Carpet Foam Stuck To Floor

After 26 hours of labor i found out how and how not to remove carpet padding from hardwood floors.

Carpet foam stuck to floor. When old carpet remains on your floor for long time the rubber backing eventually deteriorates and it often sticks to the floor when you remove the carpet. Usually it is best to remove floor edge molding to get all the way to the walls but if the molding is expensive or hard to remove it is not unreasonable to do a best effort with the edge sander above right or an orbital with a shield. Mop the area thoroughly after the carpet has been removed. The padding may have been glued or stapled to the floor.

Cleaning off this backing can be a real. Step 2 moisten an area of foam with a solvent that you ve tested and found to be safe for the floor finish. If there is still adhesive on the floor apply a solvent such as acetone or rubbing alcohol to the adhesive and let it sit for 30 minutes. In that case the best method for removal will depend on why the pad stuck to the floor in the first place.

First pull back the carpet padding using pliers. In removing the staples attached to your carpet padding use the pliers too. Step 3 scrub the adhesive with a wet sponge or cloth. Flooring experts informed our team of several common causes.

Working backward from your starting corner pull the carpet off the floor in big pieces. Scrape off the wet carpet padding and adhesive with the putty knife or scraper. Rent a floor sander either a drum sander floor stripper or square buff sander and take off the foam varnish and thin layer of the wood. Rubbery carpet padding can fuse onto a hardwood floor.

The problem won t be permanent and will resolve once the temperature drops and the eva foam expansion is reversed. If the flat foam flooring has been installed in a wall to wall fashion where the flooring presses up against each wall the foam flooring expansion may cause tiles in the middle of the floor to buckle up creating an uneven area. You can dig into the foam without fear because the plastic isn t hard enough to scratch the floor finish. Over several years it may have bonded to the polyurethane.

Then begin cutting out the carpet padding into small strips. Allow the floor to dry completely before moving any furniture back into the space.