Removing Vinyl Glue From Concrete

Either lift vinyl with a floor scraper or cut manageable pieces to remove as much vinyl flooring as possible.

Removing vinyl glue from concrete.

Used wood stripper to try to start removing indoor outdoor carpet glue from concrete on my daughter s veranda. With vinyl the answer is fire or heat if you will. What you need to know about black mastic glue pre 1980. Removing vinyl from concrete is similar to removing it from subfloor.

When tile is removed it is frequently a two part process. Heat will soften vinyl enough for you to have a go at it with a putty knife. Alternative approaches to removing vinyl linoleum flooring. If you don t have a heat gun you can try using a hair dryer on the highest heat setting.

If that doesn t get the glue off you will need to use a commercial adhesive stripper to soften and remove the glue. Most vinyl tile flooring installed in the 60 s 70 s and early 80 s had asbestos in both the glue and the tiles. It s a tough cookie and it only gets tougher with age. Said as long as surface vinyl etc.

Start by scraping the glue with a pry bar or scraper. First the tile itself is taken up either cut pried or chiseled from the floor. Removing the glue from floors after a tile removal. Remember what we said about vinyl adhesive.

Not carpeting is well adhered removal of it is not necessary for tiling. Much to our relief tiler said not necessary he just tiled over the glue remnants. However getting the adhesive off the concrete may prove to be more difficult. If you do have black glue on your concrete floor and you don t know how old it is it could contain asbestos.

Enjoy the videos and music you love upload original content and share it all with friends family and the world on youtube. If the existing floor is still smooth or can be smoothed with a few patches of fixall then the new floor can be laid directly on top of the old vinyl or linoleum floor.