Hi,
we removed the carpet in the children's room and found a lot of carpet adhesive residue underneath. What is the best way to remove it?
Regards, oobravo
we removed the carpet in the children's room and found a lot of carpet adhesive residue underneath. What is the best way to remove it?
Regards, oobravo
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Sandraholster-130 Nov 2014 18:37This carpet adhesive can be quite stubborn. My husband uses a stripper, and that works pretty well to remove it. In the past, we used nitro-based solutions for removal, but I am allergic to those. I cannot tolerate them.
I am also facing this task. Although I’m not looking forward to it, what needs to be done must be done. Unfortunately, this is not a water-soluble adhesive, and only a machine can help here. So, I rented the ALPHA floor sander. This machine makes a good impression, and the first attempt was promising. The dealer said it hasn’t been on the market for long and has improved significantly.
The weight is manageable, as this machine weighs only 42 kg (93 lbs). That makes transport much easier. I also notice this during work—the machine almost runs by itself.
The weight is manageable, as this machine weighs only 42 kg (93 lbs). That makes transport much easier. I also notice this during work—the machine almost runs by itself.
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Serena1990-122 Jun 2015 09:59Hi,
Over the weekend, we also removed the old carpet. There were quite large areas of that foam material on the floor. I tried to remove it by hand, but it didn’t work.
My husband rented a floor sanding machine, and that worked perfectly. You really need that kind of equipment, as it makes the job much easier.
Over the weekend, we also removed the old carpet. There were quite large areas of that foam material on the floor. I tried to remove it by hand, but it didn’t work.
My husband rented a floor sanding machine, and that worked perfectly. You really need that kind of equipment, as it makes the job much easier.
Jonas schrieb:
I’m facing this task as well. I’m not really looking forward to it, but what needs to be done, has to be done. Unfortunately, this is not a water-soluble adhesive, and only a machine can help here. So I rented the ALPHA floor sander. This machine makes a good impression, and the first test was promising. The dealer said it hasn’t been on the market for long and has improved a lot.
The weight is good, and this machine now only weighs 42 kg (93 lbs). That’s really helpful for transport. Even during work I notice it runs almost by itself.Thank you very much for your information. We have this task coming up again as well. Last time we did it with an electric scraper, but that was tiring. Now we plan to rent a floor sander like that. I’m curious to see how it works.