On November 3, 2015, it was announced by the Pike Place Market Preservation & Development Authority that for the first time in 20 years the gum wall would be receiving a total scrub down for maintenance and steam cleaning, to prevent further erosion of the bricks on the walls from the sugar in the gum.
2015年11月3日，派克市場的保護與發展管理局宣布，這堵牆必須接受20年來首次的全面清洗和維護，以免口香糖上的糖分對牆磚日愈加劇的侵蝕。