Way OT - Blu Tack

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Andy

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Sorry to post this here but wonder if anyone knows how to get Blu-Tack out
of carpet, the kids bedroom carpet looks like it has polka dots!! I am
hoping it is one of those quirky little tips and tricks that someone may
know and LR owners have a reputation for being resourceful :)

Andy

<<1989 V8 90CSW>>.


 
On Thu, 25 May 2006 17:10:51 +0100, "Andy"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>hoping it is one of those quirky little tips and tricks that someone may
>know and LR owners have a reputation for being resourceful :)

A true landie owner would use an angle grinder.

 
Andy came up with the following;:
> Sorry to post this here but wonder if anyone knows how to get Blu-Tack out
> of carpet, the kids bedroom carpet looks like it has polka dots!! I am
> hoping it is one of those quirky little tips and tricks that someone may
> know and LR owners have a reputation for being resourceful :)

I'm a school caretaker and we freeze it using a can called 'chewing gum
remover' .... then it's a question of digging it out with a small penknife,
and losing some of the carpet pile in the process. It's a right bugger to
shift ...

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Paul ...
(8(|) Homer Rules ..... Doh !!!


 
On Thursday 25 May 2006 17:10, Andy [[email protected]] wrote in
message <[email protected]>

> Sorry to post this here but wonder if anyone knows how to get Blu-Tack out
> of carpet, the kids bedroom carpet looks like it has polka dots!! I am
> hoping it is one of those quirky little tips and tricks that someone may
> know and LR owners have a reputation for being resourceful :)

Set fire to it and it goes hard and crumbles. You then just vacuum up the...
oh.

Actually, petrol does something to it. I've used Blu-Tack once or twice as
an emergency cure for leaking petrol - the petrol makes it go slimy then
sticky and finally it sets semi-hard and loses all its stickiness. It can
be removed by hand afterwards.

Got a spare bit of carpet? Put some Blu-Tack into it and see what happens
when it is given some petrol. Keep a fire extinguisher on hand though.
 
Hi Andy
I am a carpet cleaner and like already posted a can of freezer spray will do
it , but test it on an unseen area first, if not freezer spray, then an ice
cube will do, it just takes longer.
Just take your time bit by bit and it will come out without any damage to
the carpet.
I do have a few chemicals that will do it as well, where abouts are you.
GGJ


 
Bradford West Yorks, if you're in range of us you are welcome to the
business!

Andy

"Gary G Jones" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Hi Andy
> I am a carpet cleaner and like already posted a can of freezer spray will
> do it , but test it on an unseen area first, if not freezer spray, then an
> ice cube will do, it just takes longer.
> Just take your time bit by bit and it will come out without any damage to
> the carpet.
> I do have a few chemicals that will do it as well, where abouts are you.
> GGJ
>
>


 

"Andy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Bradford West Yorks, if you're in range of us you are welcome to the
> business!
>
> Andy

Hi Andy, your a little out of my area, I'm in Norfolk.
The stuff I use is from a company call Craftex 01823 332696 and the product
is called Orange Gel CR66 It will work on chewing gum, blue tack, tar, oil
and grease etc
I think the smallest size they do is about 1Ltr for about £10 and that will
be enough to
last about 50 years unless you happen to be a carpet cleaner by trade.
Hope this helps
GGJ





 
On Thu, 25 May 2006 19:24:01 +0100, "Andy"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>Bradford West Yorks

Hey Nige - nip 'round with the angle grinder - an 'elp the poor bloke
out eh?


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Mother" <"@ {mother} @ wrote:
> On Thu, 25 May 2006 19:24:01 +0100, "Andy"
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Bradford West Yorks
>
> Hey Nige - nip 'round with the angle grinder - an 'elp the poor bloke
> out eh?


Martyn, Andy lives just round the corner from me!! One of his nippers has been at school/nursery with my
daughter for the last 5 years!!

The really odd bit is we met due to this newsgroup!!! Now that is well odd!!

Small world!!

I do have an angle grinder though if you wanna borrow it Andy!!!!

Nige

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We might be going on a summer holiday, the Greece Ball rally!!!!


 
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