[garyhumphreys]

What is your No.1 choice for chewing gum removal?

[Carpet Dawg]

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.

[Simon Gerrard]

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

[Kinver_Clean]

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.

[Alan falconer]

Hairspray 

[Carpet Dawg]

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 

[Simon Gerrard]

Simon, Dont you remove them when you do the ships?

You don't get peasants chewing gum on super-liners, perish the thought 

[Jim_77]

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!

[Kinver_Clean]

Being of three score years and ten, that's probably why I never fancied a cruise.
I  might never make it home.

[Simon Gerrard]

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.

[Kinver_Clean]

Thats let me off then.

[Shaun_Ashmore]

Full of fat americans cruises, chewing gum would be like a slim fast diet to them!

Shaun

[Carpet Dawg]

Ok denture glue on the carpet then? lol

[robert meldrum]

Answer to the question...............

I found the best and quickest method to be steam preferably with pressure.

[Hilton]

No one gave you a proper answer because there isn't one....

[Carpet Dawg]

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.

[john martin]

 Sometimes ... carpet permitting i use a firm side slash of my trusty craft knife  

 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 .

[Mark_Jubb]

Sometimes ... carpet permitting i use a firm side slash of my trusty craft knife  

Often referred to as "Spotter Number 13"   

[Shaun_Ashmore]

Liquagel from chemspec is very good but it does go off in the van.

Shaun

[Kinver_Clean]

Where to?