Max Strip Floor Adhesive Remover - 1 Gallon - Professional Fast Working Gel Strips Multiple Layers - Removes Tough Mastics and Construction Adhesives - No Harsh Odor Leaves Surface Clean

It worked well removing the old cardboard linoleum back and mastic from my old fir wood floor. It spreads easily with a brush. I had to leave it on overnight and rewet the areas with a spray bottle before scraping. I found it best to work on a square yard sized area at a time because of the fumes. It has a smell like strong Windex. I was doing this in the late fall with a closed house. It's probably best to do this project when you can up open the windows for days. Be sure to shake the bottle well and apply the liquid gel generously. A stiff scraper and a wire brush will make the removal go faster. A cheap mop and a bunch of cheap car towels are handy for the water clean-up. As a DIY, I would rate this as Hard due to labor. If I had a lot of floor area to do, I would hire someone.

Worked awesome!!! I used a carpet glue trowel to apply, let it sit for 3 hours, then used a 4" razor scraper. Glue came right off. I did a second round just to get the final residue. Then scrubbed and mopped. The floor looks new. Took about 3 hours. Lemon scent isn't bad at all.

This product was a disappointment for what I needed it for. But it might work for someone else. Just didn't work for me.

I used this remover on CARPET TAPE residue that was on a painted surface. The remover was allowed to sit for the half hour required in the directions. NEARLY all the glue came up with the remover...a sticky film remained. Rather than reapply the remover I chose to use Goo Gone to remove the remaining FILM of glue because it worked well and I didn't like the mess of the remover. (The internet recommended Goo Gone for the entire job, but I tried it and it didn't work. That's why I bought this product.) Just know this is not an easy process. It's rather messy so have a lot of rags handy. As the remover lifts the glue it turns into a kind of jelly that is still sticky and gooey. I used a paint scraper to lift the jelly onto a rag so I could dispose of it that way. Newspaper works too.

I have a basement cement floor that has black mastic from late 1970’s troweled over the entire floor. Around the perimeter there is approx 2 ft band of modern yellow colored floor glue that had the carpet pad I just removed glued down. The mastic was from the original vinyl/lenoleum flooring that was removed at some point before the yellow glue was used to glue down carpet pad. I have done about 10x15 ft area so far and it’s working good. I coated the area and tarped for 1.5 hours and could scrape off all the mastic and all but about 10% of the yellow glue (where it was thicker) which I will do on a second round. It’s working better than I hoped. Having a good scraper helps. I mopped with hot water for cleanup but I think I may use shop vac I going forward. This stuff has an odor but it’s not bad and I had no issues with breathing or eyes watering etc. I’d give it an A+ at removing the black mastic and an A at removing the yellow floor glue. I wish I only had mastic to remove as the yellow glue has carpet pad stuck to it which is probably why that’s harder to get off in one round.

I found that I have to leave this stuff on the carpet adhesive for at least 6 hours before it actually softens it enough to remove. Many times it takes 2 coats to really remove it. So far, it has taken 2 gallons to almost get 160sf room adhesive removed - VERY EXPENSIVE. Looks like it will be 3 gallons for 150sf - thats 50sf per gallon - does not seem to go far

I was a little skeptical from the not-so-stellar reviews but this stuff works. I guess with DIY there's lots of room for user error or specific differences in application. More folks should specify what they tried this on. My application was removing 33 year old vinyl flooring adhesive from a concrete slab. I'd done this in other room 25 years ago and it was a chore. I had some left over Jasco methylene chloride remover which just wasn't up to the task. Plus it is toxic and took three days to exhaust fan the stink out of a 2' x 3' test area. I tried this product on a similar sample size last night. I gave it about 2 hours to work and what a relief, most of the adhesive/goo mix scraped up like butter. I will have to reapply over about 15% of the area where either some of the area had thicker adhesive or I had applied the remover too thinly. EDIT: I visited the manufacturer's site to glean this; if you want to leave this on for more than one hour, it's best to cover it with, say, plastic to keep it from drying out which impeded penetration. But the best discovery was when, after scraping, I was wiping up with a sponge. After the first go-over with the sponge I reversed it to the scrubby side and all the thin adhesive that didn't scrape up dissolved in the slurry and was easily sponged up!

If your glue is still yellow ish, this tends to work very well. If it’s old and grey, this product will not work (only a heat gun will).

Does what it says and works really great.very easy to use is sticky at first but then it all comes away once mopped up,value for money and left all floor really clean .