Ripping up old carpeting is no small task but removing the glue used to secure it to the subfloor is a major job all on its own.
Removing old carpet glue.
Skipping this step can cause problems when applying new carpet adhesive refinishing your hardwood or laying a new.
Whether you have a concrete hardwood or wooden sub floor under your carpet you will need to remove the old carpet glue to replace the flooring or use your hardwood floors.
Creating a clean smooth surface is critical however if a new.
The scraper can easily remove big chunks of the glue which helps get the job done more easily later.
Pulling up the carpet and scraping underneath with a paint scraper to beak the glue bond is tedious work and wetting the carpet to loosen the adhesive may cause it to break into pieces.
Carpet glue is an incredibly strong adhesive designed to fix rolls of carpet to concrete floors.
Remove as much of the carpet glue as possible by scraping it using a razor blade scraper.
Step 2 use boiling water.
Remove the carpet glue by scraping it using some good old elbow grease.
Remove the carpet glue after removing old carpet.
Boiling water will soften up hard to remove glue.
Though incredibly effective this specialty glue is also notorious because it leaves behind sticky residue that is hard to remove with traditional removal methods.
Scrape the carpet glue off with a scraper.
These scrapers easily remove huge chunks of the glue.
They are the size of a broom but at one end is a large sharp razor blade.