[derek west]

got a job early august, school staffroom.
burmatex tiles, possible bitumen but dont know for sure.
gonna use blitz with fib fab rinse.
lots of chewing gum in the carpet
dont want to risk solvents

if i prick the gum several times will the heat of the truckmount get the gum up with some agitation?

or is there something i can put on the pricked gum to help the trucky get it out
or do i have to get the gum up manually before the cleaning process.
all suggestions of gum removal welcome but no solvents

[derek west]

ps, are them bazooka's any good??

[richie]

Derek,

Try using a long handled blade scraper.  Search B&Q for a (Hamilton Heavy Duty Stripper Black/Silver Colour 100mm).  Simply slice the gum from the carpet.  No solvent required.  You will take a small amount of fibre with the gum.

Richie.

[derek west]

hi ritchie, do you mean like a hoe?
are steamers and good?

[Joe H]

Derek asked

"ps, are them bazooka's any good?? "

Never tried one Derek but most reviews on here and Cleantalk say no good.

[derek west]

cheers joe, thats saved me £200 quid

[clinton]

Best way to do it without solvent is as same as above and use a scraper derek

[Aquakleen Restoration Services]

Buy yourself a cheap steam gun for £20! I average 2 pieces of gum a minute using this method. The hot steam destroys the structure of the gum. Remove it with kitchen roll. May need to spray a tiny amount of solvent on after removal to remove any stickiness so test an area first if work is on a questionable carpet. Easy.

The removal of the below gum took me well under 5 mins

[derek west]

so not even a scraper then, just get it hot and then paper towel it off, nice one, thanks for that. i'll test a liquid solvent for colour run and if ok then could i just wipe the area with a mildly wet (with solvent) terry towel or should i citrus gel and then extract with the trucky? again cheers for the info. theres about 40 pieces of gum by the way,

[Joe H]

Derek
When I had a CFR500 Perfect Het I could remove most chewy gum with just its hand tool, so I would imaging the heat produced with a TM would make life easier.
Maybe some residue left to remove.

[derek west]

i'll buy a heat gun and if tracy cant get it out then i'll use the steamer.

[Gerry Styles]

Derek

Use the chewing gum pricker apply citrus gel wait 3-5 mins then extract

Gerry

[Doug Holloway]

Hi Guys

I have found the very hot water approach the best, recently did a Night Club, loads of gum.

Chewing gum is natural rubber and will flow once it has gone past it's transition temperature, last remains can be removed with a wipe with white spirit.

I  used water at 90C.

Cheers

Doug

[derek west]

so whats the transition temp of gum doug, i'll be running 100 ft so not sure if it'll reach 90 at the wand, anyone know the running temp of a boxxer 421 using 100 ft hose,
think i'll try both ways and see which works best, thanks for all this guys, preciate it.

[richie]

Personally id NEVER use a steamer again.  To much mess plus you will find that most of the time you will need to use some kind of solvent to get off the residue anyway.

Richie.

[Jim_77]

I think it'll be interesting to hear what temperature people THINK they are extracting at

[Aquakleen Restoration Services]

Just use a steam gun. You will find this the fastest and easiest. Citrus gel is ok for the odd bit but not for 40!! I was talking to a friend yesterday and asked me what I used and told him a steam gun. He nearly collapsed when I said I can do 2 pieces a min as oppose to his one piece every 5 mins with citrus gel!!

[Mike Halliday]

Jim.

how hot is it when you can't see the wand head because of the steam coming from the solution? or when the Qc touches your arm and melts the flesh to the bone

that's how hot I extract at

[Shaun_Ashmore]

I keep burning myself with my new 427 I can't take the QC off the wand for a while when I've finshed cleaning.

Shaun

[richie]

By using the scraper that i mentioned you can expect to remove in the region of 10 - 20 pieces of gum in a minute depending on your ability.  No Residue,  No Solvent,  No hassle.

Richie.