Clean It Up
UK Floor Cleaning Forum => Carpet Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: ebecs on May 14, 2005, 05:07:06 pm
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Hey all,
What can I use to desolve/remove mastik type sealants
thanks
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i use an ashbys heat and steam gun depending were it is. also freezer i circumstances
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ebecs
First of all you need to know what type of mastic/sealant you are dealing with.
Two of the most commen in the uk are Acrylic and Silicone based products
Though there are others i.e butyl rubber and latex/acrylic/silicone blends.
Also much used is decorators caulk, strictly speaking not a sealant but a filler.
Some of these have specific products made to remove them from for example bath surrounds or Resilient flooring(which is my particular area of intrest)
Mineral spirits would be a good starting point and failing that B&Q I belive are now selling a generall sealant remover
Michel
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That should read
A general purpose sealant remover
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Hi Michel,
If you want to correct any content of your post click the 'modify' button. You can then correct it and then click 'save'. Job done. ;)
Martin.
Ps. How's the CFR going?
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Thanks for that Martin. My computer skills are not all that great
Re the new CFR I am particulary pleased with its portability. I have on two occasions taken it up two flights of stairs. The first time just to see how hard it would be as a test. The second time up two very narrow flights with a kite winder on each. On both occasions it was a cinch. I cannot concive of every wanting to use more than two lots of hose given how easy it is to get up stairs.
On the downside I remain to be convinced about the lack of heat. I know that the great and the good who know far more than me say that because of the high flow, atomisation, ect heat is not as important as a normall HWE.
However this week I did a job in chelsea that made me think.
Domestic trashed pale cut pile. Vacced with kirby Sprayed with m/s used envirodry with soft gold brushes.
Filled Cfr with customer's water which was unsually hot. Up to now have only filled machine with warm water.
As soon as I started to make my first pass I could instantly see a great difference in cleaning effect over what I had become used to. I was using the roller wand by the way, though I did buy the glide wand as well I hav'nt used it much.
Towards the end of the job the improvment seemed to deminish. Sure enough when I checked the water in the tank it was lukewarm as you might expect.
Regards Michel
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Go into B&Q and in the mastic section you will see mastic (or silicone sealant) remover. Just apply as directed. HWE as normal afterwards