Glue Down Carpet Removal

If the dried glue looks like the black mastic pictured in my post i would definitely recommend trying the sentinel 747 adhesive remover.

Glue down carpet removal.

Glued down carpet is the absolute worst. Step 2 use boiling water. Though incredibly effective this specialty glue is also notorious because it leaves behind sticky residue that is hard to remove with traditional removal methods. 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.

This video and description contains affiliate lin. Carpet glue is an incredibly strong adhesive designed to fix rolls of carpet to concrete floors. Carpet installers use strong mastic that doesn t deteriorate when they glue down carpets and they often use more than is really needed both of which spell bad news for you when you want to remove the carpet. Boiling water will soften up hard to remove glue.

How to pull up glue down indoor outdoor carpeting made easy. Step 1 scraping the carpet glue. To use the scraper attachment insert the blade into your reciprocating saw and lock it in place. The scraper can easily remove big chunks of the glue which helps get the job done more easily later.

A 2 to 4 wide blade should be appropriate for removing carpet glue.