Removing Carpet Padding From Hardwood Floors

The house was built in 1979 so it is a waxed wood floor.

Removing carpet padding from hardwood floors.

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. This needs to be removed. I pulled up wall to wall carpet in a bedroom and the entrance area has blotches of film from padding what is the best way to clean this. And instead of coming right up most of the padding was cemented to the floor.

You may want to remove the carpet padding yourself but if you re hiring a professional to work on your wood floor it may be better to have that person remove the padding as well. At first i tried to pick off the padding that could come off easily. In order to have that beautiful hardwood floor you need to keep in mind that there are two types of glues that are used when putting down a carpet general carpet adhesive and tar based glue. Go to the corner of the floor area where the carpet is.

Then start pulling the foam padding off of the floor. Film from carpet padding. You can start pulling at the tack strip at the bottom and remove the whole foam padding of the carpet. The hardwood looked fine but a different kind of rubbery carpet padding had been used in the room.

Mineral spirits and elbow grease should help to soften it up. With your hand pull them as much as you can to take them off the floor. Flooring pros told our team about several methods they use to remove stuck padding before refinishing a wood floor.