Hi,
With the recent rains in the northeast, I got some water in my basement like every single house on my street with a basement did. I was lucky, just wet most of the carpet and I wet vac'd it up and pulled up and discarded the carpet which was glued to the slab. Now there is glue residue (some dry and flaking, some gummy) remaining on the cement. I'd estimate 50% remains on the slab.
Does anyone know of a method of removing this residue?
Also, on some of the spots where the glue came off the slab there is white fuzzy stuff I assumed was mold starting to bloom and I wiped it off with lysol cleaner. But someone told me it was efforvesence coming to the surface from the water in the slab. I have the windows open all day and the dehumidifier going 24/7 and it's truly dry as a bone down there now.
If it was mold I got rid of it, but if it's efforvesence will it just come back and ruin any future paint finish. I would like to paint the floor but I want to get rid of the glue first.
Thanks for any help.
Pete