carpet glue removal
 

original owner glued a carpet kit to the floor of my truck. How can i remove the yellow glue from floor?

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I would use sandpaper or a wire wheel on a grinder or drill with a dustmask and paint the floor.

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Acetone should do the trick just remember to be in a well ventilated area and maybe use a respirator

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Plasma Cutter

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Not on a truck, but when I bought my Charger the guy used that thick black "tar" or whatever you call it to glue in shag carpet. it was a PITA but i got it out using a scraper and heating it with a propane torch. Came right up. After the majority of it was up I used a sanding disc and the rest came right off.

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what does a plasma cutter do for glue removal?

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Nothing, but when you've been stuck in a house all day (because of snow) with a wife and 2 teenage daughters watching Lifetime.........


LOL

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And your already lubing up for the Super Bowl?:devil:

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............and I'm not a football fan. LOL

It's really bad, my garage is full of construction materials, and my trucks/cars are outside in the biggest snowstorm we've had in years.

Someone help me PLEASE!!!!:waah::waah:

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:lol: That's cool. It was warm here today in south georgia and my parents are on the eastern shore of MD enjoying snow also. I decided to sand it down to almost nothing and then try a solvent. Thanks for the advice. Good thing I don't own a plasma cutter.:lol:

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It would have just cleaned it off all the way down to the ......... concrete. :smoke:

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xylene solvent @ home depot

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If it is house carpet glue, you can soak it with water and you should be able to scrub it off either with a rag or scotch brite pad.

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id try water first then the acetone then the sander in that order

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I work in an upholstery shop, so I have alittle bit of experience with glue...if it's yellow glue, it's probably the contact cement that almost every upholstery shop uses...we use a product from SEM called Semsolv to remove glue, but you could just use low odor Mineral Spirits...Mineral Spirits are readily available, and personally I think it works better at removing the glue than the SEMs stuff does...if you get the low odor, you should have to worry too much about alot of ventilation..you should be fine using it in a closed garage...

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Nothing will take it right off but I have had good luck with 3M adhesive remover. You have to let it soak.