Sunday, February 21, 2010

Whats the best way to remove old peel and stick tile adhesive from a basement floor?

The tile has been removed but it left a thin film of what appears to be black tile adhesive. These tiles were old hard tiles from probably the early 60's. Wondering what is the best solvent to use to remove the glue and what steps to take afterwords as I want to paint the concrete floor.Whats the best way to remove old peel and stick tile adhesive from a basement floor?
Heat gun or hair dryer, putty knife, and carefulness.Whats the best way to remove old peel and stick tile adhesive from a basement floor?
If you have a heat gun use it; If you don*t have a heat gun use a hair dryer set on the hottest setting;


It will take a lot of scraping but it will come up


Then use some white vinegar (from the dollar store, in case you need a lot) to get the rest of the small stuff up.


Good Luck
The glue is most likely a tar based mastic glue. It will soften with heat from a heat gun and can be scraped up. The remaining residue can be removed with mineral spirits. Be careful using a heat gun, the mastic will burn if you let it get too hot and the melted mastic can severely burn you so wear gloves. You will also need good ventilation during the process.
easiest way to do it is get yourself some ';Level Best'; made by Savogran and skim it. You've got to be pretty stupid heating up a tar indoors (which it isn't).

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