I recently bought an edwardian house and wish to strip, sand and varnish the original floorboards. In the hallway, there were lino tiles glued directly onto the boards. I have manged to remove the tiles, but am now left with very thick and very sticky glue, that resembles tar! It is very difficult to remove and my local DIY store said they dont sell anything strong enough to remove it. What can I use to remove the glue, without damaging the boards.
2006-10-02 00:35:53 · 9 answers · asked by PAOLO 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Do It Yourself (DIY)
The glue most probably used, may have been
'Thixofix' this is made by the same company as
Evostick... The only way I can think of getting the old glue off... Is to use petrol. This is highly unsafe, and highly inflammable...
Go to a 'Tool Hire 'shop, and hire an industrial floor sander... This will sand off the old glue...and give you a good finish, with patients.
Get advise .. How to use the machine
2006-10-03 00:26:33 · answer #1 · answered by Barker 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You might have to chisel it off. Maybe use a sharp putty knife and hammer tick it off. You will have to be cautious to not mar into the floorboards. It may be easier than it sounds depending on how much of the glue was used. We've done a lot of remodeling in our past homes and it seems there is always something to remove. Of coarse once the tough stuff is off it is quite a relief to start on what you want to do in the first place. You can also put a new subfloor over that depending on your situation.
2016-03-27 01:54:53 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A hot air gun that would be used to remove paint would be a good idea. I saw them in LIDL for about £12. You would need a broad paint scraper, and there is a lot of gunge produced, make sure you have plenty of old newspapers.
2006-10-02 01:14:07 · answer #3 · answered by xenon 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you need a specialist solvent, there is no worries about damaging the wood as you are going to sand it, diesel is good but you will permeate the wood and it will smell for months.
Contact a proffesional cleaning company
2006-10-02 00:47:09 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I had same problem with my house. Tried everything nothing seemed to work except scraping it off with a wall paper scraper.
2006-10-02 00:47:43 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think you are pretty stuck! I had a similar problem and we ended up having to put new vinyl over the top
2006-10-02 00:53:13 · answer #6 · answered by sparkyy2k2001 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
use a heat gun and plenty of elbow grease as you scrape up the old glue
2006-10-02 07:18:55 · answer #7 · answered by shermisme 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try Nitromors, but follow the precautions by the book....
2006-10-02 00:52:48 · answer #8 · answered by tonymccullochuk 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
have a look in the B&Q for specialist solvents
2006-10-03 00:55:26 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋