[Matt.]

Hello guys

Started cleaning a Tarmac car park this morning, straight forward job with my pressure washer remove all moss were applicable clean Tarmac and painted lines, all crap into on-site bins, car park closed off for me and plenty of taps to fill as I work.

I explained to them that my machine wouldn't get all the chewing gum up ( some will come up but not all as it's cold water ) beforehand and this was all ok, great, don't worry about the gum.

Customer had now changed there mind and  me wants me to remove the chewing gum before I clean the car park.

I will have to hire a machine in to do this, but will I be better off with a steamer or a hot pressure washer.

Thanks
Matt

[Charlie Allen]

Hot pressure washer all the way. Be careful as if you are inexperienced you could make holes in the Tarmac

[Charlie Allen]

Where are you based I've a couple of hot boxes spare  if you need one

[Matt.]

Hello Charlie,

Thanks for ur help, am going to hire a hot karcher washer for next weekend end, I just wasn't sure which would be quickest at removing the gum, hopefully a weekend will be enough and we can clean it at the same time.

I will be extra careful tho as don't want no issues with holes appearing

[Aqua Power Solutions]

As mentioned , if you apply too much pressure , you will cause lines in the tarmac. You will only notice these when dried out .
Clean the car park first before removing chewing gum . This will show the chewing gum that is behind the dirt
Steamer will work but it is slow . A combination of heat and pressure will speed the job up
However this is still time consuming  with the correct equipment
Ed

[Matt.]

Thanks Ed