I Have Black Glue On My Hardwood Floors

I have an 1890 s that someone had glued 1970 s shag carpet to oak hardwood floors.

I have black glue on my hardwood floors.

The easy way to remove old black tar linoleum adhesive from how do i remove all this icky adhesive on the floor when things tricks for removing black tar flooring mastic you read can i wash my hardwood floors with vinegar. After trying sanding adhesive remover paint stripper and scraping someone told me the solution that does work. Use old towels that are already stained or dingy but still clean. Dissolve the glue with a solvent.

How to remove black tar adhesive from hardwood floors. There had to be a better way. Solvents are available in hardware stores and via a google search. I began using a powered multi tool similar to this one to scrape the floor using the rigid scraper attachment.

If your heat and cold based cleaners can t get the glue off your old floors reach for a solvent to do the job. Therefore if your house was built or remodeled around 1984 or before there is a chance that black mastic adhesive on your floor may contain asbestos. Saturate them completely with hot water. They break down glue into liquid so you can wipe it away and are ideal remove adhesive tools.

Place a pot with 4 6 cups of water on the stove and wait for it to boil. But after about two hours i had barely scraped two square feet of floor. Step 1 bring a pot of water to a boil. You could also use an electric kettle to bring your water to a boiling point step 2 soak towels in the hot water.

Enter the power tools. Be careful not to scald your hands 1 x research sourcestep 3 place the wet towels on the floor. Makers of black mastic the peterson firm llp a washington dc law firm that deals with mesothelioma cases notes that the following companies manufactured adhesives containing asbestos.