How can I remove carpet glue from my concrete basement floor?
Like DIY Doc said — avoid solvents — at best they’ll just soften the adhesive and make a bigger mess. This requires mechanical removal – scraping or grinding. If the original carpet was installed with padding under it, you probably have snail trails of a rubbery glue zig-zagging around the room. If the carpet was applied directly to the concrete, it’s probably a hard mastic-like adhesive (sort of a yellowish-off-white color). For the rubbery stuff you’ll need a scraper with a thin, replaceable, razor-like blade. These come in both a short handled version you use on your hands and knees, and a long handled version you use standing up. The short handled version has a thinner, sharper blade and does a more thorough removal. But the long handled version is a lot easier on your body. You can also use a disc sander with a coarse grit sand paper – but you’ll go through a lot of sand paper this way. FYI- the short handled scraper usually comes with spare blades stashed inside the handle – ea
