Another idea that has really worked well for me after we pulled up vinyl flooring from a concrete slab is to put an old towel down on top of the adhesive then pour a pot of boiling water on top of it. After letting it soak for a couple of minutes, start scraping. It's still some work but makes a huge difference.

I sure hope you can help. I did read the previous comments but I wasn't sure if the answers worked with ALL adhesives. I work in a county jail and we just removed the VCT in the hallways around our loading dock (where it shouldn't have been put in the first place). The adhesive that was used is a black tar type. I contacted the company that put it down and they advised me to put more tile down...the girl did look up the info from the lable and there was no info as to the removal of it. HELP

Ann,
An off-the-shelf adhesive remover should take your pain away. Have you tried one yet?

It seems everyone is having trouble with the removal of this black tar. I have tried various removers and heat/scrape methods with no success on a cement floor. short of filling the space with something close to gasoline, I was thinking of skim coating a leveling compound/ad mix over top to make a smooth surface to install vinyl plank. Is this a good idea? or do you have any other sugestions...?

Hi
I have just removed a black out type covering from 2 very large windows but am unable to get the adhesive off. I've even tried paint strippers. Do you have any suggestions?
Thanks
M

YTile,
You can use USG's new self-leveling compound for this purpose.

M,
Contact a company in your town that applies window films. Ask them if they will reveal the secret solvent they use. Once you discover it, come back here and share your tip.

hello i am taking off plastic tile from a wall in the kitchen that was put on in the 60th. there's a adhesive now on the wall. what can i use to take it off or can i just sand it so the wall can be painted

hello i am taking off plastic tile from a wall in the kitchen that was put on in the 60th. there's a adhesive now on the wall. what can i use to take it off or can i just sand it so the wall can be painted

Dear Sir,
I have used a glue based on combination of ethylacetate, buthylacetate, 2-methoexy-1-methylethylacetate and butyl-glykolate. There are the objects glued on a substrate, then removed and another "clean" objects put on the substrate. This glue sticks to the substrate that should be used again.Do you have any advise how to remove this glue? What remover should be used for?
Thank you in advance for helping.
Andrea

Andrea,
This is easy! Contact the manufacturer of the glue for the reverse chemistry.

Hi,
thank you for the answer.
But this is excatly what I have done before I asked you. Unfortunately manufacturer did not reply.

Job: Termite damaged flooboards required covering tiles to be removed and re-layed once boards were replaced. 10 300x300 tiles fixed to floorboards with a black/grey adhesive. I needed to clean both the undamaged floorboards and the bottom of the tiles of the adhesive.

Solutions tried:
Water was useless as the glue appeared waterproof(beading of droplets when water applied.)

I tried Glue rid(Toluene) and it failed to penentrate much deeper than the surface layer of the adhesive. The glue was thick in places.

Most effective.
Wet the glue with Turpentine and using a broad wood chisel, remove the glue by chiseling away, pushing by hand with an angled approach. Hard work but as I had only 10 300x300 tiles to lift and replace it was achievable.

Other options;
Angle grinder(not tried). -would generate tons of dust as glue is converted to powder.

Hi ATB,
What is the best remover for getting a thick rubbery foam like double sided tape off a plastic surface? We've tried products like Goo Gone and Goof Off to no avail.
Marie

Marie,
I would get a paste adhesive remover. Be careful as they can damage plastics!

Thanks ATB. We need to remove foam type double sided tape from a plastic surface (very difficult). When you say be careful as paste removers can damage plastic, how should we be careful? It's very important that we do not damage the plastic.

Marie,
The solvents it the removers can melt or soften some plastics. Test the remover on some remote part of the plastic.

Dear ATB, We're trying to remove foamlike double sided tape from small 12v7ah batteries. The plastic is pretty durable. Do you recommend a particular paste type remover? Thanks for your help.

I had my tile walls in my bathroom re-glazed and I had some come in and put in new floor covering. They sealed the new vinyl floor with a roll of caulking tape that you can for like 1.00. He put it down with liquid nail! Now I am going to redo the floor covering! I have pull of the vinyl tape, but I am left with that yellow liquid nail film on my refinished tile. How can I get if off without hurting the finish?

Marie,
I do not....... There are ones made for tape adhesive. Visit a real hardware store, not a home center.

Joey,
I don't have a clue..... The reglazing is simply paint. My guess is removers will damage it.

we just took down some panneling in our living room. i am left with strips of glue, i have been able to remove a lot of it but some of it is really spread thin and i cant even scrap it off. is there a specific adhesive remover for this type of glue. it is a brown.

Lucille,
Yes. You can get it at hardware stores.

I purchased a $30 heavy duty 8" Razor blade scraper to remove the vinyl flooring. I peeled off the top of the vinyl fairly quickly. After 20 minutes of only getting about a square foot of the adhesive off...I decided the next day to purchase adhesive remover and go that route. My 6 yo son asked if he could try with the little 2" wide metal putty knife. I said knock yourself out. After 30 minutes he had the whole cleared of adhesive. We just used a hammer to chip off the thin spots that could not be lifted. I was so astonished as to how easily it came off with the putty knife. Of course it was only a 3'x5' area. But still...good job kid!

Hi
I am trying to remove old rubbery contact type adhesive from fibreglass. It's where some foam backed plastic insulation lining has been stuck down and now its deteriorated. You can pull the lining off leaving the foam dust particles and glue behind. Occasionally some of it will peel off in little bits but generally it's stuck so well that scraping it with a wire brush or scraper takes about an hour to worry an area about 2 inches square. An electric drill with a wire brush or flap wheel just makes a sort of melted sticky mess. Please Please PLEASE can you suggest something that I can use to make this endless nightmare somewhat easier without melting the fibreglass??? Life is too short for me to finish this by scraping!!! Thanks.

I have an old tile floor where the black adhesive keeps seeping through where the tiles are joined. I have tried several cleaning methods which seems to work at the time but the black stuff always seeps back. I am renting so I can't replace the floor. Any suggestions ?

I have some cork tiles on my bathroom wall and I need to know the best and hopefully non toxic way to remove the adhesive underneath. I want to be able to tile the wall with ceramic tiles without any problems.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Thankyou.

I recently went through the process of removing a cork floor (laid on a cement slab) to have carpet laid. I tried chipping it off with a hammer and wide chisel - which worked fine, but considering I had over 50 square meters to remove this idea turned sour very quickly. THE ANSWER: A tradesman came with a Jackhammer - yes! a light Jackhammer, with a wide chisel end, and he removed it all in no time! And he sanded the remainder of cork and adhesive off the slab as well - it cost me $100 Aussie to have it done and it was a really good investment!

Hi,
Im looking for a solution to remove dried in paint from stippled rubber floor tiles,

I glued a piece of indoor outdoor carpet on a small slab in front of our door. The thing is, is the surface is rough. How can I get the glue off. The can said it was concrete glue. Please HELP.

Tim, I have recently put up a pool and we found a hole in the ring that blows up. My husband immediatly put duck tape on it and ever since then has had to put super glue non-stop on it because air is continually coming out of it everyday. We need to remove the glue so we can get an actual patch kit. Can you please help? Thank You

having the same black tar problem under a large area of old tiles.

hi we have a vinyl floor in our kitchen that previous occupants put some stuck on wood coloured tiles they have started to break so i have just got a blunt knife under them and peeled them off in pieces at a time but i am left with the adhesive still on the floor and when you walk on it it sticks to your feet
what can i use to remove the adhesive from the floor have tried hot water etc all that does is make it even more guey
regards simon

I have asbestes tile on my small kitchen floor over top of oak wood floors. I am removing the tile very carefully with a mask and immediately putting it in a trashbag with a minimal of dust particals. However. There is black glue on top of the floor. Is there something that will remove this without ruining the floor? I probably should not sand, is that right? thank you,

Anyone know how to remove price stickers. These stickers are so strong I spend more time trying to get them off than buying or using the product. Moreover, with pots and pans, the sticker must be removed to avoid fire or smoke from element. Thanks