Product Overview
Actichem Gum Gone is a super-strength blend for removing gum, grease, tough oily soils and paints. It is formulated to work fast, even on tough gums and stubborn grease that other solvents cannot manage. A very valuable tool in the professional cleaner’s arsenal.
This is a great replacement for PowerClean Grease N Gum Gone.
Benefits
- Powerful — a high-performance blend of aromatic solvents and emulsifiers.
- Oil stains — removes grease, tough oily spots, adhesives and most inks.
- Gum removal — employs the most effective gum-removal solvent to rapidly break down the gum structure and release it from the surface.
- Paint spots — works a treat on oil and water-based paint spots.
Application Areas and Surface Suitability
Actichem Gum Gone is ideal for use on all carpet types. However, do not use on bitumen-backed carpeting.
What Is Actually in It
Gum Gone is over 60% xylene (CAS 1330-20-7), with ethylene glycol monobutyl ether at 10–30% and nonylphenol ethoxylate under 10%. It is Poisons Schedule 6 — the most tightly scheduled product in our spotting range.
Xylene is an extremely effective gum and adhesive solvent, and that is exactly why Gum Gone works where milder products fail. It is also a solvent we would not choose for extended work in an occupied house, a childcare room or an aged-care facility without serious ventilation.
If the job is in occupied premises, talk to us about citrus-based alternatives before you order. For a single piece of gum on a commercial floor, Gum Gone is the right tool. For a day of adhesive removal in a nursing home, it is not.
How to Use
Always pre-test in an inconspicuous location for substrate sensitivity to chemicals. Do not use on acrylic, plastic or other solvent-sensitive surfaces, including bitumen and latex-backed carpeting.
Dilution: ready to use.
- Sponge or scrape up any surface spot material.
- Apply Gum Gone to a clean, white, absorbent cloth and apply to the spot.
- Gum Gone can also be applied to severe stains using a trigger spray bottle.
- Blot or tamp to remove the spot. Do not rub. Deep spots may need light brushing. Work from outside to the centre of large spots.
- Repeat if necessary.
- Extract with warm water or an emulsifier solution.
- Brush fabric to align fibres.
Apply to the cloth, not the carpet, wherever possible. It limits how much solvent reaches the backing and adhesive, and it reduces the vapour you breathe.
Safety
Please read this section before your next job. This listing previously recorded only “Safety profile: Class 3 Flammable liquid”. That is a transport classification. It is not wrong, but it is badly incomplete — it tells you nothing about what this product does to a person. It has been corrected.
Actichem’s safety data sheet for AP483, version 4.5 issued 18 September 2025, classifies Gum Gone as a HAZARDOUS CHEMICAL under the Model WHS Regulations. It is also classified as DANGEROUS GOODS, but is not regulated for transport in packs of 5 litres or less — which is why it ships normally. That is a freight rule, not a safety rating.
- Signal word: DANGER
- H226 — flammable liquid and vapour
- H304 — may be fatal if swallowed and enters airways
- H319 — causes serious eye irritation
- H335 — may cause respiratory irritation
- HAZCHEM code: •3Y
- Poisons Schedule: 6
⚠ H304 — the hazard the old wording hid
H304 means may be fatal if swallowed and enters airways. With a hydrocarbon solvent the risk is not poisoning from a large dose. It is that a small amount reaching the lungs — from swallowing, from vomiting after swallowing, or from siphoning by mouth — causes chemical pneumonitis, which can be fatal and can develop hours later.
- Never siphon or transfer this product by mouth, and never decant it into an unlabelled drink container. This is the single most common way people are seriously injured by solvents.
- If it is swallowed, do NOT induce vomiting. Rinse the mouth with water and call a Poisons Information Centre or doctor immediately. Vomiting is what draws it into the lungs.
- Symptoms can be delayed. Anyone who has swallowed it needs medical assessment even if they seem fine.
Flammability and vapour
Actichem do not state a flash point for this product; treat it as flammable regardless. Keep away from ignition sources, hot surfaces and sparks. Vapour is heavier than air and will collect in sub-floors, pits and confined spaces. Ventilate before and during use, and never use it near an operating heater or a truckmount exhaust.
H335 means the vapour irritates the airways. In a closed room, with a trigger sprayer, over an extended period, that is a genuine exposure — open windows and doors and use forced ventilation.
Do not mix
Actichem list these as incompatible with Gum Gone:
- Oxidisers, permanganates and peroxides
- Ammonium persulfate, bromine dioxide, nitrates
- Strong acids — sulfuric, nitric, perchloric
In practical terms, keep it away from our oxidiser range on the same job — that includes Stain Fix, Conquer O2, Spotaway U and Chlorosan. Solvent-soaked rags stored with an oxidiser is a fire, not a theory.
Personal protective equipment
Actichem specify PE/EVAL/PE gloves for this product. Glove material is not interchangeable across our solvent range — a single box of nitrile in the van does not cover all of them, and nitrile is not the recommended material here. Also wear chemical goggles or safety glasses with side shields, and use a respirator with an organic vapour filter where ventilation is limited or the product is sprayed.
Repeated skin contact with xylene-based solvents defats the skin and causes dermatitis.
First aid
Swallowed — do NOT induce vomiting. Rinse the mouth with water. Immediately call a Poisons Information Centre or doctor and tell them the product is an aspiration hazard.
Eyes. Wash out immediately with fresh running water, holding the eyelids open. Seek medical attention.
Skin. Remove contaminated clothing. Wash the area with soap and water.
Inhalation. Move to fresh air. Seek medical attention if breathing is difficult or irritation persists.
Specifications
| Product code | AP483.05 |
| Pack size | 5 litres |
| Product type | Ready-to-use solvent gum, adhesive, grease and paint spotter |
| Appearance | Clear water-white liquid |
| Odour | Xylene — aromatic solvent |
| Dilution | Ready to use |
| pH | Not applicable — non-aqueous |
| Key components | Xylene (CAS 1330-20-7) over 60%; ethylene glycol monobutyl ether (CAS 111-76-2) 10–30%; nonylphenol ethoxylate (CAS 9016-45-9) under 10% |
| WHS classification | Hazardous chemical |
| Signal word | DANGER |
| Hazard statements | H226, H304, H319, H335 |
| Dangerous goods | Classified DG, but not regulated for transport at 5 litres or less |
| HAZCHEM code | •3Y |
| Poisons schedule | 6 |
| Gloves | PE/EVAL/PE — not nitrile |
| Do not use on | Acrylic, plastic and other solvent-sensitive surfaces; bitumen and latex-backed carpet |
| SDS referenced | Version 4.5, issued 18 September 2025 |
Related Products
- Actichem Gum Gone 500 ml spray — the spotting-kit size. Identical chemistry and identical classification.
- Actichem Orange Solvent — citrus-based, still classified DANGER with H304, but no xylene and a lower poisons schedule. Worth considering for occupied premises.
- Actichem Citrus Gel — gel form for vertical surfaces. Note its own serious classification (H360D) before choosing it — it is not a milder alternative.
Safety Data Sheet
Actichem Gum Gone Safety Data Sheet — version 4.5, issued 18 September 2025
If your risk assessment for this product was written from the “Class 3 Flammable liquid” line alone, it does not cover the health hazards and needs to be redone.
SKU: AP483.05
Not sure whether Gum Gone or a citrus solvent suits your job, or working in an occupied building? Contact Carpet Cleaners Warehouse before you order — we would rather help you choose the right solvent than sell you the strongest one.
