Removing Adhesive residue from 70 year old wood floor?
Remove the residue from wood floors that remains after we removed 6 layers of stick-on or glued tiles from a 70 year old home? We are thinking we may have no choice but to cover it with another wood floor. Thank you!
After one trial of removal. Still very sticky and everything sticks to it.
4th time and a zillion hours later.
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I would use paint stripper in small areas at a time working my way across the floor. Clean with mineral spirits and then LOTS of sanding should do the trick.
Have you tried to heat it and then scrape while it is warm? Plain cooking oil may remove the "sticky". It has worked for me before but never on such a large project.
Ug! I had the exact same issue 5 layers! Like the comment before heat was amazing then scrape then mineral spirits then scrape. Then sand & finish.We actually attached the heat gun to a pole so our backs would be saved. This is a zillion hour well worth it project. Good luck!!!
Thanks!! Great ideas. Going with the heat now to see if it works!!!
I have this same issue, I was using a craft heat gun. Are there heat guns to rent at home stores?! Also I kept setting off the smoke detector that’s hardwired in. Any solutions?
No lightly sand it off
Try spraying W-D 40 and let sit. Then scrape off residue.
Thanks for all the advice. Heat helped and ended up scraping as much as possible. Spent over 40 hours and gave up. Grey paint looks great!
Here's a post that might help https://chascrazycreations.com/how-to-clean-engineered-hardwood-floors/