Removing Capet Glue From Marble Floor

by Terry
(Baltimore)

QUESTION:

How to clean a marble floor that was covered with carpet and glue?

ANSWER:

It will probably require a potent stripper like methylene chloride. I would HIGHLY recommend that you NOT do this yourself. Methylene chloride is nasty... heavy fumes, flammable and you'll have to be very careful to contain it and not get it on anything else that you may want to keep in good condition.

A product called "Aldon" makes a gel stripper that is more easily applied and controlled, but still nasty.

After all the glue is removed, you'll almost certainly have to have the floors refinished whether you want them honed or polished. Polished floors are a pain to maintain since foot traffic wears off the polish. A honed finish is much preferred for a floor.

So, the short answer... hire a marble floor professional to do the whole deal. Yes, it will be expensive, but you can't refinish the floors yourself and you'll wish you hadn't if you try to remove the glue yourself.

Good Luck,
Ryan