adhesive removal from carpet
- Thread starter maben
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Cleanworks
Moderator
Sometimes a citrus solvent such as prochem's citrus pro added to your prespray is enough. Usually needs to be scrubbed in. A volatile solvent lightly sprayed with a misting bottle helps. Using too much will delaminate the carpet.
Old Coastie
Supportive Member
...and then something to remove the citrus product. Charge for it.
Encountered that situation yesterday. Sharply-deliniated black rectangles where film had been. Cleaned right up with the standard drill: vac, prespray, scrub, hot rinse. Film adhesive removal has never required extra measures, in my experience. Maybe your film is a different product.
Dolly Llama
Number 5
Depends how long it was down .
If not mistaken, there is a caution on the roll to not leave down over “X” amount of time
Making the dirt/soil from residue go away is easy .
Getting ALL the invisible adhesive left (so it won’t resoil months later) is the hard part
Especially and in particular if a model home that had tons of traffic for a year or more
BUTT...in general, I’m with Ron ...Citrus solv and scrub along with a mega flush/rinse has worked for us
..L.T.A.
If not mistaken, there is a caution on the roll to not leave down over “X” amount of time
Making the dirt/soil from residue go away is easy .
Getting ALL the invisible adhesive left (so it won’t resoil months later) is the hard part
Especially and in particular if a model home that had tons of traffic for a year or more
BUTT...in general, I’m with Ron ...Citrus solv and scrub along with a mega flush/rinse has worked for us
..L.T.A.
J Scott W
Member
go with a citrus solvent that is 100% active solvents. Bridgepoint's Citrus Solv II works very well on adhesives.
