pmason

Installed my new carpet yesterday, everything turned out pretty good.
Except there are a couple of places that I over sprayed the 3M adhesive onto the carpet.
What would be the best way to remove that?
Phil

BReyes

With a careful hand you can clean up with lacquer thinner.

Regards,

Edward

For small areas hit with overspray, there's a citrus equivalent to the "Goof Off" product. You can find it at any WalMart in the paint section, most likely sitting right next to it. This citrus-smelling stuff is a bit milder and a great deal less noxious smelling than Goof Off, but still works great for removing adheasives.

Edward

ron mcatee

Most auto paint suppliers have adhesive remover. I recommend that over the lacquer thinner. Sometimes the lacquer thinner will bleach out the carpet and really look bad. The adhesive remover is like a solvent and only removes the adhesive. however, what ever you use, test a piece of carpet with the cheical pior to using on the installed piece. Some products say one thing and another may happen.

theiceman

LAQUER THINNER IS EXTREMELY HARSH , NOT TO MENTION CARCENOGENIC.

oops sorry

i would use that last and for gods sake don't spill any on your paint.

justinsrx7

What would you use to remove the adhesive found underneath the plastic threshold strip that won't harm the paint underneath?

theiceman

.. my nail .... of which Ihave none left now .. and it depends on the paint they used. someone used ghard stuff with me and it was impossible to take off without taking paint.

Daniel Dudley

Charcoal lighter fluid. And yes, test patches are smart.

pmason

Thanks for all the feedback, I do have the 3M adhesive remover. This is what I used to remove all the old adhesive before I had the rollbar welded in.
So I will test some of these on carpet scraps.

jhubs

When I re-carpeted my 87 911, I used a product called De-Solv-it and it worked great to remove the overspray. Not caustic and it cleans up with soap and water. It is a citrus based cleaner and it lists Adhesives, Crayon, Gum, Grease, Oil, Tar & more on the label.
I first used it 10 years ago to remove spray paint grafitti off of a Mercedes Benz that was parked on the street overnight and all I did was spray it on, wait 10-15 min. and wiped it and the spray paint off with a microfiber towel. AMAZING! I then used it on a vandalized painted wooden sign that had been spray painted with florescent orange spray paint. Sprayed De-Solv-it on, waited and washed it off with a spray from the garden hose attachment.
I get it at Ace and it is the best product. Not cheap. I keep one bottle under each sink and one bottle in the Garage at all times. No affiliation!

theiceman

WOW there is gem of a piece of worthwhile information. worth picking some up.

rusnak

Jerry, was yours the sound deadening project with rear seat delete?

Practice Balance

Lemon oil is also the stuff that peatrates soap scum on shower glass...so you can scrap off with a worthless credit card .....melts adhesive off plastc or latex paint.... .real nice to work with...smells great..
WD40 is easy also..

User 4221

Mineral spirits. This won't harm the paint or carpet and will remove the goo. If exposed to paint, simply clean and re-wax the area.

gregpark

Ultimate adhesive remover by Bostik

amazing stuff and will not harm carpet