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UK General Cleaning Forum => General Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: drive surgeon on July 23, 2010, 03:56:37 pm

Title: 200 square metres of chewing gum removal
Post by: drive surgeon on July 23, 2010, 03:56:37 pm

i have to quote 200 square metres of paving full of gum and dirty stains. i was thinking of using my fsc to cold wash the whole surface to remove any surface grime followed by a hot wash of the gum and any stubborn stains. was thinking of £2.50 a sq metre as  at £2 a sq metre is only £400 and it could take 2 days?  how would you go about the cleaning process and what would you charge?  its my first hot water wash and proper chewing gum job.  access and water supply are dead easy.  see pics below

Title: Re: 200 square metres of chewing gum removal
Post by: Seers on July 23, 2010, 05:47:48 pm

Hi,

One man could bang that out easily in under a day, it's only 10m x 20m and nice sized slabs too. Won't get much sand etc in run off.

I would go over it first with a hot wash lance only to get rid of gum and then go over the whole area with fsc cleaner. Doing the gum last will probably leave clean spots.

Spot on with price I would think.

Cheers,

Huw

Title: Re: 200 square metres of chewing gum removal
Post by: drive surgeon on July 23, 2010, 10:26:55 pm

thanks for reply i will do that.  :)

Title: Re: 200 square metres of chewing gum removal
Post by: mark.laycock1@ntlw on July 25, 2010, 03:22:24 pm

with mine fsc i have the gum attectment on the back of it so yes maybe half a day.

Title: Re: 200 square metres of chewing gum removal
Post by: Ricky M on July 25, 2010, 10:25:35 pm

we dont really much this kind of work but get asked a lot so forgive my lack of knowledge but what is an fsc   ???

Title: Re: 200 square metres of chewing gum removal
Post by: Blast Off Stoke on July 25, 2010, 11:01:07 pm

flat surface cleaner or rotary cleaner