How to Remove Adhesive From Concrete
Carpet or tile adhesive can be almost impossible to remove from a concrete floor, especially when it has been there for a long time. If you try sanding, it will heat up and clog up the sandpaper. If you wire brush it with a wire wheel on your drill, again if you let it heat up, it will just clog up the wire brush. A heat gun can soften most adhesives and allow for some degree of scraping, but it is slow as the concrete below is quite cold and will draw the heat away from the adhesive. The good news is that most of these adhesives can be softened up by using their original solvent. Before you go onto the hard way to do this that I explain below — there is an update on new products to help out. SurfPro from Quebec has one carpet glue remover on the market and now Circa 1850 is bringing one out as well — so read the lables carefully in the “Paint Stripping” department, you may just find a product specifically for removing carpet glue. If you can’t find the new removers, then you will ha
