Removing old carpet adhesive

[MikeRotherham]

I'm attempting to remove the old adhesive on the inner sill prior to fitting a new carpet.

Can't seem to shift the old adhesive. I've tried white spirit, cellulose thinners and even some Evo Stik adhesive remover.

Has anybody used anything that will soften the old adhesive enough to remove it?

Regards

Mike.

[FI Spyder]

Lacquer thinner (toluene) is about aggressive as it gets, it will remove everything including the paint. Before going that route I would try some carpet glue remover, the kind that softens the glue that you glue household foam backed carpet to cement floors. I have some (lemon scented) that I used to remove said glue. It just softened it and I shaved it off using a rented industrial electric shaver (large exacto blade on steroids).

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[Neil_W]

Try a heat gun on the glue which will soften it then scrape off.
Alternatively use the wife's hair drier [:D]

[Peter smith]

Just done mine last week, all you need is an old chisel and lots of elbow grease.

[dursleyman]

Just doing mine now and its a horrible job. Found nothing really works except the elbow grease and I am finishing with a bit of petrol on an old cloth to get the last traces off.

Russ

1980 TR7 Sprint DHC, 1981 TR7 Sprint DHC
Dursley
UK

http://tr7russ.blogspot.co.uk/

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[Hasbeen]

I don't know you blokes, haven't you learned to recycle?

[:D] If it's that good, & stuck so well, I reckon you should just melt the top surface with a bit of petrol, & REUSE the stuff to sticl your new carpet down.[;)]

Hasbeen

[Peter smith]

Neil W
I think your car is the same colour as mine do you have the paint code so I can get some touch up paint?

Cheers

[dursleyman]

<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Century Gothic, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by Hasbeen</i>

I don't know you blokes, haven't you learned to recycle?

[:D] If it's that good, & stuck so well, I reckon you should just melt the top surface with a bit of petrol, & REUSE the stuff to sticl your new carpet down.[;)]

Hasbeen
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Yes, I wish I could re-use it as well but its got lots of jagged carpet fragments embedded in it from when the carpet was removed so it's not possible.

Russ

1980 TR7 Sprint DHC, 1981 TR7 Sprint DHC
Dursley
UK

http://tr7russ.blogspot.co.uk/

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