of this, the manufacturers can get the issue resolved in a timely manner at a fraction of the cost of having to rip out and replace all of the carpet.
Colorful Carpets teaches classes all over the country to individuals who wish to learn how to perform color repairs such as the ones mentioned above as well as the following:
- Bleach spot repair
- Full room dyeing for completely changing colors
- Sun fading repair
- Complete color restorations
- ColorClean process. Our proprietary ColorClean is a process that cleans and restores the color in one step. This is a service that we provide in the White House.
- Persian Rug color restoration using a specialized airbrush setup that we designed for these intricate color restorations
Colorful Carpets recently released our very own color app called the ColorCue® This is one of the single BIGGEST technological developments to ever hit the carpet and rug dyeing industry!
The ColorCue® app will enable the user to accurately measure carpet color by simply taking a picture of the carpet with the color-damaged area. The app will then automatically calculate and display the carpet color and the colors that need to be added to any faded areas to bring them back to an exact color match.
In the event that the user is trying to determine if a color can be CHANGED to a different color, the app will indicate whether or not the desired color is possible to achieve. This will be helpful when determining if a customer can have their carpet or rug changed to a specific color.
You will be able to save each formula that you create and assign a name to it. For example, if you're in Mrs. Jones house, you can calculate all of the colors and save it as "Mrs. Jones". The app will automatically create a new folder in your photos app named "ColorCue®" where you can store all of your color repair work. You will also be able to email the ColorCue®information to others who can open it in the ColorCue® app and all of the technical data will be contained in the email. All saved photos and projects can be deleted as desired or emailed to your desktop computer to save space on your portable device.
The ColorCue® is ONLY be available to those who have taken our color training. It will NOT be made available to the general public.
Once you take our color training we have a support system that’s available 24/7, 365 days a year called “The Dye Lot”. The Dye Lot is a private Facebook page that’s only open to color repair professionals who have been trained in the art of color repair. It’s a place where you can ask questions, get advice, share photos, and interact with other color repair professionals. Currently we have 167 members in the group, most of whom are very active and happy to give advice, feedback, and just generally be helpful. So you will have an excellent ongoing source of support long after you’ve finished the training. Here’s the page:
Please visit our Facebook page for more information on the color trainings that we offer. We have thousands of photos and videos where you can see examples of the types of services that can be provided when you offer color repair for carpets and rugs.
Please feel free to contact me with any questions that you may have. You can respond to this message or contact me directly at: (240) 753-5395
We are including announcements (attached at the end of this message) of our upcoming trainings for 2016.
Wishing each of you a pleasant day
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