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John Gregory
06-08-2005, 08:17 PM
Fine powdered construction chalk used on cord to make lines on flat surfaces
(for cutting, truing, what have you) inadvertently got on my 4 year old
deep-piled carpet. It's water-soluble... so it appears. However, in
discovering what it is, I used water and now it's deeper down the pile.

They started as two dark specs. Then I took a wet rag to one and it turned
bright reg. That's when I realized what it was. Must have been on a cuff of
my work pants as I passed in my stocking feet.

Any idea of how to get this put? I used a Green Machine but stopped short
thinking I'd just make a liquid that would go all the way to the mat. Aside
from a wet towel and careful rubbing (synthetic fiber tufts) I really don't
know what else to do.

Boca Jan
06-08-2005, 08:17 PM
I would use a carpet machine so I could suck up the water as it sprayed into
the pile.


"John Gregory" <jaygreg90@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Fine powdered construction chalk used on cord to make lines on flat
surfaces
> (for cutting, truing, what have you) inadvertently got on my 4 year old
> deep-piled carpet. It's water-soluble... so it appears. However, in
> discovering what it is, I used water and now it's deeper down the pile.
>
> They started as two dark specs. Then I took a wet rag to one and it turned
> bright reg. That's when I realized what it was. Must have been on a cuff
of
> my work pants as I passed in my stocking feet.
>
> Any idea of how to get this put? I used a Green Machine but stopped short
> thinking I'd just make a liquid that would go all the way to the mat.
Aside
> from a wet towel and careful rubbing (synthetic fiber tufts) I really
don't
> know what else to do.
>
>