Detach carpet from tack strips.
Throw carpet away.
Use your scraping tool to scrape away the softened glue.
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Another option is to sell or donate the old carpet if it s in good usable condition.
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Prep before pulling up carpet.
Remove as much glue as you can with a razor scraper sparkling knife or 5 in 1 tool.
Before you start ripping up the carpet clear all furniture from the room.
Tack strips are metal nails that line the perimeter of your walls to hold the carpet.
Recycling carpet into backing is a form of downcycling as the recycled product is in a degraded state from the original fiber.
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Here s how you can remove carpet glue from your home surfaces.
Cut carpet into easy to handle.
Americans put about 5 billion pounds of carpet a year into landfills so stuffing it into the trash isn t the best alternative.
Soften hard to remove glue with heat by pouring boiling water or steaming the area.