Has anyone ever cleaned this stuff?

[Goomer]

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Restaurant entrance mudroom.
Carpet strips feel hard and a little abrasive. Metal strips have recessed water drainage tracks in between.
Anyone ever try cleaning this before, and know what material they might be?

 

[ruff]

I have a client that has these.
Cleaned it for at least 15 years now.

I am not sure what the fabric is. Has a hard, synthetic felt like feel.
Mine wasn't that filthy and did not have so much gum on.

Cleaned with regular detergent and it was fine.

 

[Goomer]

Mine wasn't that filthy and did not have so much gum on.

Yea, it's the gum that's bugging me.
I might have to go pretty high with the high heat to melt it off, but don't want to go too high because I'm not sure what it's made of.

 

[steve frasier]

that whole track/piece should just pull right out (at least the ones I have cleaned did), clean off the gum and pressure wash it, then you can get the stuff that is in the pit

getting the gum off the carpet is the easy part, harder to get it off the metal if it is grooved

the carpeted part is most likely olefin

if you can get some Revitalize 51 from Airkem/EcoLab it will take that gum right off the carpet

 

[Goomer]

that whole track/piece should just pull right out (at least the ones I have cleaned did), clean off the gum and pressure wash it, then you can get the stuff that is in the pit

getting the gum off the carpet is the easy part, harder to get it off the metal if it is grooved

the carpeted part is most likely olefin

if you can get some Revitalize 51 from Airkem/EcoLab it will take that gum right off the carpet

That makes a lot of sense that they would pop out somehow. I will have to take a closer look at it.
Thanks

 

[glenboy]

yes