Flooring Tile - Removing old carpet glue

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youthguy
01-25-05, 04:01 PM
I pulled up carpet from concrete floor and found even older rubber backing still glued down. I want to put down ceramic tile but can settle for vinyl if forced to. Any ideas on how to go about removing the old rubber and glue, and also, how clean do I need to get the floor for thinset or vinyl adhesive?

pgtek
01-26-05, 11:08 AM
hi
get a long handle scrapper from your hardware store
scrappe as much you can off then used some lacker thinner to remove the rest

cheers

pg

ps if you used thinner do not used adhesive used thin set

cheers

pg
youthguy
02-04-05, 08:29 AM
thanks. I will give it a try. The laquer thinner seems to work fairly well. Still a little residue, but it is smooth. Thanks for the tip on thinset vs. adhesive.