carpet dyeing free carpet for duster

I met a guy from a craigslist ad locally in my area that was advertising several different parts for a 73 duster. So I bought a few parts and he asked me if I wanted the original carpet from his car that he had replaced and kept the old one. Our 400bb duster project has no carpet in it and the used carpet was in great shape but gold in color. So I bought 3 boxes of ritt dye and a cheap new large garbage can. Filled it with hot as heck water and stuffed it in there. I know there are threads on here of guys using spray bottles or rattle canning. But figured since it's already out, and the directions said fill a bucket and submerg. I'll let you know how it goes. I'm letting it sit all night in it. Saw a guy on YouTube do it this way with good results.