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In an inconspicuous area try heating the adhesive with a blow dryer or heat gun. When the adhesive turns soft scrape up as much as you can using a paint scraper. Dont try to scrape it all up as you may damage the floor. Then try removing the rest with the adhesive cleaner you purchased.
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I believe dry removal may be the only way to do it. The other concern should be the use of asbestos in both the flooring and the mastic (adhesive) that was used to put it down. I think asbestos was used in almost all flooring materials through the 70s and used in adhesives through the early 80s. The...
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You dont say, are the tile ceramic or asphalt? If you use solvent on the asphalt it will damage the surface of the tile as well as removing the glue. And you MUST keep all the windows open so you dont blow up the house. You could likely pop off the tile as well, and redo the floor. You could belt sa...
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Whats the best adhesive to use to insure that Cirrus Blown Vinyl Wall Covering will stay on the ceiling?
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We had a similar situation and ended up using seld-adhesive 1/4 strip lead called decra led to cover the spaces. It looks great.
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I have a basement, obviously with concrete floors. There are a few problems I am having..... I had carpet covering the majority of the floor and some adhesive tile on another part. Over the years, both the tile and the carpet have been saturated dy dog urine by the previous owners. I am remodeling a...
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If the glue is soft from being wet, try some 409 in water, and soak a while, then mop and mop. Or 409 straight. Actually, Smart Final has a similar product called Degreaser, at about four bucks a gallon last time I bought some. Very strong soap, but cleans up nice. As to Odor, after all clean, Febre...
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Hi. Hurry before the garage sale season quickly turns to snow shoveling season and buy a couple of those old hot electric clothes irons and then get ready to use up your old terry cloth towels or go to Sams Club and buy a bag of detail towels like they use at the car wash as they are cheap in quanti...
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