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Icky sticky yucky!
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just levered up some ancient lino tiles - I could have added yet another layer but I object to burying filth. I now have a concrete floor with ancient icky yucky sticky adhesive. Any tips on how to cure the stickyness or remove the adhesive? I seem to remember some mention of sprinkling cement dust or similar, then brushing off. Any suggestions considered :-) Cheers Dave R -- |
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David W.E. Roberts wrote:
Hi, just levered up some ancient lino tiles - I could have added yet another layer but I object to burying filth. I now have a concrete floor with ancient icky yucky sticky adhesive. Any tips on how to cure the stickyness or remove the adhesive? I seem to remember some mention of sprinkling cement dust or similar, then brushing off. Any suggestions considered :-) Cheers Dave R A paint stripper/gas blow torch. :-) |
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On Thu, 8 Sep 2005 18:26:54 +0100, "David W.E. Roberts"
wrote: I seem to remember some mention of sprinkling cement dust or similar, then brushing off. I've used talc and a wallpaper scraper on similar. Would imagine cement might work too. |
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On Thu, 08 Sep 2005 18:26:54 +0100, David W.E. Roberts
wrote: I now have a concrete floor with ancient icky yucky sticky adhesive. Any tips on how to cure the stickyness or remove the adhesive? Any suggestions considered :-) Find a Kango with a wide, toothed blade. Attack at about 30 deg to horizontal using a shop or rotten old vacuum cleaner, to remove the debris, cement dust will ruin a nice one. Put down a self smoothing compound and proceed from there. http://www.axp.mdx.ac.uk/~john49/tbsfaq.htm May be of some help For large areas there are specialist machines like BlastTrac. Tried finding a website and failed. John Schmitt -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/ |
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John Schmitt wrote:
On Thu, 08 Sep 2005 18:26:54 +0100, David W.E. Roberts wrote: I now have a concrete floor with ancient icky yucky sticky adhesive. Any tips on how to cure the stickyness or remove the adhesive? Any suggestions considered :-) Find a Kango with a wide, toothed blade. Attack at about 30 deg to horizontal using a shop or rotten old vacuum cleaner, to remove the debris, cement dust will ruin a nice one. Put down a self smoothing compound and proceed from there. http://www.axp.mdx.ac.uk/~john49/tbsfaq.htm May be of some help For large areas there are specialist machines like BlastTrac. Tried finding a website and failed. John Schmitt pmsl, he wants to remove old tacky glue not break the concrete up. |
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On Fri, 09 Sep 2005 11:04:50 +0100, ben wrote:
Find a Kango with a wide, toothed blade. Attack at about 30 deg to horizontal using a shop or rotten old vacuum cleaner, to remove the debris, cement dust will ruin a nice one. Put down a self smoothing compound and proceed from there. pmsl, he wants to remove old tacky glue not break the concrete up. The toothed blade will simply scarify the surface, removing some concrete and the overlying adhesive, which I believe will be acrylic. If it is snot-coloured, it is acrylic, if black bituminous. Kangos are rather weedy for breaking concrete, breakers or pneumatic drills are better. For serious work a hydraulic breaker on a site machine is the answer. John Schmitt -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/ |
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John Schmitt wrote:
On Fri, 09 Sep 2005 11:04:50 +0100, ben wrote: Find a Kango with a wide, toothed blade. Attack at about 30 deg to horizontal using a shop or rotten old vacuum cleaner, to remove the debris, cement dust will ruin a nice one. Put down a self smoothing compound and proceed from there. pmsl, he wants to remove old tacky glue not break the concrete up. The toothed blade will simply scarify the surface, removing some concrete and the overlying adhesive, which I believe will be acrylic. If it is snot-coloured, it is acrylic, if black bituminous. Kangos are rather weedy for breaking concrete, breakers or pneumatic drills are better. For serious work a hydraulic breaker on a site machine is the answer. John Schmitt So you would go out and hire or possibly buy one of these products just to remove old glue that can easily be removed with a burning process using a plumbers gas torch or paint stripper gun which most people own. |
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On Fri, 09 Sep 2005 11:35:19 +0100, ben wrote:
The toothed blade will simply scarify the surface, removing some concrete and the overlying adhesive, which I believe will be acrylic. If it is snot-coloured, it is acrylic, if black bituminous. Kangos are rather weedy for breaking concrete, breakers or pneumatic drills are better. For serious work a hydraulic breaker on a site machine is the answer. So you would go out and hire or possibly buy one of these products just to remove old glue that can easily be removed with a burning process using a plumbers gas torch or paint stripper gun which most people own. For certain values of remove, liable to be insufficient for a really good bond. Concrete is porous, so the adhesive penetrates the concrete to a greater or lesser extent. Depending on the subsequent flooring and adhesive used this can compromise the bond badly. How many years experience analysing building adhesive problems do you have? Try calling up one of the suppliers and seeing what advice they would give. You do not need to, in fact, I just gave it. John Schmitt -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/ |
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David W.E. Roberts wrote: Hi, just levered up some ancient lino tiles - I could have added yet another layer but I object to burying filth. I now have a concrete floor with ancient icky yucky sticky adhesive. Any tips on how to cure the stickyness or remove the adhesive? I seem to remember some mention of sprinkling cement dust or similar, then brushing off. Any suggestions considered :-) Long handled scraper is what I used : http://www.decoratingdirect.co.uk/viewprod/r/RODLHWS6/ Rgds Paul. |
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zymurgy wrote: David W.E. Roberts wrote: just levered up some ancient lino tiles - I could have added yet another layer but I object to burying filth. I now have a concrete floor with ancient icky yucky sticky adhesive. Any tips on how to cure the stickyness or remove the adhesive? I seem to remember some mention of sprinkling cement dust or similar, then brushing off. Any suggestions considered :-) Long handled scraper is what I used : http://www.decoratingdirect.co.uk/viewprod/r/RODLHWS6/ Actually, IIRC I turned the scaper blade around, so I was scraping with the 'blunt' side. Cheers Paul. |
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zymurgy wrote: David W.E. Roberts wrote: just levered up some ancient lino tiles - I could have added yet another layer but I object to burying filth. I now have a concrete floor with ancient icky yucky sticky adhesive. Any tips on how to cure the stickyness or remove the adhesive? I seem to remember some mention of sprinkling cement dust or similar, then brushing off. Any suggestions considered :-) Long handled scraper is what I used : http://www.decoratingdirect.co.uk/viewprod/r/RODLHWS6/ Actually, IIRC I turned the scraper blade around, so I was scraping with the 'blunt' side. Cheers Paul. |
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"David W.E. Roberts" wrote in message ... Hi, just levered up some ancient lino tiles - I could have added yet another layer but I object to burying filth. I now have a concrete floor with ancient icky yucky sticky adhesive. Any tips on how to cure the stickyness or remove the adhesive? I seem to remember some mention of sprinkling cement dust or similar, then brushing off. Any suggestions considered :-) Tried the cement dust trick and it seems to have worked. I brushed a small amount across the floor and the stickiness went away. I now have cheap lino over a layer of newspaper over the floor. Hopefully the icky sticky won't get through the cement dust and the newspaper. The main hope was that it would prevent the newspaper sticking down and make future removal of lino and newspaper easier. I think that eventually I will have to follow the advice about grinding the top layer off - it isn't in good condition or flat. Thanks to all who contributed. Dave R |
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