This weekend I pulled up the carpet to reveal a very nice hardwood floor. Only one problem, the carpet installers had glued the padding down. The glue is in dots all over with the consistancy of rubber cement. I’ve tried water and a scrubber pad with limited success as well as goo gone. The goo gone breaks it up but leaves a sticky residue.
Anyone have any ideas?
Thanks.
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Scrape what you can. Mineral spirits. Lots of elbow grease.
Convince DW it's her job.
laquare thinner and lots of venilation
Cigarette lighter fluid. Whatever you use test first in an inconspicuous place by dampening a rag with the solvent, rub the finish with it, and see if the finish is dissolving by feeling for stickiness.
I just finished removing paint from a floor that had the same thing done to it. I used a product from Zep Manufacturing that I got at Home Depot. It is called Citrus and it comes in quarts and gallons. I used steel wool (medium) under a floor buffer from a rental center. Be SURE you test first if you go this route. Briwax which contains toulene will also work but the fumes get to you. The Zep product had no objectionable odor.
On the truth in advertising front, I worked for Zep for one month and competed against them for about 27 years.
john
IMERC has the idea. Forget the chemicals though. A sharp paint scraper is the cleanest way to remove the glue.
Although another less conventional way is to freeze the glue with dry ice and then chip 95% of it off before scraping. I haven't tried this method personally (I've always had laborers handy) but I have used "chewing gum removers" which are an aerosol product used by cleaners to achieve the same effect.
If you have any dry ice left over, put it in the upstairs bathtub along with a few inches of water. The "smoke" will flow over the tub, along the floor and down the stairs. I have a buddy who does this every halloween along with blacklights to freak out the kids.
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