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

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.

This stuff is amazing. We recently remodeled our bathroom and removed the old linoleum. I was afraid it would damage the lauan but didn’t. Worked quick and made glue removal a breeze

Does not work ANYWHERE NEAR as described. Starting chore of removing vinyl flooring. Paper backing and adhesive remains. Chose two sections, one with this product another using Klean Strip. Max Strip claims 1/2 hr, longer if stubborn adhesive. No luck after 1/2 hr. Left overnight. 18 hrs later, still no luck!! Klean Strip claims 15 min. Tried after 15-20 min. Paper and adhesive came right up,!! Applied to area treated with Max Strip, 15 min later Klean Strip came right off, no problem. Very disappointed. Thought it would work. Big time let-down.

I used this product to remove some adhesive left over on the concrete from old vinyl planks. I applied it with a paint brush, as recommended on the container, and it went on really easily. I left the product on for about 2 hours and the adhesive scraped right off. The only downside is I purchased this product specifically for the low odor formula this company advertises, but the odor is pretty strong. So strong I had to open all of my windows and run a couple of box fans. Maybe it isn’t as strong as other removers (I’ve never used any others) but it is still pretty strong. If you are going to use this indoors and are sensitive to smells or have dogs or children, just be aware that it emits a pretty strong odor. Other than that, it works really well and I think it is worth the money.

Worked really well to break up the linoleum floor glue in my basement but you still want the right floor scraper to get it done as best as possible. I ended up using a 4" thin blade scrapper and made all the difference compared to the 8" I was using before.The stuff is low odor out of the container but be warned once applied to the glue, the odor is significant and it filled the house for a couple of days. May be the glue breaking up or the chemical reaction between the solvent and glue but it was intense. Still I'd use it again in a heart beat because without I'd still be scraping the basement floor.

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!

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

Poor coverage, strong odor, doesn’t work well. The other brand yellow bottle from Home Depot was cheaper, batter coverage, less odor, worked better.