Blast off chewing gum

The UK's second busiest airport wanted to bring its external public areas leading to terminal buildings up to the same standard as those inside.

It therefore commissioned CleanSafe Services to use a specialist technique that rapidly heats the chewing gum to 150℃ and removes it from the floor with a jet of water at 1,250 pounds per square inch. 

The Aquila Triventek high pressure steam cleaner, combined with the skill and experience of CleanSafe operatives, is claimed to represent the fastest, safest and most cost-effective way to deep clean large floor areas. The response of airport visitors has been highly favourable, as floors darkened by sticky grime and blobs of gum have been transformed to look brand new again. 

London Gatwick Airport incident manager Nick Henderson commented: "CleanSafe has filled a very niche and specialist function for us, to get our base cleaning standards to a higher and improved level. He concluded: "Now CleanSafe has established a good benchmark for external flooring, it helps our core cleaning provider to maintain that standard."