Is there any advice for removing dried urethane glue residue from Bruce
pre-engineered flooring (pre-finished flooring)? The installer did not
read the instructions about removing the glue before it cured, and now
its is very difficult to take off. Mineral spirits or paint thinner do
not seem to be working. Any advice will be appreciated.

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Is there any advice for removing dried urethane glue residue from Bruce
pre-engineered flooring (pre-finished flooring)? The installer did not
read the instructions about removing the glue before it cured, and now
its is very difficult to take off. Mineral spirits or paint thinner do
not seem to be working. Any advice will be appreciated.

There are some specialty products for removing dried urethane glue, although at
best they soften it up enough to allow it to be painstakingly removed. In
general, it's very difficult to remove dried urethane glue without harming the
floor finish. Is the installer doing the cleanup? I'd make sure the ignorant
SOB fixed his own mistake -- there's going to be a lot of man-hours in the
cleanup, assuming it could be done at all. Just don't let him near the floor
with a scraper.

I found that rubbing with a cloth vigerously will eventually take up
the glue. Its seems that it isn't chemically bonded (fortunately for
me). They proposed coming back with a high speed buffer and going over
the entire floor until the spots are gone.

Its a shame that some folks who do this for a living aren't more
familiar with their work. Needless to say, I'm losing sleep over this
job.

Do you have any names or contacts for the specialty products your
referred to?

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I found that rubbing with a cloth vigerously will eventually take up
the glue. Its seems that it isn't chemically bonded (fortunately for
me). They proposed coming back with a high speed buffer and going over
the entire floor until the spots are gone.

Its a shame that some folks who do this for a living aren't more
familiar with their work. Needless to say, I'm losing sleep over this
job.

Do you have any names or contacts for the specialty products your
referred to?

Well, since it's a Bruce floor, I'd go with "Bruce Adhesive Cleaner". Offhand,
couldn't say if it's any different than any of the others, but I'd assume they
wouldn't sell something that could mess up your floor finish.. On fully-cured
adhesive, it's still gonna take a lot of elbow grease. Be careful to not just
slop the stuff on -- you don't want to screw up the glue down in the joints.