[Mgs] question about paint prep

[Mike Eldred]

Heat is the answer to softening most adhesives - try a hair dryer or (better)
heat gun.
Steam is also helpful with some water-soluble adhesives.

-Mike Eldred
Wilmington, VT



> Date: Mon, 3 Oct 2011 00:08:32 -0500
> To: crk at godblessthe.us; mgs at autox.team.net
> From: barneymg at mgaguru.com
> Subject: Re: [Mgs] question about paint prep
>
> I'm sure it depends on the type of adhesive. I install carpet
> padding and a lot of the carpet in my MGA with "carpet adhesive"
> bought by the gallon from Home Depot. I think it is latex based, and
> fairly slow drying. I have remove old carpet and installed new
> carpet a couple of times by now. I settled on soaking it with
> gasoline, scraping out the bulk of it with a gasket scraper, and
> rubbing it with steel wool to wash it clean. I was at first sort of
> surprised that gasoline was a solvent for the glue, but whatever
> works. Use rubber gloves, and no smoking please.
>
>
> At 05:19 PM 10/2/2011 -0700, Clayton Kirkwood wrote:
> >.... the interior is tougher. .... I have had poor performance
> >removing the glue used to keep the carpet down .... I would like to
> >get the glue off. Any suggestions???? ....
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