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UK Floor Cleaning Forum => Carpet Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Dave Parry on October 25, 2003, 11:56:11 pm

Title: Copydex
Post by: Dave Parry on October 25, 2003, 11:56:11 pm

Got a capet where I think copydex (or some type of latex ) Has been spilled and left for some time gone solid as a rock. Kids bless em! Spill about 3 inch diameter.
tried solvent cleaner and amberklene FE10 not the slightest bit of difference. Any one got any ideas.

Title: Re: Copydex
Post by: Dynafoam on October 26, 2003, 01:08:33 am

Dave,

If it's "rock solid" it's not laytex, which remains rubbery.

How does it respond to attack with a perforator?
Solid masses become more responsive to solvents when fragmented and if a few small sections can be removed they can be tested with solvents away from the carpet,

If you have a steam generator, see if it responds to heat.

If innitial investigations do not indicate a relatively easy method of removal, especialy since there is a posibility that this contaminant has penetrated to the backing or beyond, I would sugest that this may be a job best walked away from whilst it is the customers' problem - not yours.

regards,

John.