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How to Remove Gum From Your Carpet

How to remove gum from your carpet

 

Gum can be a challenging thing to get out of carpet or upholstery.  One common way to remove it in the past has been to place an ice cube on it to freeze it.  Here, we'll show you how to greatly speed up that process, and completely remove it from your carpeting.

1. Purchase a can of compressed air (commonly used to blow dust off keyboard and other electronic devices.  You should be able to find one at any office suppy store.

2. Holding can upside down with the small straw nozzle inserted, spray the gum to be removed.  When a compressed air can is held upside down, it will spray liquid nitrogen, which instantly freezes anything it comes into contact with.  [DO NOT spray onto skin or anything else that you do not desire to be frozen!]

3. Once gum is frozen (should only take a few seconds), use a hard scraping tool (a butter knife or a spoon will work fine) to break the gum into pieces and dislodge it from the carpet.  Discard the gum pieces.

Learn more about carpet cleaning and spot removal at http://www.BelmontClean.com/carpet-cleaning-aspen.html

[Disclaimer: In preparation of this article, every effort has been made to offer the most current, correct, and clearly expressed information possible. Nevertheless, inadvertent errors in information may occur. In particular but without limiting anything here, Joel Belmont and Belmont Clean, Inc. disclaims any responsibility for typographical errors and accuracy of the information that may be contained herein.  In addition, anyone following this advice does so out of their own accord, and in doing so releases Joel Belmont and Belmont Clean, Inc. from any and all liability associated therewith.]

Joel Belmont

I have worked as a professional in the carpet cleaning industry since 1997. I am an IICRC Certified Technician. I also trained with my father, Charles Belmont (who founded and presided over the Certified Cleaners Association) for over a year. I am constantly attending training seminars to stay on top of the latest technology and cleaning methods. The system we use is a unique 5-step low moisture process, that offers the most thorough and advanced cleaning available today. We are the only carpet cleaner with a Five-Star rating on www.EthicalServices.com (a nationwide watchdog featured on ABC's 20/20) in Aspen, Snowmass Village, Woody Creek, Basalt, Carbondale and Glenwood Springs, CO. Learn more about carpet and upholstery cleaning at www.BelmontClean.com/carpet-cleaning-aspen.html

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