[M Walker]

Hi all I wonder if you may offer some advice on this problem. One of my local cleaning contracts have asked me if I can resolve a problem with tarmac staining to their newish carpets. Apparently they have been renewing a road surface adjacent to the contract and the young mothers who frequent the building have trodden and wheeled fresh tarmac onto the carpet I do not specialise in carpet cleaning although I do clean some during the course of my business. I have a Prochem Powermax.  But this is slightly different than what I am used to dealing with. Any advice would be greatly appreciated
Kindest Regards
Mark Walker
The Exeter Cleaning Company Ltd

[Liahona]

Mark, have a word with Martin Riley (hope I am spelling his name right) as he is near you and I am sure quite capable of helping you with the tar. Doug can help you with what you need to get it out as it isnt really that difficult to restore. The chemicals I use come from the US  so not much help for you. You will need a solvent and like I said Doug or anyone else should be able to help. Best, Dave.

[Art]

Mark,

Have a look at the stain removale guide on the other forum


Arthur

[nick p]

hi

citrus gel works very well for me on tar stains

cheers nick p

[Steve Chapman]

use some wd40 followed up by extraction with extraction pro, works for me every time
steve

[Doug Holloway]

Hi Guys,

White spirit is a good solvent for tar , just make sure the carpet is not bitumen backed tiles as you may also dissolve the backing.

Otherwise white spirit is safe to use on carpets but do use a little on a cloth and make sure you extract well.

Cheers

Doug

[neil 47]

eco-spotter works well


neil

[scott.]

Mark
Doug stole my thoughts...white spirit works every time for me...I do find that it works better that the stuff you buy.

[Doug Holloway]

Scott,

White spirit works better than the 'stuff you buy' because it is 100% active ingredient.

A gel will contain a thickener like a cellulose or gum plus a perfume .If you want sweet smelling white spirit use it , if you just want to get rid of tar , grease etc then use white spirit.

Ecospotter is isopropanol mixed with MS which will not be as effective as white spirit on tar and will cost much more.

Cheers

Doug

[stu_thomson]

"Ecospotter is isopropanol mixed with MS"

Is this a fact???

stu

[the red carpet]

Alltec chewing gum remover for me.
Never tried anything else, and for a reason (this works)
if it aint broke dont fix it.

Daniel

[Dan Williams]

Yeah Alltec chewing gum remover works great on it, that is what I use everytime.

[M Walker]

Thank you all for your replys I will be much better equipped to deal with this problem now.
Regards
Mark Walker
The Exeter Cleaning Company Ltd

[BRSL]

Hi Mark

Have you sorted your prob yet if not ive got some OJ citrus gell, the best IMO and am cleaning the wetherspoons in Exeter on wednesday night id be happy to give you some.

James

[M Walker]

Thanks James that is very kind of you. I cleaned the area over the weekend  but I have noticed that it has been spread through to other areas of the building and the road works are continuing. Which I think will mean it will get messed up again. I am going in there today to see if they would like to resolve the problem properly after the road works have finished. I dont think there is any point until after that happens in in all there are in excess of a couple of hundred square metres of carpet which have been stained but they are a large charity and a bit tight on the money side of things. Although if you saw their new building you would think they have plenty of money I will know more this evening. What one are you doing I was involved in the B/Clean for the newest one in S/Street not with my Company though prior to my setting up on my own.
Regards
Mark Walker
The Exeter Cleaning Company Ltd

[BRSL]

Mark

yep thats the one the Georges m h on south street, if your around tomorrow night pop past you could always remove some gum for me ha ha  No only joking but your more than welcome to pop past and say hi, but I dont start till 11:30 

James

[Vernon Purcell]

Just use P.O.G it will remove the tarmac stain and is water soluble
Vernon