Dining Room Floor

Here is the dining room floor

after scraping all the adhesive off

and cleaning up all the mouse poop, mouse carcasses 

and the old ceiling tiles.

There is a large stain over by the windows that will hopefully 

be sanded out.

My husband thinks something was spilled there at one time, but

I'm pretty sure there might have been a dead body there back in the day.

It isn't the most attractive floor, 

but it's usable until we're ready to rent the sander and refinish the floors in the downstairs.

We peeked under the carpet in the hallway upstairs and discovered

it too has adhesive.

Luckily, we know what to do and use.

I'm not being compensated for telling you how great Goo Gone is, 

so believe me when I say, this is the way to go.

We tried another, harsher, adhesive remover

that was recommended by a salesperson at a large hardware type store.

We took it home, 

had to open all the windows and turn on fans just to prevent us from dying from the fumes

and then read that is can't be used on more than 1 square foot of area

and can't be used on floors.

Plus, in the area we used this other product in,

the finish was taken off the wood.

Goo Gone has a nice citrusy smell

did the job

and didn't remove any finish.

Also, it takes off Christmas Tree sap.  

So if you're faced with the daunting task of removing adhesive from carpet, 

go with Goo Gone and a scraper and some elbow grease.