Just ripped up the carpet and found maple hardwood floors underneath, on one part there is a stretch where it was glued. Does anyone the best producted to use to remove it? Or is sanding my only option?

Thanks.

Using a chemical to remove the glue will only increase the chance of that place looking very different than the rest of the floor.

Yes, sanding is best, but be careful to not sand into the floor around it too much. And note in advance that that place will probably still look a bit different.

If you really want to use the hardwood, I suggest
1. carefully remove the glue,
2. use a floor sander to do the whole thing (being careful to keep it moving to keep the sanding uniform), then
3. use a stain or polyurethane to finish it off.

What do you plan to do with the floor? Whatever, scrape the worst of the glue off, perhaps even using ice or dry ice to embrittle it making it lose its adhesion. Most of the chemicals that would dissolve it are toxic, inflammable, or both. The dissolved glue would be drawn deep into the pores of the wood. With the worst of the glue gone, you can recarpet.

If you plan to refinish the floor, sanding is an art best left to a top professional if you can fine one. Talk to him about the glued area, maybe even in advance and see what he says. It may take extra work for the glue.

Finally, let me suggest a moisture cure urethane, hard, tough, and chemically bonds to the wood itself. Unfortunately it is hard to find in anything except an ultra high gloss, Rexthane from Sherwin Williams. This material is not to be confused with conventional urethanes with tung oil in them. You can apply 2 coats and move the furniture back in the next day. The odor is terrible.

I took up the carpet and redid my floor in 1998. Still looks good. Here is a picture of it, and the abuse it gets: http://www.photolocker.net/images/La...llaplaying.jpg

It has also survived housebreaking 5 puppies.

They do look nice. I take back suggesting stain or polyu. I'm always running into the old floors - so wrongly pictured yours so.

Hopefully the place where the glue was will not look too bad after removal.

Thx for your help

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