Clean It Up
UK Floor Cleaning Forum => Carpet Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: garyhumphreys on June 28, 2012, 05:24:06 pm
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What is your No.1 choice for chewing gum removal?
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Depends on volume.
If its just a few peices in a customers home, then i'll use solvex or citrus gel with a blunt knife.
Did a nightclub on Tuesday and the place was covered in it! :( It didn't look so bad when i quoted! I gave up after about 20 peices (as my hand was getting sore) and went to my van to get the wal paper stripper.
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We never do chewing gum unless it is just the odd one in a home. IMO it's a mugs game to do it commercially.
Simon
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The Landlord. A pub near me will not allow chewing gum at all. He can spot someone as soon as they walk in. Its in the bin or they are out. Cleaned there several times and found 2 pieces.
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Hairspray ;D ;D ;D
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Simon, Dont you remove them when you do the ships?
I dont do huge volumes of commercial. Dont like the anti social hours, late payments and find it a bit boring :-\
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Simon, Dont you remove them when you do the ships?
You don't get peasants chewing gum on super-liners, perish the thought ;D
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The average cruise customer would be forever unsticking their dentures if they chewed gum!
The Aurora was like God's waiting room when we did that job in January!
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Being of three score years and ten, that's probably why I never fancied a cruise.
I might never make it home.
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The average cruise customer would be forever unsticking their dentures if they chewed gum!
The Aurora was like God's waiting room when we did that job in January!
Bit of an exaggeration there jimothy, you were skiving in your van most of the morning and never clapped eyes on the passengers. ;D
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Thats let me off then.
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Full of fat americans cruises, chewing gum would be like a slim fast diet to them!
Shaun
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Ok denture glue on the carpet then? lol
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Answer to the question...............
I found the best and quickest method to be steam preferably with pressure.
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No one gave you a proper answer because there isn't one....
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Depends on volume.
If its just a few peices in a customers home, then i'll use solvex or citrus gel with a blunt knife.
Did a nightclub on Tuesday and the place was covered in it! :( It didn't look so bad when i quoted! I gave up after about 20 peices (as my hand was getting sore) and went to my van to get the wal paper stripper.
That was my anwser. I'll expand it:
Give the gum a couple of stabs/slashes. Apply solvent of choice to damaged gum, then work it in / scrape it with the edge of the blade. Keep on scraping till its removed from fibres. Mind you dont knackard the pile.
Then extract area.
Takes me about 1 minute to remove one average sized gum splodge.
Never had any problems with this method.
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Sometimes ... carpet permitting i use a firm side slash of my trusty craft knife :-X
but have tried freeze spray .. small steamer .. various gels etc etc ...
mostly use just white spirit spray (backing permitting ) it will turn a perforated gum to mush like the best of them .
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Sometimes ... carpet permitting i use a firm side slash of my trusty craft knife :-X
Often referred to as "Spotter Number 13" ;D
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Liquagel from chemspec is very good but it does go off in the van.
Shaun
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Where to?
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i always use the bazooka chewing gum remover its a great tool and by complete chance i have one for sale on ebay
here
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Bazooka-Chewing-Gum-Remover-/261051056963?pt=UK_HomeGarden_CLV_Cleaning_CA&hash=item3cc7db0343#ht_500wt_1202
well its worth a try
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Sorry david,but that thing is a waste of money,,,,
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Not at all, The bazooka is an awesome tool when used right,
Combined with a steamer we can clear a full nightclub of chewy, barely getting down on hands and knees much at all.
Just steam away at it for about 10 secs then go over it with the bazooka and it's gone, wouldn't be without ours on jobs like this.
Really really tough ones, donkeys years old ones might need a bit of a stab with one of these first
http://www.restormate.co.uk/epages/15094.sf/en_GB/?ObjectPath=/Shops/15094/Products/4904
Bit pricey but a great little tool none the less
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reason for selling such a valuable tool??????????
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Suppose if you don't do nightclubs, pubs or cinemas etc that have high volume of chewing gum you wouldn't need one as they are no use in a domestic role.
Works for me
;D ;D ;D
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i saw this valuable tool in a auction and left a bid on and won it so i got it cheap but im not a carpet cleaner
the dewalt drill in it alone is worth 80 quid
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Good buy, Honest mate, forget the add on bazooka solvent and all that it's not needed.
The best way by far to remove ground in chewing gum on a high commercial level is by firstly breaking it down then hitting it with a wire brush..... IMO
So steam away at it and then bazooka it, the bazooka allows you to gradually apply the wire brush to looses gum, saving you the hardship of getting down on all fours and scrubbing!!!...... yeah yeah it's just a drill in a tube and loads of people go on about it been a waste of money but in the right environment this cheap little tool can make you loads and save you time, especially if you charge per gum spot.......... which I don't I might add and still it paid for itself in the first couple of hours of use ;)
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I tried all of the gum removers but when faced with a national retailers premises I bought a steamer with pressure and vacuumation which proved to be fast and efficient ..............after removal each area was given a gentle scrub with a course towel impregnated with orange to remove surplace .