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Geoff Jewkes

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Steam guns
« 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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stuart_clark

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Re: Steam guns
« Reply #1 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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Geoff Jewkes

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Re: Steam guns
« Reply #2 on: October 03, 2010, 03:48:23 pm »
Great, I'll have a look on their site  ;D
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Len Gribble

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Re: Steam guns
« Reply #3 on: October 03, 2010, 05:58:22 pm »
Gullible I was! Look at wallpaper striper, now use bread knife commercial ;)
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colin thomas

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Re: Steam guns
« Reply #4 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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Geoff Jewkes

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Re: Steam guns
« Reply #5 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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peter maybury

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Re: Steam guns
« Reply #6 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
www.carpetcleanercardiff.com
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Steve Chapman

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Re: Steam guns
« Reply #7 on: October 03, 2010, 07:22:38 pm »
hand held steam gun at www.robertdyas.co.uk   £19.99


steve
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Len Gribble

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Re: Steam guns
« Reply #8 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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robert meldrum

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Re: Steam guns
« Reply #9 on: October 04, 2010, 07:00:25 am »
Young geniuses Len  ::)
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Geoff Jewkes

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Re: Steam guns
« Reply #10 on: October 10, 2010, 10:26:26 am »
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Geoff Jewkes

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Re: Steam guns
« Reply #11 on: October 10, 2010, 10:31:22 am »
Was in a charity shop window for a fiver  ;D
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Joe H

Re: Steam guns
« Reply #12 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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JandS

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Re: Steam guns
« Reply #13 on: October 10, 2010, 02:44:12 pm »
Don't they use them to iron clothes whilst there
still on there hangars.

John
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Geoff Jewkes

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Re: Steam guns
« Reply #14 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 !!
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