Removing Old Carpet Padding From Hardwood Floors

Flooring pros told our team about several methods they use to remove stuck padding before refinishing a wood floor.

Removing old carpet padding from hardwood floors.

We scraped by hand from a standing position with a long handled scraper. I am ripping up all the carpet in my home which has covered oak hardwood for about 30 years. Here are several tips to remove carpet padding to avoid damaging your flooring. Dissolve the padding with chemical cleaning solvents such as an odorless.

Learning how to clean old hardwood floors after removing carpet is easier than most people think it simply takes a little bit more time than a traditional floor clean. The residue from the carpet underpad is sticking to the hardwood floor all over the place. When we pulled the old carpet and padding which was a blue yellow mixed color from our floors we found a thin layer of what apparently was black foam from the carpet before. Carpet removal often results in carpet padding stuck to the hardwood flooring.

Q imported from our old site face lift floors. Apply a little wax to the area if wax is the finish currently on the floor. It had fused with the beautiful oak hardwood floors. Well there are a lot of ways to remove carpet padding on your wood floors but today and i m going to tell you the easiest way to do it.

I bought a house about 3 weeks ago and it has hardwood floor in the living room when i tried removing the old carpet it left padding residue and marks on the floor. With the help of the right products and a little bit of patience you ll be well on your way to restoring your hardwood to its original glory.