Hi one and all,

I am currently renovating our open stairs in the cottage, in several places 
namely around the bottom starting step carpet has been stuck with a VERY 
strong glue, now having eventually removed the carpet, what is the best way 
to remove the glue from the wood, it is still fairly "tacky" I'm guessing 
that sanding will require the worlds supply of sandpaper, any other 
suggestions? I'd like to return the wood to a finish that I can varnish.

Thanks in advance

James

"James"  wrote in message 
news:dfuohh$8bh$1@nwrdmz03.dmz.ncs.ea.ibs-infra.bt.com...

> Hi one and all,
>
> I am currently renovating our open stairs in the cottage, in several 
> places namely around the bottom starting step carpet has been stuck with a 
> VERY strong glue, now having eventually removed the carpet, what is the 
> best way to remove the glue from the wood, it is still fairly "tacky" I'm 
> guessing that sanding will require the worlds supply of sandpaper, any 
> other suggestions? I'd like to return the wood to a finish that I can 
> varnish.
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> James
>

You could try a steamer with a nozzle on it. That'll soften it to the point 
where you can sape it off.

Andy.

In article <dfuohh$8bh$1@nwrdmz03.dmz.ncs.ea.ibs-infra.bt.com>, 
james@directsos.removethis.co.uk says...

> Hi one and all,
> 
> I am currently renovating our open stairs in the cottage, in several places 
> namely around the bottom starting step carpet has been stuck with a VERY 
> strong glue, now having eventually removed the carpet, what is the best way 
> to remove the glue from the wood, it is still fairly "tacky" I'm guessing 
> that sanding will require the worlds supply of sandpaper, any other 
> suggestions? I'd like to return the wood to a finish that I can varnish.
> 

Depending on the type of glue try a hot air stripper with a flat 
scraper, some sort of solvent (white spirit, meths, acetone, lighter 
fuel) or Nitromors.

In article , 
Davide.1v9oxp@news.diybanter.com says...
<snip>

> Whatever you do - don't sand if it's tacky. You'll just clog the sander
> (been there, done that). White spirit or petrol (or some other solvent)
> may work - soak rags in the solvent, cover a relatively small area and
> put some plastic sheeting on top to avoid evaporation. Leave for a few
> hours, then scrape.
> 

I suppose we might have expected a DIY Banter contributor to advocate 
leaving petrol-soaked rags lying around the house ...

Rob Morley wrote:

> In article , 
> Davide.1v9oxp@news.diybanter.com says...
> <snip>
> 
>>Whatever you do - don't sand if it's tacky. You'll just clog the sander
>>(been there, done that). White spirit or petrol (or some other solvent)
>>may work - soak rags in the solvent, cover a relatively small area and
>>put some plastic sheeting on top to avoid evaporation. Leave for a few
>>hours, then scrape.
>>
> 
> I suppose we might have expected a DIY Banter contributor to advocate 
> leaving petrol-soaked rags lying around the house ...


A Nitromors type stripper is the only way afaik. Flooring adhesive 
usually has a pretty volatile solvent so won't respond to anything less. 
Similar to Gripfil I think.

In article , 
Davide.1vb2xo@news.diybanter.com says...

> 
> [color=blue]I suppose we might have expected a DIY Banter contributor to
> advocate leaving petrol-soaked rags lying around the house ...[//color]


Why does that appear to be HTML?  Where's the attribution, and indent to 
indicate quoting?

> 
> And I suppose we may expect someone like you to play with matches
> around them... no matter where you post from.


Do you really think that petrol vapour will only ignite if you purposely 
apply a flame to it?

> 
> Aren't you the one that suggested using acetone? And you assume that is
> safer?
> 

I didn't say anything about leaving rags soaked in volatile and 
potentially explosive solvents lying around anywhere.

> A Nitromors type stripper is the only way afaik. Flooring adhesive
> usually has a pretty volatile solvent so won't respond to anything less. 
> Similar to Gripfil I think.



The most common type of flooring adhesive is a water based rubber/resin 
emulsion and is cream/yellow in colour. If that is what you have then no 
solvent I know of will remove it. You're *stuck* with scraping I'm afraid. 
Once the water has evaporated and the adhesive has cured it cannot be 
re-emulsified and if applied correctly the bond is extremely strong. There 
has even been more than one occasion where we have pulled up carpets and 
strips of the floor have come up with it!

Grumble

In article , 
Davide.1vcxln@news.diybanter.com says...
<snip>


> If you choose to be sarcastic, expect sarcasm in return.


Where was the sarcasm?

<snip>

> given the mess that others make
> by not snipping, having incorrectly tagged/indented replies etc., I am
> finding this objection fairly picky.


Lots of people seem to make a mess of it - does that mean we should 
abandon the accepted standards, which have evolved to make the process 
work better?


> Do you have a suggestion for a good newsreader?
> 

I use Gravity and news.individual.net - does Banter not let you see 
that?  If you insist on using a web-based interface why not use Google 
Groups?  It's not perfect, but it has to be better than Banter.

Grumble wrote:

>>A Nitromors type stripper is the only way afaik. Flooring adhesive
>>usually has a pretty volatile solvent so won't respond to anything less. 
>>Similar to Gripfil I think.
> 
> 
> 
> The most common type of flooring adhesive is a water based rubber/resin 
> emulsion and is cream/yellow in colour. If that is what you have then no 
> solvent I know of will remove it. You're *stuck* with scraping I'm afraid. 
> Once the water has evaporated and the adhesive has cured it cannot be 
> re-emulsified and if applied correctly the bond is extremely strong. There 
> has even been more than one occasion where we have pulled up carpets and 
> strips of the floor have come up with it!
> 
> Grumble 
> 
> 


I've never come across anything that methylene chloride strippers won't 
shift

In article , 
Davide.1veblq@news.diybanter.com says...

> 
> Rob Morley Wrote: 
> > 
> > Where was the sarcasm?
> > 
> Your original post "I suppose we might have expected a DIY Banter
> contributor to advocate leaving petrol-soaked rags lying around the
> house ..." sounded fairly sarcastic to me.


It would have been sarcasm if I'd said "Hey, that's a great idea ..."

> 
> Thanks for the suggestion; will look for Gravity at the weekend - and
> no, banter does not let me see anything about where your (or anybody
> else's) messages come from - AFAIK; there may be some settings/profile
> bit that I have missed. You just show up as usenet poster.
> 

Gravity is here

http://lightning.prohosting.com/~tbates/gravity/start1.html

Hi one and all,

I am currently renovating our open stairs in the cottage, in several
places
namely around the bottom starting step carpet has been stuck with a
VERY
strong glue, now having eventually removed the carpet, what is the best
way
to remove the glue from the wood, it is still fairly "tacky" I'm
guessing
that sanding will require the worlds supply of sandpaper, any other
suggestions? I'd like to return the wood to a finish that I can
varnish.

Thanks in advance

James

Whatever you do - don't sand if it's tacky. You'll just clog the sander
(been there, done that). White spirit or petrol (or some other solvent)
may work - soak rags in the solvent, cover a relatively small area and
put some plastic sheeting on top to avoid evaporation. Leave for a few
hours, then scrape.


-- 
Davide