removing butumen from parquet blocks
Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2007 7:32 pm
I have a lot of old parquet flooring blocks the base is covered with bitumen which was used to lay them in the first place, quite a lot have some concrete / cement stuck to the butumen and the bitumen is quite thick, what i do is use a blow lamp the type a plummer may use,
this melts the bitumen very quick and all you have to do is scrape the molten bitumen off i use the back of a strong knife but you need to be quick as the bitumen will harden again.
you may need to go over them a second time, also you will need to have some sort of surface to work on i use a old paving slab because you will have to scrape the bitumen off the knife as you work use the edge of the slab.
This is a outside task the hotter the bitumen the easer to remove, this method does not effect the surface of the block.
this melts the bitumen very quick and all you have to do is scrape the molten bitumen off i use the back of a strong knife but you need to be quick as the bitumen will harden again.
you may need to go over them a second time, also you will need to have some sort of surface to work on i use a old paving slab because you will have to scrape the bitumen off the knife as you work use the edge of the slab.
This is a outside task the hotter the bitumen the easer to remove, this method does not effect the surface of the block.