[gwrightson]

 I have an office carpet to clean next week, nylon l/p  a new carpet installed a couple of weeks ago but during this period workmen have been doing jobs within the building. The problem arises because the workmen had put down this sticky carpet protector stuff that simply lifts off when work completed, this how ever has left obvious marks where the plastic was laid.
Have any of you come across this? first time for me , what would your approach be?

geoff

[Simon Gerrard]

Hi Geoff,
We have this all the time on cruise ships.
The issue is usually the bits they don't cover and all of the dust and debris falls onto the bare carpet because it wafts off the protection very easily.
You can get issues with some of the adhesive being left behind once it has been removed, but this is rare.

Simon

[garybristow]

Solvall works from prochem
Time consuming, charge up
Gary

[Simon@arenaclean]

We had a major problem with this in department store following a ceiling replacement and there was miles of residue which had turned black. We tried everything solvall/solvex/citrus gel worked but took too long so in the end we mixed a citrus cleaner with a high ph microsplitter in this case it was Cleansmart Orange X and HDX. Rinsed with Pure Clean then misted with Chemspec high heat then post bonnet. I can't remember the dilution probably 50ml of each per litre but you would need to test it may have been stronger. It's worth a try, worked for us.

[gwrightson]

As already suggested by Simon, I believe the issue is the area not covered, so I think will go down the route of a good vac and get the cimex out.
If I need to go down the route of H/W/E so be it I have allowed for this if results not good, as the customer wants as little disruption as possible.

Geoff

[JandS]

Did a very large house last week which had this stuff down in the very large lounge, saved me vaccing.
No problem withit though it just pulled off.

[Gary Webber]

Geoff,

Speak to Jamie at Cleaning Systems. He has been on a Trade stand near one of the suppliers of these films and has found out that there is a problem with a particular brand leaving a film on the carpet afterwards.

We have always removed with a colloidal cleaner,  let dwell and then pad off.

Gary

[Buckland]

gary

 you mentioned "a colloidal cleaner" can you share what that product/brand might be?

cheers

dave

[Gary Webber]

Dave,

Product is Multi Purpose Cleaner from Oleonix Solutions.

Best part is the soltion you mix is 3-5 parts water to 1 part Multi Purpose cleaner. No smell, no solvents and removes adhesives
(also gloss paint if given time!)

Gary

[*Hector*]

Dave I have some Bio clean and nemesis if you want to try it... Will be in Lymington sunday at Bramshaw village hall.

[SM101]

Try Chemspec Heavy Duty Soil Lifter it is a versatile pre - spray with a 7.5 ph and also aids drying time due to the high solvent ratio, once you have sprayed an area then follow up with Chemspec's All Fibre Textile Rinse  This should remove any sticky residue from the plastic runner.

[john martin]

 True  ,  i'v being using it all day , although im not overly fond of the orange  D-limonene smell up close .  Another component is mineral spirit or naptha on the american data sheet , this is close as makes no difference to odourless white spirit which is itself very versatile . I recently picked up ultrapac to use on this cremewhite stairs/landing i was facing with numerous draft marks , UR would not shift the worst ones on its own , spraying odorless white spirit after worked though .

[Brendan (chem2clean)]

never had great results with up,its ok.Better results with solvall.keep meaning to try isopropyl alcohol on draught marks

[stuart_clark]

Prochem filter out is good on Draught marks nut a bit expensice if you have a lot to do




Stuart

[Buckland]

Dave I have some Bio clean and nemesis if you want to try it... Will be in Lymington sunday at Bramshaw village hall.

Hi Hector - sorry mate not been on here since then - thanks for the offer and if you are down this way then drop in and bring your bioclean or nemesis and I willl give it a try - do you want money for them - we are a good bit further than Bramshaw though thats very nearly wiltshire - lot of strange things going on there you know! I rarely cross the border without a sidearm!

dave

btw have you by chance seen this site challengethefine.com - this bloke is going to challenge the private parking companies - he needs lots of people to spread the word about the site and his campaign

[rs_cleancare]

I had one of these jobs last year. The builders had left it down for too long and once lifted sticky residue everywhere (4 flights of stairs and landings). They tried scrapping it off but didn't work, asked the builders clean company to try with their little machines but no luck.
I tried everything and the quickest way I found was to, spray carpet with acidic rinses and then use a medium speed rotary with a carpet brush. This then heated the glue up and made it easy to extract and at the same time rinsing at very high heat.