Removing Sheet Vinyl Adhesive

If you remove vinyl flooring but the glue remains lodged on the subfloor try this.

Removing sheet vinyl adhesive.

The best adhesive removers use citric acid. Adhesive removers soak into the vinyl flooring glue and turn it back into its original paste of liquid state. Easy way to remove vinyl flooring from concrete. It totally depends on the age of the tiles the glue residue can be scraped up very quickly or need some patience.

The upside of removing sheet vinyl flooring is that most of the time it s perimeter installed meaning there is no glue or adhesive in the middle of the floor making it easy to remove without much effort. So before you get started to this massive task make sure that whether the vinyl cover is definitely unusable or too old. In the middle of the room cut a section of the vinyl about 6 to 12 inches wide. If the glue isn t mastic try removing it by scraping at the adhesive with a putty knife.

It s possible that the glue doesn t come off. Removing old linoleum or vinyl is generally quite difficult because wood a common subfloor is porous thus absorbing the adhesives. Then you can scrape it off. Try loosening the grip of the glue by applying heat.

Removing adhesive from the subfloor if there is still adhesive on the subfloor use warm water and soap to soak the glue then wipe away the excess. If the adhesive is old you will discover that the tool chips away the adhesive fairly easily. With a freshly sharpened five in one tool force the sharp end between the sheet vinyl and subfloor in jabbing strokes. If water and soap won t remove the remaining glue hold a heat gun over the adhesive long enough to soften the glue and scrape it away.

Resist the urge to pull up the sheet with your hands. The vinyl tile adhesive residue is actually the flexible adhesive that grows very stronger with the span of time. Try and begin simply by scraping up as much as possible with the help of a putty knife. As you chisel use your other hand to keep peeling back the sheet vinyl.

If something has citrus on the label go for it. One reason the linoleum glue must be removed from the wood or any subfloor is because some older adhesives had oils in them that chemically react with new vinyl to cause a yellow discoloration.