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bitshird

bitshird

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I finally have a brick and mortar shop Nice size building with a very small show room area about 6x 16 and the rest is split up into Machine shop, wood work area and an office, I know no pictures , didn't happen, but I'll be taking pictures soon as I get every thing moved in, I spent yesterday pulling carpet up in the machine shop and the wood work area that had been glued to the concrete.
Now to figure out how to get the glue off the concrete, most likely I'll just paint it with Epoxy and some sand around the machines for no slipping. Between blowing up my main computer, getting robbed by the Utility companies, and since the shop is in the city a business license, I'm frazzled. Got a good deal on a Dell Refurb XPS desktop, but man I lost a lot of stuff, fortunatly I had done a backup early last week, but all of the passwords YUCK what a frigging pain.
Now all I have to do is get the equipment moved , about 20 tools and a hundred or so inserts mailed, and I can sleep at night, if my shoulder doesn't keep me awake.
If for any reason you're ever in Adamsville TN. (other than being lost or running from the law) please stop by the shop it's at 224-B maple St. hows that for a cool address a wood shop on Maple street:cool:
 
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bitshird said:
I finally have a brick and mortar shop Nice size building with a very small show room area about 6x 16 and the rest is split up into Machine shop, wood work area and an office, I know no pictures , didn't happen, but I'll be taking pictures soon as I get every thing moved in, I spent yesterday pulling carpet up in the machine shop and the wood work area that had been glued to the concrete.
Now to figure out how to get the glue off the concrete, most likely I'll just paint it with Epoxy and some sand around the machines for no slipping. Between blowing up my main computer, getting robbed by the Utility companies, and since the shop is in the city a business license, I'm frazzled. Got a good deal on a Dell Refurb XPS desktop, but man I lost a lot of stuff, fortunatly I had done a backup early last week, but all of the passwords YUCK what a frigging pain.
Now all I have to do is get the equipment moved , about 20 tools and a hundred or so inserts mailed, and I can sleep at night, if my shoulder doesn't keep me awake.
If for any reason you're ever in Adamsville TN. (other than being lost or running from the law) please stop by the shop it's at 224-B maple St. hows that for a cool address a wood shop on Maple street:cool:
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I'm close to as cool, LL's Wood Turnings is at 535 North Maple Street.:wink:
 
Ken go over to Home Depot and look in the carpeting section. They have an excellent product that makes removing that glue really easy. I used it to get some tile up off a hardwood floor. It also took off the finish but did not harm the wood or smell bad.
 
Mickey said:
Ken go over to Home Depot and look in the carpeting section. They have an excellent product that makes removing that glue really easy. I used it to get some tile up off a hardwood floor. It also took off the finish but did not harm the wood or smell bad.
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Cool Thanks Mickey I'll check it out this afternoon
 
Ken,
My last house in the Houston area had a screened in back porch that they previous tenant had put down indoor/outdoor carpet.. glued to the concrete slab, then let their cats live out there... between the rains through the screen and rains from the cats butts the carpet was a total loss... wish I'd known about the product Mickey mentioned... I used a scraper and sander to get about 80% of the glue up, then painted the floor... getting too old for all that work now...

Oh, and congratulations on the new shop.
 
Ken, if you have good(very good) ventilation in the shop, you can use muriatic acid to remove the glue, it is cheaper than most commercial solvents and can be neutralized with ammonia. If you use it, make sure you have a clear exit and wear a respirator. It is a little more dangerous but has great end results when done properly. I can't stress enough about the ventilation issue though.
 
Congrats on the new shop!!!

as for the computer problems .... you know what they say... "There are two types of computer users, those who have lost data to a crash and those who will"!
 
if you have a side grinder, it's usually quite easy to remove glue from concrete with a cup shaped wire brush. especially if it still has bits of padding stuck to it in spots. Wire wheel and a shop vac for clean up is pretty quick while it's still empty too. Not so much so if there is stuff in the way though.
 
Ken, I just re-read your shop post and I gotta say Congrats. I'm only about 100 miles away so a drive up one day isn't out of the question. Love the Shiloh area and you're not that far.
BTW my shop has an Oak St address...makes you wonder how many of our members have shops or home address' with a "WOOD" in the name
 
How cool! Get some before and after pics for us to see! Congrats on the shop.
 
When our guys install a new floor over concrete with previously glued down carpet, they usually rip out the old stuff & scrape the old adhesive and chunks of pad off the concrete with a steel bladed scraper. Takes it right down to the concrete. Then you can paint it or what ever you want. There is still adhesive left in the pores of the concrete, but it is basically smooth.

Congrats on the new shop. I'm looking forward to seeing some pix (when you get the chance). :biggrin::biggrin::biggrin:
 
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I can not wait for the day that I can affords to have a Brick and mortar shop. sorry about the computer problems, if I was closer I could help. The best thing to do is back it up, you can also ghost the hard drive over to another hard drive so that if it ever happens again you can have the entire thing set up exactly how you had it within a matter of about an hour or two
 
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