Removing carpet from stairs can be easily tackled in a day or over the weekend without hiring a professional.
Removing foam backed carpet glue stairs.
The bulk of carpet adhesives are spreadable and although most are water soluble they don t necessarily dissolve in water once they have cured the same is true of latex paint.
Sand off old carpet backing.
My final method looked something like this.
Successfully removing carpet adhesive.
You may also come across adhesive from self sticking carpets.
After scraping up the foam backing i poured some of the sentinel on a small area of the floor and spread it around with an old mop.
The truth is you re liable to find anything under your old carpeting.
This adhesive is often foam like and although you use the same procedures to get it off it s a little more difficult to remove than a spreadable adhesive.
It s not uncommon to find floors covered with foam backing material that s been glued straight to the floor.