[northstar]

I am trying to remove a strip of adhesive from a polyprop twist pile tufted carpet.

At some point a piece of plastic cable trunking has been glued across a doorway. This has now been removed, leaving some kind of hard glue residue on the carpet.

I only had my One Step Zap It solvent and this did not touch it.

Any suggestions greatly appreciated.

Mike

[Deep Clean Newcastle Gateshead]

could try Citrus Gell
Aidan

[Susan Dean (1stclean)]

p.o.g. it will remove it in a crack 

[markpowell]

could try glue spot or citrus gel
Mark

[PaulKing]

pog it!

[Doug Holloway]

Hi Guys

Obviously depends on the adhesive but white spirit is a very versatile cleaner for adhesive marks.

Cheers

Doug

[John Gregory]

what about M power dilute it 120-1  then let it dwell for 10 mins then extract with cold water

John

[Shaun_Ashmore]

John are you have a laugh? I'd have done what Paul King instructed or if in doubt try OJ from Hydramaster or Citrus Gel from Prochem.

Shaun

[richie]

John,

Please tell me that you were joking when you said try using M Power.

I would use something like Prochem Solvall Spotter or Gluespot.

Richie.

[John Gregory]

honest it works on everything , my wife left me a couple of weeks ago , A quick spray with M power now we are expecting our 4th baby and spending christmas in Florida.


john

[Shaun_Ashmore]

I sprayed some on Bryan Robson and am still waiting for him to dissappear

Shaun

[John Gregory]

Shaun are you sure diluted it correctly, I sprayed some on Stuart Pearce,,

John

[John Kelly]

This sounds like physical lumps of glue rather than adhesive residues which you get from tape etc. Therefore you will need to find the solvent which will dissolve the product without damaging the carpet. I'm afraid the only way of doing that is to try various ones.
I had a one last year where they had taped polythene sheeting to the carpet with a cheap copy of duck tape. I had great difficulty removing the residue even after trying about 6 different products there was still a slight shadow remaining.
If this residue is on a commercial carpet you could try "shaving" the bulk of it away from the fibres with a sharp Stanley blade. This would leave less of it to deal with.

[mark_roberts]

Duck billed scissors are great for this sort of thing if its on the top of the pile.

Mark