Will the tape eventually wear off?

Carpet tape is essentially permanent. I hope you have a tile floor because adhesive remover is about the only option.

Have you tried Naphtha (lighter fluid)? It is great for removing sticky stuff from smooth, impervious surfaces like glass or tile.

Like, cigarette lighter fluid or charcoal lighter fluid @LuckyGuy?

@ARE_you_kidding_me So far most of it has come up with a combined effort of scraping and Goo Gone. This last strip is kicking my butt.

Cigarette lighter fuid. For the Zippo lighter sitting on the shelf that belonged to your father.

….I know what a Zippo is! My boyfriend was very proud of his Zippo in high school. I don’t recall my dad using a Zippo tho. He smoked, but I don’t know what he used to light his smokes.

Is there a difference between the two? I mean, I have charcoal lighter fluid here…..

Coke. But you’d have to find a way to soak the floor in it.

Charcoal lighter fluid is stinky and leaves a residue.
Naphtha – Zippo lighter fluid, is clean.

I used to carry a Zippo as a tool. When I filled it I’d also put a few drops of peppermint essential oil inside. When I used it or offered it to someone it smelled really nice.

Zippos are made in about 2.5 hours from here. They offer a great factory tour.

I have a small collection of zippos.

@MrGrimm888 Coke? Well it’s just strips, not the whole floor. I have enough Diet Coke to soak the strips.

Maybe like skin so soft or Baby oil and a scraper like with a thin razor blade.
Or WD 40 will take just about anything off a floor, but it’s dangerous stuff and it stinks.
You might wanna try heating the glue a little with blow dryer before you scrape it might help?
I took all the factory decals off the side’s of a truck once with a heat gun, scraper and I think Goo gone or skin so soft?
I can’t remember, but good luck.

@ARE_you_kidding_me Most XY chromosome holders do. ;-)
Over 500,000,000 have been made.

No, the tape will not wear off. It you can’t find a solution to dissolve the glue you may have to employ fine sand paper. But try a sharp razor blade after you try the solutions.

@Dutchess_III . The carbonic acid in Coke will eat most things. But usually after being soaked in it. I’ve never used it on a surface. It might eat the shine off of your floor too…

Most adhesive removers are quite tedious to use. You may have to get a paint scrapper, and just go at it. Good luck. Sounds like a pain.

It’s phosphoric acid in coke, carbonic acid is short lived and weak. You’re 1000x better off using white vinegar over coke and even better using a penetrant like wd40. Better than that something designed to do the job like adhesive remover.

I’m not sure but maybe a hair blow drier?

I’d try a bit of acetone solution… like nail polish remover and see if that works without ruining the finish on the floor. Or rubbing alcohol. DON*T use Coke. It will just be a more sticky mess. Vinegar won’t work either. It’s not a solvent, it’s just a weak acid.

^^ I will try that @cazzie. I’ll try all of it you guys. Maybe putting a really hot wash rag on it and working in sections like that would provide the heat I’d need.

Once the actual sticky is visible, Goo Gone works really well. It’s getting the sticky visible that’s giving me fits. Imagine a piece of Scotch tape. You have to get the plastic strip off the top to make the sticky accessible. THAT’S the biggest problem, finding something that will affect the plastic strip.
In the meant time I’m finding that steadily working from one end with a putty knife, until you get enough up to grasp, and then slowly pulling on it, simultaneously pushing at the bottom with the putty knife, seems to be the best solution. It’s just so tedious! And you know people today…we want and expect a quick fix for everything.

Something I learned from one of my friends on Facebook. This stuff actually works as a dissolver! As well as Goo Gone. So now my house smells like Goo Gone, citrus and old dog pee. Soon I’ll add a touch of nail polish remover scent to the bouquet, and heat it all up so it will permeate the house with the lovely fragrance!

Try using olive oil and heat it up before placing it on the tape section. Make sure its’ very hot. Let it work in a little then before it’s completely cool, try to wipe it away but leave it greasy and use a straight blade to finish scraping it up. Heat should help melt the glue and the oil will soak into it making it hard for it to stick.

If that doesn’t work then the mixture of lemon juice (fresh) and vinegar and baking soda should do the trick. Once it bubbles pour the vinegar oil and genlty try to rub it up. This may ruin your floor, so you may want to test it somewhere else first. I use this method to clean the toughest stains and old oil stains off of the bottom of my pots and pans. It works but even on my pots and pans it can lighten the color on the metal. Especial copper bottoms.

Most floors should be able to handle the hot oil that I suggested first.
Good luck. One of these many suggestions should work. Let us know what does. I like to keep a list of proven methods of cleaning up impossible stuff.

The biggest problem is finding something that will work through the plastic covering of the tape. The sticky stuff is easy. It’s exposing it that is proving difficult.

@Dutchess_III Can’t you use a straight razor on top? If you can’t cut it along the floor because it gets stuck then slash the top of the plastic so that solutions can sink through below to the glue.

In the end, that’s what is working. I’m using a putty knife, though. Just slowly, slowly peeling it back. After I have it all peeled back I use Goo Gone or a citrus (orange) air freshener. Either of those takes it right up. Getting it peeled back takes a million years. Just have to stay on it.

Have you considered putting peanut butter on it, and having a borrowed goat eat it up?

@Dutchess_III Every home should have one of these

@MrGrimm888 do you think a little grandkid, instead of a goat, might work instead? :D

@Pandora we do. I’m finding the putty knife just works better.

^I’d definitely have the grandkids try.

They would quickly lose interest!

Rick is trying to swear that carb cleaner will take it off in 5 seconds. I’ve been after him to make it so, knowing that it will NOT. I WILL NEVER USE CARPET TAPE ON MY FLOORS EVER, NEVER AGAIN!!!

Carb cleaner is really good shit.

If it will dissolve the tape it will dissolve the linoleum, I’m thinking.

Have you tried the acetone?

It’ll peel epoxy paint up off the garage floor for sure.

I know. We used that stuff by the caseload when we had the shop. Used it for everything, killing wasps and cleaning tools. We even used it on carburetors sometimes.

I have @cazzie. It’s the same story. It works on OK on the sticky if it’s exposed, but not as well as the Goo Gone, but it doesn’t go through the tape itself.

Time to burn the house down, and just collect the insurance.

Your house needs to be put to pasture.

Feed it it’s favorite food, then light the match. Obviously, make sure no uninsured loved ones are in the house.

Next house…. No carpet tape…

LOL! Don’t be silly @MrGrimm888. It’s not like I saw a SPIDER or anything!

Lol…

Make sure whatever the chemical you use, that your windows are wide open, with an exhaust fan going to clear out the toxins. Don’t breathe in this stuff.

And don’t have an open flame nearby!

You guys are taking all the excitement out of it! Funny thing…one of the solvents is a citrus air freshener!

Air freshner peels paint quite well too.

Yep.

I have way too many solvent containing chemicals in my house. They are fragrance oils for my soap.