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Author Topic: congealed pop removal Kara Tillotson Film Handler Posts: 87 From: Manistee Mi Registered: Jul 2006 posted 03-28-2007 07:46 PM                        whats a good way to remove congealed pop on a cement floor? (other part removed to do foot in mouth/TMI) [ 03-29-2007, 11:51 AM: Message edited by: Kara Tillotson ]  |  IP: Logged Jeremy Weigel Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1062 From: Edmond, OK, USA Registered: Mar 2007 posted 03-28-2007 08:08 PM                     Hot water with a touch of bleach (if its painted concrete no bleach).  |  IP: Logged Monte L Fullmer Film God Posts: 8367 From: Nampa, Idaho, USA Registered: Nov 2004 posted 03-29-2007 12:46 AM                     ..could power wash the floor......  |  IP: Logged Craig Dunn Film Handler Posts: 14 From: Anderson, CA, USA Registered: Mar 2007 posted 03-29-2007 08:45 AM                     If hot water isnt enough try adding salt to it. Let it sit. The acids in the syrup may damage the floor and the salt will help to neutralize the acids. This is why Coke is used to clean blood off highways after collisions.  |  IP: Logged Kara Tillotson Film Handler Posts: 87 From: Manistee Mi Registered: Jul 2006 posted 03-29-2007 12:17 PM                        Thanks. I appreicate it. I will try the hot water and salt. What a great tagline for sodas....."itll eat the blood off a highway...just imagine what it does to your teeth."  |  IP: Logged James Westbrook Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1133 From: Lubbock, Texas, Usa Registered: Mar 2006 posted 03-29-2007 10:03 PM                     It also eats the corrosion off of car battery terminals.  |  IP: Logged Robert Minichino Master Film Handler Posts: 350 From: Haskell, NJ, USA Registered: Dec 2005 posted 03-29-2007 10:44 PM                        http://www.snopes.com/cokelore/acid.asp  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 03-30-2007 03:09 PM                        I have a buddy who is a paramedic with the Rapid City (SD) Fire Department, and also a magician. (www.magickeith.com) He said he doesn't use Coca Cola in either one of his jobs.  |  IP: Logged Don Anderson Master Film Handler Posts: 312 From: West Bend, WI, USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 04-25-2007 05:33 PM                     Why not try carbonated water??? You can dispense it from any Pepsi or Coke fountain. It has been used to clean bar tops and counters for years. Totally disolves syrup.  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 04-25-2007 05:40 PM                        I'd think ordinary water would work just as well as water with bubbles in it.  |  IP: Logged Jarryd Beard Expert Film Handler Posts: 229 From: Hellertown, PA Registered: Jul 2004 posted 04-25-2007 06:19 PM                     Carbonated water is commonly used to remove stains. The carbon bubbles help to lift the stain. It's pretty much the same concept behind soap. But, unlike detergents, carbonated water leaves no residue behind itself.  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 04-25-2007 09:26 PM                        quote: Jarryd Beard It's pretty much the same concept behind soap. Well I haven't tried it (yet, but I will). However, the active ingredient in soap is called a "surfactant," which surrounds the dirt particles so they can be rinsed away. Any bubbles are for looks, mostly. (I learned that from Consumer Reports.)  |  IP: Logged Frank Angel Film God Posts: 5305 From: Brooklyn NY USA Registered: Dec 1999 posted 04-26-2007 12:24 AM                        Here's another one I learned from Consumer Reports: There is no reason in the world why vacuum cleaners need to make all that motor noise. But they build them so that they WILL make noise; it gives the user (I was going to say housewife, but people get fired for stuff like that) the illusion that it's very powerful. How's that for off-topic.  |  IP: Logged Damien Taylor Master Film Handler Posts: 493 From: Perth, Western Australia Registered: Apr 2007 posted 04-26-2007 12:48 AM                     A good hot bleach mop works every time. As was also suggested, straight soda water from the fountain could lift it.  |  IP: Logged

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