Removing Rug From Hardwood Floors

Before you can begin to deep clean hardwood floors you will need to remove the stubborn adhesive that was left behind you might also still have some remnants of your carpet tacks and staples still on the ground that need removing.

Removing rug from hardwood floors.

I bought a house about 3 weeks ago and it has hardwood floor in the living room when i tried removing the old carpet it left padding residue and marks on the floor. When we pulled the old carpet and padding which was a blue yellow mixed color from our floors we found a thin layer of what apparently was black foam from the carpet before. As you remove carpet you ll quickly see why even after meticulous vacuuming it s the dirtiest part of your home. Hello i am going to be laying down peel and stick vinyl tiles down over wood floors but first i need to get the padding up off the floor.

I suggest wearing your worst work clothes including a long sleeved shirt. In order to have that beautiful hardwood floor you need to keep in mind that there are two types of glues that are used when putting down a carpet general carpet adhesive and tar based glue. Well there are a lot of ways to remove carpet padding on your wood floors but today and i m going to tell you the easiest way to do it. I m thankful we didn t have to deal with removing adhesive.

The procedure for removal of both these adhesives is the same but the products used are not. To remove adhesive from a hardwood floor bring a pot of water to a boil. Remove all of the leftover residue. It had fused with the beautiful oak hardwood floors.

Not only will it help to loosen any extra dirt and grime but in the event that you also missed a little bit of adhesive the hot steam from the mop will help to loosen the material so it can be. While planning to uncover the original hardwood floor i pulled back the corner of the carpet to find that the padding was stapled down and not glued to the floor. An even better option when it comes to getting your floors clean after removing carpet is to opt for a hardwood steam cleaner. Planning to remove carpet over hardwood floors.

Soak some old towels in the water and then place them on the adhesive. We scraped by hand from a standing position with a long handled scraper. This needs to be removed.