Removing Old Carpet Adhesive-What to Use?

[cyclone]

hey tried sanding the adhesive off of the inside of my hull where the old carpet was at and its taking forever. Can someone recommend some type of stripper that can just wipe on and off without hurting the gel? thanks in advance!

[HBjet]

NO! Get to work you lazy ass and do it yourself....haha!
Didn't someone say Gasoline worked before?
HBjet

[diggler]

Gasoline worked, but it starts to destroy the fiberglass as it is absorbed into the substrate.
I just replaced my carpet about two weeks ago and had to get up the old adhesive. Here's what I did...
Get a hand-held angle grinder. (A Dewalt or something like that with a 4.5-5" disc)
Buy a sanding attachment for it and the discs. I used 50 grit sanding discs.
This takes it off like no-one's business. However, it does leave little grooves and indentations on the floor. No biggie if you're just going to go ahead and lay new carpet down anyways.

[THE BOSTON SIDEWINDER]

ACETONE WORKS WELL, BUT LIKE GAS IN THE LONG RUN NO GOOD FOR THE FIBER GLASS. ANOTHER THING THAT REALLY WORKS WELL BUT IS EXPENSIVE IS WHAT OUR SIGN MAKER USES HERE AT THE MARINA. IT'S WATER BASED AND REMOVES THE ADHESIVE REALLY QUICK. IT'S CALLED "GRAFX GONE", TO BE GOTTEN AT A PLACE THAT DOES VYNAL SIGNS. BY COATINGS CORP, ISLE OF PALMS S CAROLINA/888-253-2778, 843-886-0094/WWW.CLEARSTARCORP.COM. HOPES THIS HELPS, WOW MAYBE I'LL FINALLY GET SOME STARS...BILL.

[hack job]

THE BOSTON SIDEWINDER:
ACETONE WORKS WELL, BUT LIKE GAS IN THE LONG RUN NO GOOD FOR THE FIBER GLASS. ANOTHER THING THAT REALLY WORKS WELL BUT IS EXPENSIVE IS WHAT OUR SIGN MAKER USES HERE AT THE MARINA. IT'S WATER BASED AND REMOVES THE ADHESIVE REALLY QUICK. IT'S CALLED "GRAFX GONE", TO BE GOTTEN AT A PLACE THAT DOES VYNAL SIGNS. BY COATINGS CORP, ISLE OF PALMS S CAROLINA/888-253-2778, 843-886-0094/WWW.CLEARSTARCORP.COM. HOPES THIS HELPS, WOW MAYBE I'LL FINALLY GET SOME STARS...BILL. iam going to go with the acetone

[nitro557]

acetone but delute it with ppg dx330 we do it to 5 gallons of the acetone to 2 gallons of the ppg works great

[HavasuDreamin']

I have had good success with a scraper/razor blade. It gets 90% of it out, then let the rest soak in acetone and use the scraper some more. Not the easiest job.
[ March 07, 2003, 10:10 AM: Message edited by: HavasuDreamin' ]

[bordsmnj]

what about a citrus based solvent?

[Johnwithjm]

Acetone works well but you will still need to scrape it off. Have fun

[cyclone]

i bought a gallon of Goop Off and it worked nicely. I almost puked from the smell, but that was a minor drawback. maybe the coors had something to do with it?

[Cas]

used 2 pints of Professional Strength Goof Off yesterday, worked like a dream.
Just poured it on, swished it around with a scrub brush, waited a few minutes then just scraped it up....real easy.

[Kwicherbichen]

I just re-did my carpet. I tried the gas & acetone but it was way to slow going. The glue the previous owner used was a bitch. I didn't try the Goop Off, maybe it would have been better? Instead I used an angle grinder with 40 grit disks. In some areas I used finer disks. It does leave some scratches but I figured it would help with the new glue. If you use a grinder make sure you use a dust mask, you will need it.

[Heatseeker]

Cas:
used 2 pints of Professional Strength Goof Off yesterday, worked like a dream.
Just poured it on, swished it around with a scrub brush, waited a few minutes then just scraped it up....real easy. I wish I'd of heard of that 6 months ago, when i was stripping the Roger's! I spent hours with acetone and still did a lousy job! I finally gave up and just cleaned the worst/critical areas and left the rest. I'm just going to glue carpet over it anyway :D !

[Blown509Liberator]

Steve
Where did you find "Professional Strength" Goo Off?
MikeW

[cyclone]

i got the goof off at home depot/

[mo]

This is what they looked like once they were done huffing the fumes.
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/521/289glue_sniffers.jpg

[cyclone]

oh that's it. i'm going to get some incriminating pictures of you up on this site now!

[TRG]

heeeey' just go with it mike ,man,....man,mike,...mike,man,...man,mike, whatever huffin tears me up!! smile_sp

[cyclone]

todd you look more f%cked up that i do. shouldn't you be working right now? lol