Glue on Concrete Floor

[bassNspear]

We pulled carpet off out concrete floor yesterday and have a ton of yellow glue on the floor.

what is the best way to get all the glue off the floor.

[Shack]

I would get as much up with a scraper at first. I used once at my parent’s house a razor blade (7 or 8 inch wide) replaceable style 5' long slap hammer style scraper. It was a famous razor blade maker that made this scrapper. It got most of every thing up. Then we used mineral sprits to clean the rest. Any solvent should work. Just vent the room good.

Good luck!!!

[bassNspear]

but we are working with a 7000 square feet showfloor

[Shack]

I did not read that in your first post .

I would get 3 or 4 of them, 4 or 5, guy/gals 5 gallon bucket of solvent and broom it on over the glue first. Let sit and use large scrapers to clear. Other than renting an industrial scraping machine, elbow grease is the only option.

Either way, it will get messy and be some work. Do you do this stuff on the side, for a living or are you starting your own store? I figured it was a basement job.

[Shack]

Here is it, the SLAMSCRAPER® Impact Tool

I would go to Red Devil's website and check out the chem's they have also. I will make a call to see if a machine is made for this.

[Shack]

I 2 wayed a buddy and he said this machine should work for glue also. Its called the Bronco by Tulsa Tearout. Where to get one around here, he did not say. I am sure you can find one.

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Good luck!

[GotOne]

Be careful using any solvent......can be very flammable. Concrete is porous and any residual solvent could affect the bond of the next floor you install.

[heavyduty]

Rent a floor sander with like 10 to 20 grit sand paper looks like a floor buffer that you stand behind, but uses sand paper. Also use plenty of sweeping compound on the floor to help keep dust down, Just don't leave the compound the floor to long( a day or longer) the concrete may absorb the oils and may affect the adhesion of the glue you plan using.

[brittman]

We hired a small crew to remove the glue from the concrete floor in our house. They had a machine that scraped it all off without solvent. Did a great job.

Cost of the crew was only $40 more than the 24 hour machine rental and well worth it.

FLOOR STRIPPER "GENERAL" (STRGEN)

Model: FCS16

4 Hour: $35.00

Daily: $50.00

Weekly: $120.00

Comments:

Type 3/4 hp (.56) 1725 RPM, single-phase, 115/230 VAC, 60 Hz, electric motor. Factory wired to operate from 115 VAC power source.

Full Loaded Amperes (FLA) Rating 10.3 amperes. Will operate on a clean, 15-amperes electrical circuit.

Operator Handle Adjustable height, ergonomically-positioned grip, foldable

Width 14-1/23" (368 mm)

Width (At Operator Handle) 23" (584 mm)

Height (Handle Folded) 23" (584 mm)

Height 9At maximum Handle Extension) 42" (1067 mm)

Length (Handle Folded) 24" (610 mm)

Length (At Maximum Extension) 34" (864 mm)

Weight (Included Weight, Less Blade) 130 lbs. (59 kg)

6" or 10" blade options only

[bassNspear]

do you think sand blasting it would do the job?

[brittman]

Rent the stripper or rent the crew. Sand blasting will make a mess and double your clean-up time.

[bassNspear]

ya that is what we were thinking. ITs going to make such a mess, that you dont want to deal with it at all. We have a few guys here looking it over now, so hopefully we can figure it out