Apply this solution to your floor using a clean rag and allow it to soak into the tar paper for several hours.
How to get tar paper off wood floor.
Use a towel to dry up the remaining moisture and residue.
Scrape the tar off the wood gently with a plastic spatula or any tool that won t scratch the wood such as your fingernails or a wooden ice cream stick.
How can i safely remove the tar paper stuck to floor without damaging the floors.
It won t hurt you re floor to let the steamer sit in a spot longer than a minute while you scrape and scrub.
In the end you may have to have the floors sanded.
Dab a small amount of acetone on a clean cloth and wipe starting from the edges of the stain and moving into the center to avoid spreading the mess even more.
If you ever remodel the floor and want to expose the first layer in the future you will need to remove the layer of tar paper off the surface.
Mix one part vinegar to three parts water in a large bowl or bucket.
In some areas the tar just peels up with light pressure from a putty knife.
Learn how to steam black mastic or tar paper off your floors.
After removing as much of the tar paper or felt as you can with a scraper sand the rest off using a drum type floor sander available at tool rental stores starting with coarse 40 grit sandpaper.
Once you ve scraped the majority of the paper and residue up dunk your wire scrubber into the bucket of hot water and scrub up the remaining residue.
Move from the outside of the tar to the.
Tar paper and black mastic is no match for a wallpaper steamer and some wood soap.
You can try heating up the spots that won t come up.
When removing tar from authentic hardwood floor the key thing is to be gentle yet thorough.
In those cases you will have to sand the area to get the tar off the wood.
Mineral spirits might clean up the residue.
This hopefully will release the tar paper.
Step 2 scrape the wet tar paper using a floor scraper.
Use acetone you can also use acetone to remove tar from laminated wood flooring.