[carpetworx]

I'm doing a quote for a furniture shop.
They have an area 8x8m of glued down carpet tiles that they want removed and the glue cleaned off the concrete floor, so they can have it painted.What would be the best way of doing this job and what chemical would be best.

cheers
Martin.

[Karl Wildey]

You are better asking this on a carpet fitter forum

http://www.carpetfittingforums.co.uk/

[carpetworx]

Nothing there to go on.

[Joe H]

Huh 
Plenty of sections to ask the question

[Steve Barnett (Carpet Care Plus)]

You would be there forever trying to get the glue off and still not have an acceptable surface to paint over.

Just latex over it with a good quality self-levelling compound.

Otherwise you would have to scarify the floor with a machine you haven't got and then the floor would have to be latexed anyway.

If you don't know a floor layer or aren't proficient in screeding then I would walk.

Steve

[carpetworx]

I never walk,where there's a will there's a way.
I guess no one here has tried or done it before so i'll do some research else where.
I'll let you know how i go.
That site you mentioned Karl isn't much cop,some has asked the same question but got no replies.

[Steve Barnett (Carpet Care Plus)]

If the tiles have been laid correctly then they would have been laid on a tackifier adhesive, which would have been applied with a flat trowel or a roller - it is such a thin skim there will be nothing to scape up, plus it will have impregnated the concrete sub-straight.

If they have been laid incorrectly on a general purpose adhesive then you will be forever scraping up the residual adhesive and there will still be impregnation of the sub-straight.

I admire your tenacity of not walking away from a job - but you asked for advice and I have offered it, I would latex it or politely decline.

Steve

[carpetworx]

Thanks Steve.
Been advised acetone is the go,let it soak then scape it up.then use tile cleaner and truckmount to clean it all up.

[Karl Wildey]

sounds easy when you put it like that, now you need to price it. It could be easy or a nightmare, tell us how you get on, and whether that method works.

[john rees]

I've used zip strip with black pads in the past to good effect, try that first, it's worth a try, better than being as high as a kite using solvents! 

              All the best
                                John

[David williams]

recently had a customer who wanted her carpet tiles cleaned. cleaned the tiles then she asked if i could pull them up and clean the tile floor they were stuck to...
waited a day before pulling them up to ensure they were fully dried before i stacked them up. removing the adhesive was a ball ache..
didnt have any specialist cleaner just alot of sugar soap and a glass scraper. took a while but the result was good. went over it with my wand to rinse the floor afterwards.
hope that helps in some way..
ps not sure i want to do that sort of job again, have 2 agree its horrible turnng work away though.

[carpetworx]

Quoted $1,200.00. and they agreed.
There is a product called Glue rid@ $75.00 for 4 litres.

[Jim_77]

£580, not bad for a day's work.  $18.75 or £9.00/m²

Hope it comes off

[carpetworx]

2 days i hope.
only allowed to do early morning before shop gets busy, so about 3 hours per day.(hopefully).

[murky]

John is right, I was asked to do this years ago, politly declined as I didnt know what to do. Carpet shop told me later that they had used roto and black pads, but I cant remember what the product was they used.

Dont think it would be acetane as you arent to use solvents with scrubbers/rotos as they are an electric motor on wheels and you do get a slight spark from them when you press the trigger so I suppose its not a good idea eh?

Murky