How to Remove Adhesive of Concrete Floor?

2021-12-16

When you decide to remove the carpet and install other flooring design of your concrete, you should first remove the carpet. Since the carpet remains glued with the concrete, after removing it, you’ll see the glue or adhesive here and there on the concrete. You need to get rid of the sticky or cured glue as soon as possible by adopting several materials and products. Also, you need to make the floor even and smooth without any residue to install another design on your floor. To do all these procedures, follow the next ways properly.

Grinding glue or adhesive off the concrete floor is indeed a more complicated process. Sometimes even the chemical adhesive remover doesn’t help much. In a circumstance like that, you can get rid of your job by using an angle grinder. With this grinder, you can eliminate the adhesive from the concrete floor after removing the carpet. It offers the advantage that you’ll require less material to do the job.

Step 1: Get ready for personal protection

Since grinding the floor produces a lot of dust, you need to be careful. Therefore, before starting your job, wear a mask, a pair of goggles and knee pads. This will keep your lungs and sinuses away from being affected by the emission of dust and debris.

Step 2: Prepare for the grinder and tools

Before you start your job, you need to prepare all the equipment and tools you need. An angle grinder will be convenient for the edge and corner work of the concrete floor. Also, concrete floor diamond tools are essential in the whole grinding process.

Step 3: Grind the top layer of concrete

After you get all your equipment and tools ready, start to grind the top layer of the concrete evenly. It will make the concrete floor get rid of the cured and sticky adhesive. Also, it will help in making the concrete floor smooth.

Step 4: Install a dust attachment

As the grinding process produces an immense amount of dust, you need to install a vacuum cleaner to the grinding machine. It will suck dust and there will be less dust that you might have to clean later after the whole grinding procedure is done.

It’s a very tough process and might take time and patient to grind the glue or adhesive off a concrete floor. But the whole procedure is worth the time as it leaves a pretty smooth concrete floor. DTS Diamond Tools is dedicated to providing suitable tooling at every stage of the concrete grinding process, along with the tools and equipment you need to successfully complete a job.