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UK Floor Cleaning Forum => Carpet Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Geoff Jewkes on October 03, 2010, 02:20:44 pm

Title: Steam guns
Post by: Geoff Jewkes on October 03, 2010, 02:20:44 pm: Any recommendations for a steam gun to assist chewing gum removal?? Thanks, Geoff
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Post by: stuart_clark on October 03, 2010, 03:46:57 pm: £76 from extracta, cheapest ive seen and ive had one of these for over ten years
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Post by: Geoff Jewkes on October 03, 2010, 03:48:23 pm: Great, I'll have a look on their site ;D
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Post by: Len Gribble on October 03, 2010, 05:58:22 pm: Gullible I was! Look at wallpaper striper, now use bread knife commercial ;)
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Post by: colin thomas on October 03, 2010, 06:39:05 pm: cheap wallpaper stripper with the end adapted to hold a plastic 'cup', hold the cup over the gum for a few secs, scrape off gum, easy

colin
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Post by: Geoff Jewkes on October 03, 2010, 06:55:28 pm: I just happen to have a new boxed wallpaper stripper in the shed ;D ;D
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Post by: peter maybury on October 03, 2010, 07:11:49 pm: The large attachment on a wallpaper stripper allows you to heat several pices at once it is handy if you have a lot of gum to remove.
The size of the tank also give you a longer working time between fills.

Peter
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Post by: Steve Chapman on October 03, 2010, 07:22:38 pm: hand held steam gun at www.robertdyas.co.uk £19.99

steve
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Post by: Len Gribble on October 03, 2010, 07:53:08 pm: Wish you lads were about years ago, would have saved a fortune on equipment ;D
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Post by: robert meldrum on October 04, 2010, 07:00:25 am: Young geniuses Len ::)
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Post by: Geoff Jewkes on October 10, 2010, 10:26:26 am: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/TOBI-STEAMER-Professional-Garment-Steamer-/370441393155?pt=UK_HomeGarden_CLV_Cleaning_CA&hash=item5640071403

Excellent piece of kit
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Post by: Geoff Jewkes on October 10, 2010, 10:31:22 am: Was in a charity shop window for a fiver ;D
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Post by: Joe H on October 10, 2010, 01:27:46 pm: Is there much pressure with that Geoff?

I think its sold as vertical steamer for clothes - adverts on telly perhaps dont show its true performance, but it doesnt look all that powerful. Maybe it is.
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Post by: JandS on October 10, 2010, 02:44:12 pm: Don't they use them to iron clothes whilst there
still on there hangars.

John
Title: Re: Steam guns
Post by: Geoff Jewkes on October 10, 2010, 10:32:02 pm: Quote from: Joe Hatton on October 10, 2010, 01:27:46 pm
Is there much pressure with that Geoff?

I think its sold as vertical steamer for clothes - adverts on telly perhaps dont show its true performance, but it doesnt look all that powerful. Maybe it is.

Hi Joe, gave a try this morning, no not a lot of pressure but plenty of ( extremely hot ) steam, and it did run for 15 / 20mins or so. I would imagine that its plenty to soften a piece of gum so you can scrape it off and wipe off any residue with a towel and solvent spotter. No gum about here unfortunatly ( or is that fortunatly ? ) so will take it out with me this week and hopefully get to try it. Nothing to lose except a fiver!
Just as an experiment I washed the lounge curtains and hung them straight up, set the tobi on them and the creases just fell out! I`m in the wifes good books at least !!