Long handled scrapers cost about 30 at home centers.
Rip up carpet in new construction paint concrete.
When you ve torn off all the carpet and pad pull out all the staples with pliers.
If you ever wanted to replace your carpet with stained concrete you should watch this first.
This includes removing carpe.
The right carpet is about more than color.
Keep both hands on the knife to avoid cutting a free hand.
It must be removed or the color of it will transmit through the new floor coating.
To remove them use a floor scraper.
Browsing carpet samples at your local home improvement center is a great way to get pointed in the right direction for a new look for your floor but.
Use paint remover on the concrete to remove the carpet glue.
This video shows the steps that must be taken in preparation for staining concrete floors.
It s a sound theory but should only be executed by a professiona.
Remove the 3 foot wide carpet sections from the tack strips by shaking the carpet in a back and forth motion while pulling it up from the surface of the floor.
Use a utility knife with a sharp new blade to cut through the carpet backing.
The carpet will be connected to the concrete surface via a series of wooden strips to which the carpet is tacked.
Here is what you need to do to remove the carpet glue.
Cut the pad into strips and roll it up just as you did with the carpet.
Pull the carpet up.
Pull up a few feet of carpet and fold it over.
Continue pulling up carpet a few feet at a time and cutting it into easy to handle strips.
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On a concrete floor the pad is glued in place so big chunks of pad will remain stuck to the floor.
Go easy on filling the holes where the concrete will pull up from.
If you choose the right products and apply them properly you will get long lasting good looking results.
Tips on how to stain concrete floors.