remove carpet glue

[Rookie]

I need to remove carpet glue from our basement concrete floor any suggestions?

[The Reverend Natural Light]

I'd guess that depends on what you're putting down in place of the carpet. Do you need bare concrete or just something smooth enough for new carpet / laminate?

-rev

[PipeDown]

From concrete, use a solvent. Many might work, I'll leave it to you to find a reasonably priced product that is not too volitile. Some paint stippers might work.

If the concrete was very smooth and well sealed, you might do it with a heat gun and a sharp scraper

[Tom The Great]

You might be able to scrap it up with a floor scraper. It is like a paint scraper but bigger and has replacible razor blade tip. Becareful, sharp.

Example:

hth,

tom

[yankees10000]

I recently took up the file in a room that I plan on carpeting. If I repair the concrete that was damaged with some holes, can I just put the carpeting right over it or should I take up the glue that held on the tiles also?

[yankees10000]

I recently took up the file in a room that I plan on carpeting. If I repair the concrete that was damaged with some holes, can I just put the carpeting right over it or should I take up the glue that held on the tiles also?