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black tar adhesive...and other goo

Go and rent a floor drum sander with 40 grit paper,then 60 grit,80 grit,and 100grit.Its hard back breaking work but the glue will melt from the sanding,and the discolored wood from the glue will be cleaned by the finer grit paper.
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Linen wallpaper

I think it would be near impossible to do cleanly. Our 50s-era home has painted-over linen wallpaper throughout most of the first floor. We have been trying to remove the wallpaper and paint to get down to bare plaster, with no luck. The wallpaper glue seeps through the linen when you first install ...
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black tar adhesive...and other goo

We just bought a 1903 house that had carpeting and several layers of linoleum in the kitchen. We peeling it all out and found original wood floors underneath. BUT, the edges of the linoleum were adhered with black tar and the rest with what I think is called caramel glue (or something like that) wit...
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Removing carpet glue from tile

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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linoleum on hard wood floors

Ive removed glued carpet from hardwood floors. Scrape up as much as you can, dont worry if you scratch the finish just dont gouge the floors. I went right to sanding the floors with a drum sander, but you might want to try something to remove the glue like Goof-off. But if your only softening the gl...
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PVC Tin look ceiling tiles

Have a question. Did anyone ever installed pvc tin look ceiling tiles (the glue on type) ? And if yes - how difficult was it? Thanks.
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linoleum on hard wood floors

How do we remove linoleum and glue that is over hard wood floors, and can the hardwood be refinished?
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Removing carpet glue from tile

I tried a heat gun, but it just melted the tile and the glue was unaffected. There must ne a solvent or maybe you just have to remove the tile
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Removing carpet glue from tile

I have the same problem. The glue left a yellow film all over the tile. I was told to use mineral spirits but I havnt tried it yet. When I do, Ill post the results. I just dont want to ruin the tile.
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Removing carpet glue from tile

We have a 70 year old house. The previous owners glued indoor/outdoor carpet down onto the tile floor. I have tried Goo-Gone, just scraping, plain water - nothing seems to remove the glue entirely and its very time consuming. Does anyone know of anything else I could try
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