what would YOU do about this glue

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I have a little project going onIm trying to restore concrete porch stoop and stairsthey are covered in old outdoor carpet glueOLD GLUEI bought 6 gallons of Adhesive Remover from Lowes, @ $25.00 a gallonwhewit works great! it makes the glue soft and I can scrape it right off...EXCEPT for the stairs... they are more porous and the scraper justsorta cuts the now mushy glue...but "peels" the glue from thepits....(tiny tiny pits.. you know...)when I scrape an area it sorta looks fuzzy... something like that..it won't lift it from the pores, even though the glue in the pores issoft too...now.. a wire brush and LOTS of remover make's it look nice... butthat's too much stripper to buyI got them down where if I painted.. it would look very nice..however! after my customer seen her old porch again... she wants totake it down to the bone and not paint it... or she would LIKE to...so! that's cool.. but how can I get all the glue off..you think sandblasting might work? If so...would you reccommend a hopper type or a closed container type...the latter being more aggressive...do you think sandblasting will work?what about muriatic acid?do you think sandblasting might be too agressive.. etc..Thanks for any ideasNO AL BUNDY'S PLEASEYEAH YOU! BUNDY! THAT'S RIGHTYOU'D PROBABLY USE EZ OFF OVEN CLEANER WOULDNTCHA!

wayne · Accepted Answer

Could you get the glue soft then press cheesecloth into it let itharden then peel it off?  Sort of like waxing woman's legs?  The othersuggestion would be dry ice and see if it will pop out?yeeha wrote:

yeeha · Answer

hey good idea, that might work! (with the cheese cloth)hmmmthat just might work

Italian Mason · Answer

Pressure washing @ 3000psi with a zero degree "rotating tip" willremove this....and anything else from concrete (including the surfaceif your not carefull)yeeha wrote:

Al Bundy · Answer

"yeeha" wrote in news:1156606097.845405.20490 @p79g2000cwp.googlegroups.com:

Bigbadbarry! Where the hell have you been? Have missed your warped sense of humor.

Also too expensive. Throw clams on the stoop. Dump Chickens (aka Seagulls) will flock on it and chow. And of course, gulls s*it, s*it and then s*it. S*it while they fly, s*it while they sleep, s*it when they eat. Seagull s*it will strip barnacles off rock that have been on there for decades.

It pays to Know Your Birds Barry.

Al...

yeeha · Answer

it would be my luck the cloth would ALSO become permanent to the porchthere I would stand explaining to my customer how that happened

yeeha · Answer

oh i've been over at alt.pinktea making fun of old rich womenaww shhhitty crychicken livers all over the porch THE HELL YOU DOIN SON?

Bob · Answer

actually tested this. Just don't blast the surface off the concrete.Bob

what would YOU do about this glue

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