I need help! What is the best way to pull up indoor-outdoor carpet glued onto concrete slab? Then, what is the best way to remove the glue from concrete slab? I need to do this before I can have overlay or acid wash applied. Any and all suggestions appreciated.
Depends on the type of glue. Some may respond to being heated and some may respond to being frozen (dry ice) so that it will chip off.
Good Luck
You can use an ice scraper on a long handle to get most of it up. Some places will come easy, others can be tough, depending on wear and traffic patters over the years. Take a utility knife and score the carpet in spots so you can easily pull a section at a time, maybe 2' wide. In any case, there will be some adhesive residue that will be near impossible to get up. It may react to a solvent though. I just scraped mine as best I could since it was being covered with an engineered wood floor.
You're best bet is to go to a tool rental place and see if they have a scraper that is used to remove vinyl flooring from a concrete floor. They are electric and work very well. I recently used one and it did a very good job but it's not an easy job. It will remove everything right down to the concrete. Good luck.
Doug
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