To do the job more quickly and efficiently rent a power carpet puller.
Glue down carpet removel chemical.
Carpet adhesive will keep your carpet secured to your hardwood floors but it can be a hassle if you tear up carpet only to reveal glue covered floors.
Glued down carpet is the absolute worst.
Homemade carpet adhesive remover.
White vinegar is a natural solution that can dissolve old carpet adhesive without having to use harsh chemical strippers.
This can be so painfull and gut wrenching you really start to wonder if its really worth it.
Remove as much of the carpet glue as possible by scraping it using a razor blade scraper.
Step 1 scraping the carpet glue.
All to often i run into glue downs that the carpet cannot be removed in more then 6 inch wide strips a floor stripper will not take up the carpet it is only meant to take up the existing padding and glue residue from double glue down and rubber back carpet there are large.
Pour the solution onto the areas of leftover adhesive on the concrete.
To make this easy but effective floor adhesive remover add equal parts hot water and white vinegar in a bucket.
If it s a different type of glue i dont know for sure if this will work but i feel your pain.
You can easily make a homemade carpet adhesive remover out of water and white vinegar.
Start by dipping an old toothbrush in a small container of acetone.
Oh man i am so sorry.
A 2 to 4 wide blade should be appropriate for removing carpet glue.
This step should remove most of the carpet glue and you can wipe down any leftover adhesive with an old washcloth.
Glued down carpet removal.
If you need to remove carpet glue from concrete fill a bucket with 1 gallon of very hot water then add 2 cups of ammonia and 1 cup liquid detergent to the bucket.
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Purchase white vinegar at any grocery or home improvement store.
Vinegar is an acidic solution and works well at dissolving gunk and sticky residue.
Use caution and wear gloves when you re handling ammonia as it s a dangerous chemical.
Removing carpet glue with vinegar.
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.
Scrub the area of the subfloor using the toothbrush and acetone until the glue is completely gone or there is little remaining.
If the dried glue looks like the black mastic pictured in my post i would definitely recommend trying the sentinel 747 adhesive remover.