Solvent

[david west]

I am trying to remove form-back carpet that's fixed to vinyl tiles with an unknown but probably carpet adhesive. Any suggestions of a solvent apart from elbow grease? Regards David West

[The 1st Philosophical Handyman]

Cillit Bang and petrol. Definitely. ;-)

[Weatherlawyer]

the foam itself. It aught to be laid on paper -even newspaper would have sufficed.

What a nasty floor covering that sort of carpeting was. Do they still make it?

[The Natural Philosopher]

acetone is wildly aggressive and also makes you very light headed..its worth a try, as is petrol, white spirit and cellulose thinners of varying types.

There seem to be no hard and fast rules..different polymers dissolve in different solvents,.

[Andrew Gabriel]

If you don't care about scratching the tiles, use a flat edged shovel as a scraper to get it off. That's what a carpet fitter suggested to me, and it worked well.