need quick advice for gum spots....

[curt johnson]

Doing huge commercial job tonight on typical gluedown junk. Tons of gum stomped in.....what is best to use for a lot of spots.....I need what works quick and effectively......time is of the essence on this job!!!

 

[Lee Stockwell]

WD 40

 

[Royal Man]

A wallpaper steamer(If you don't have high heat) and a scraper will get them down to where a little citrus solvent and HWE will take out the rest.

You don't want too strong of a solvent. As it may delaminate the carpet.

From my experience,
WD sometimes can harm the backing, can be hard to rince out or can promote a little wicking on commercial.

 

[curt johnson]

Ok, I'm armed with wd40 and oj gel spotter, should be good to go....thanks.

I normally only clean carpet thats not dirty so these tough things easily trip me up! :mrgreen:

 

[Larry Cobb]

Curt;

Crank that Bluewave up as high as you dare . . .

Use a solvent to pre-soften the gum.

Test for the optimum dissolving time.

I like our Graffiti Remover for quicker action.

Larry

 

[FB7777]

If its real bad, I find the best method is to slow scrub the gum with the wand and post treat with a solvent if there is any gummy residue

A helper to post treat and you should fly through it

 

[mirf]

Have a helper pretreat the hard thick spot as many as he can. turn up heat and go for it. Reapply to tough ones and go back to it. a gum scraper or bone scraper will help also.

 

[Dolly Llama]

I doubt your Bluewave gets hot enough to cook them out...so there ain't no "easy" way...
short of delaminating the chit out of the rag....

your screwed if you didn't bid this "hi-end" bar/ lounge right
I figure it's a bar... where the hell else do mass quantities of skAnky loozers spit their gum on the carpet....

De'Lime gel, then a knife blade edge on top twisted/rotated ...or sawtooth gumgetter
I might be inclined to spike the OJ with some sOOper solvent like xylene, or lacquer thinner
(acetone is kid stuff)

'coarse, damaging the carpet is a very real possibility with hot solvents
it'd be wise not to smOke and/or extinguish all flames too.....


.L.T.A.

 

[hogjowl]

Remember back in the day (ICS day) when the "gun and cuff" method was all the rage? It works good ... I wonder why it fell out of favor?

WD-40 does work, and since you are asking the question on THE DAY YOU ARE DOING THE CLEANING (have you lost your mind?), that is probably your best bet, but it sure ain't the best method.

Personally, I love Hel-Gel ... but to each his own.

 

[FLYERMAN]

I am a "gun and cuffer"

 

[steve g]

just soften the gun with the heat from your truckmount. apply cobbs POG to the softened gum. agitate the hell out of it with your foot. go over it again with the hot truckmount, if there is anything left reapply and reagitate with your foot. then use the truckmounts heat again.

 

[glenboy]

I removed about 150 paint spots from a customers basement carpet that bled thru his painters tarps.the wife called me back to do all of the upholstery and pointed out 3 delaminated areas that appeared to be bubbled up.at that point i wondered that if the pog i used did that than why arent the other 147 spots the same way? then hubby said that the internet told him to try WD-40 and those were the spots he tried it on :shock: Ivebeensold shiteatinggrin !gotcha!

 

[Willy P]

EASY!

 

[steve frasier]

get a forever gum scrapper fro Taf and some Revitalize 51 from EcoLab

 

[Lee Stockwell]

I defy anyone to "delaminate" a carpet with WD-40...just doesn't happen, and I buy it by the gallon.

 

[Mikey P]

the Interlink/Cobbs aerosol Graffiti remover does do a damn good job. We did a bard last month and went through a can of it

 

[KevinD]

I would never use WD-40 on carpet.
WD-40 needs a volatile spotter or strong detergent follow up or it will leave a terrible residue.
Hot water only rinse guys, forgetaboutit.

Anybody considering using WD on carpets, do this test first.

Go to the sink, spray your hands with WD-40, work it in a bit,
then start rinsing your hands with hot water.

Post your results.

 

[hogjowl]

Two reasons I don't use WD-40.

Too slow ... it doesn't soften up the gum fast enough for my liking.

It is hard to rinse. I have seen the little black spots resulting from it's use too often. Even on jobs where I know for a fact I have spent more time trying to rinse the stuff out than normal.

So, I gave up on it and went on to another product.

 

[Lee Stockwell]

I clean water rinse.

Still never a problem with WD 40. No residue. We'd have heard about it if it ever happened.

If you are using a Bane equivalent you may have to take more time to do it.

Spray it on, a few seconds dwell time, blasts right out. Your prespray detergent should facilitate an easy rinse out.

 

[hogjowl]

You missed your calling Lee. You should be selling pad machines.

 

[Larry Cobb]

the Cobbs aerosol Graffiti remover does do a damn good job. We did a bard last month and went through a can of it

Mike;

In case anybody is looking for the "Vandalism Remover"

http://www3.cobbcarpet.com/zen3/index.p ... ts_id=2901

Larry

 

[Steve Manier]

This is the perfect thing for a vapor steamer ...I've taken out 100's of peices with it . No chems, just pure steam. It melts them away in seconds

 

[curt johnson]

Thanks everyone....I just used old fashioned TM heat and wd40, used helgel on some of the tough ones.

I got an email Wednesday asking if I could fit this job in Friday night, so Marty you can KMA about asking on the day of job!!!!! shiteatinggrin I'll take big commercial jobs like this one on a day's notice any day of week!!!!!