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treating gum and grease?

May 10 2007 at 8:28 AM		 Ken Jacobs  
When encapping commercial carpet do you treat the gum and grease before or after you Cimex the carpet?

thanks
Ken

 
 
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David

Re: treating gum and grease?

May 10 2007, 9:33 AM 

I always do it after.
Both seem to come out easier doing it that way and it makes sence
to me. anything over the grease and gum is now gone and you can
work on the offending area with out having to go through anything thing else


 
 
Rick Thode

I prefer before

May 10 2007, 9:46 AM 

Your likely to use some sort of citrus solvent or solvent of your choice. In either case you have residue you need to contend with. I prefer to get the gum out, remove as much residue as possible, then as a final measure, encap over the area using my 50/50 trigger sprayer to encap any light remaining residue.

Keep Smiling
Rick Thode
Releasit/Cimex Canada
rick@releasit.ca

 
 
admiralclean

Re: I prefer before

May 10 2007, 6:51 PM 

Steve Smith at TheCleanerImage (or John G. at CCS) has some great spotting products that are encapsulation cleaners. Steve has a wonderful gum and grease remover that dries to a white powder. So, you can do it before, or after cleaning.

 
 
Tony Wheelwright

Re: I prefer before

May 10 2007, 10:44 PM 

Now I'm confused !!


 
 

Rick Gelinas

Re: I prefer before

May 11 2007, 1:12 AM 

Ken,

Take care of gum or tar first. A little dab of citrus gel is all that should be needed. Rub the spot and then blot up the gel. Then encap with the Cimex and Releasit like normal. No additional is required.






 Rick Gelinas
rick@excellent-supply.com

 
 

Kevin Pearson

Re: I prefer before

May 11 2007, 9:23 AM 

You can also take the 50/50 Releasit spotter and spray it directly on the gun and scrub with a bone or scraper and usually the gum comes up with that.

Kevin Pearson

 
 
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