Removing Old Carpet Padding Stuck Wood Floor

Hi i have a 65 year old house that had carpet over all the hardwood.

Removing old carpet padding stuck wood floor.

The residue from the carpet underpad is sticking to the hardwood floor all over the place. I am ripping up all the carpet in my home which has covered oak hardwood for about 30 years. The rubber had gone through to the wood with these sticky divots all over the place. Sweep the areas of the floor from which you able to remove the loose larger pieces of carpet pad.

The rubber will react with the finish and weld into it. Heat up the stuck part of the padding using a hair dryer or a heat gun then immediately take them off with the help of the pliable knife. In removing the staples attached to your carpet padding use the pliers too. Residue from the carpet pad.

Why you don t lay cheap carpet pad over a nice wood floor. The padding stuck to the floor like glue in places. Remove the stuck padding. Throw away the debris.

What is the best way to remove this residue. Then begin cutting out the carpet padding into small strips. Scrape with a metal tool but with care not to scratch the wood. The padding is more than 50 years old and it is stuck stuck to the floor.

The denatured alcohol can be purchased at any home improvement store in the paint section. Q imported from our old site face lift floors. Return to the corner of the room where you began and get down on all fours. First pull back the carpet padding using pliers.

Dissolve the padding with chemical cleaning solvents such as an odorless mineral spirit that works like a paint thinner. If you want to remove old carpet padding than make sure to apply this alcohol and give it a couple of minutes to burn the padding that is stuck on the floor than wipe using a soft cloth. Flooring pros told our team about several methods they use to remove stuck padding before refinishing a wood floor. A second technique is done through the use of mineral spirits.

I have tried hot water and stiff scrapers and had mild success with lots and lots of hard scraping but i don t think that i can do 4 full size rooms with this technique. And on the portions of the carpet padding which are glued you can actually sprinkle mineral water to the spot before removing them. Using this is easy as 1 2 3 just apply it on the stained area and wipe using a soft cloth. Soak the rag on the mineral spirit then wipe it on the stuck padding on the floor.

Thanks for offering a solution.