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Re: [TR] Removing carpet glue

To: Brad Kahler <bkahler1@gmail.com>, Triumphs <Triumphs@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [TR] Removing carpet glue
From: Doug Mathews <mathews@uga.edu>
Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2014 09:41:46 -0500
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It may have been glued down with contact cement. I googled removing this 
from metal and got lots of hits.

This url is for a product from Home Depot.
http://tinyurl.com/odg8qfw

Doug
On 11/25/2014 9:09 AM, Brad Kahler wrote:
> The previous owner of my TR6 replaced the original carpet years ago with a
> cheap black carpet set that he glued in place.  Late last night I managed
> to get all of the carpet pulled up and am now looking for methods of
> removing the old glue (brown in color) from the floorboards and elsewhere.
>
> >From my brief google searches it seems that carpet glue is close to
> impossible to remove.  this is not exactly what I wanted to hear!
>
> Any suggestions on methods that you've tried that actually worked?
>
> I'm hoping to get this task done over the Thanksgiving weekend.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Brad
> 1972 TR6
> 1963 TR4

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