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UK Floor Cleaning Forum => Carpet Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Bill Robinson on March 31, 2009, 12:50:40 pm

Title: chewing gum
Post by: Bill Robinson on March 31, 2009, 12:50:40 pm

I have to give a quote for a shop clean it has a lot of chewing gum which has been trod flat as a pancake.

 how long does it take to chewing gum off and how successful and what would you use should i give 2 quotes one for the carpets cleaned and 1 for the removal of the chewing gum

if its to much hard work with the chewing gum removal ide rather just do the clean as i dobt they would pay much as they are a charity shop

Bill

Title: Re: chewing gum
Post by: Joe H on March 31, 2009, 01:49:30 pm

Not easy Bill.
Steaming it might be the best bet, but what ever you do it will be time consuming.
I would do 2 quotes as you say. And your right they wont like the cost of Chewwy removal.

Title: Re: chewing gum
Post by: clinton on March 31, 2009, 02:06:29 pm

Bill takes a ages mate why not ask them to puncture the gum and leave some remover on it and you go in and  scrape it off then clean ???

Title: Re: chewing gum
Post by: Bill Robinson on March 31, 2009, 02:23:55 pm

good idea will try that ..but i will also push for just doing the clean and try getting them to see that chewing gum spots are all the rage.

thanks Bill

Title: Re: chewing gum
Post by: Doctor Carpet (Ret'd) on March 31, 2009, 05:11:49 pm

Bill

Shops are often reluctant to pay out for removal because they know they will come back again.

However, if you can suggest that once you have removed the gum they can buy a gum removal kit from you (Spiker, freezer and say Citrus gel) and then train them to remove the individual pieces of gum as they appear on a day by day basis then it no longer becomes a daunting and long-winded to job to remove them because it doesn't build up into a big job.

Then the next time the carpet is cleaned they'll ask for you because you've helped them keep the problem from recurring and secondly you won't have any gum to remove-just a carpet to clean.

This has sometimes worked for me. And sometimes they've just ignored the kit I've sold them and got me back to clean the carpet and remove the gum. ::)

Title: Re: chewing gum
Post by: benny d on March 31, 2009, 08:01:20 pm

With chewing gum and bluetac we always use Prochem citrus gel .

We "score" the surface , put the gel on , leave to work .

We then ease it off with a plastic tool .

Never ever failed .

I am fairly sure this method is advised by Prochem on their web site .

Title: Re: chewing gum
Post by: dave123 on March 31, 2009, 09:58:47 pm

Still time consuming benny d. I like Doctor carpets idea Think I'll use that when i do another school . ;D