Plastic carpet glue removal, is it necessary
10-23-2017, 06:35 PM
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Plastic carpet glue removal, is it necessary
If I am dyeing my interior plastic and re-carpeting the pieces as well, do I really need to spend the time scraping the old glue off or am I just being lazy???? 
10-23-2017, 07:30 PM
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Re: Plastic carpet glue removal, is it necessary
The factory obviously didn't care what it looks like under the carpet....
Odorless Mineral Spirits might dissolve that stuff. Not the sissy water based, Sierra Club approved ****-water, but regular old odorless mineral spirits. Works on about 75% of the gunk found inside a thirdgen. Mild enough it shouldn't hurt most things, but test it first someplace where a flaw won't be visible.
Odorless Mineral Spirits might dissolve that stuff. Not the sissy water based, Sierra Club approved ****-water, but regular old odorless mineral spirits. Works on about 75% of the gunk found inside a thirdgen. Mild enough it shouldn't hurt most things, but test it first someplace where a flaw won't be visible.
10-24-2017, 10:20 AM
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10-29-2017, 03:59 PM
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Re: Plastic carpet glue removal, is it necessary
I would not go through the process of re carpeting without at least trying to remove it, at the very least with some "Goo Gone".
Be sure to soak it for a few minutes.
Be sure to soak it for a few minutes.
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10-29-2017, 04:59 PM
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Re: Plastic carpet glue removal, is it necessary
I used my heat gun on low and peeled it off gradually. It took most of it off ad then I just spray dyed around where the carpet was going to cover.