I would have sworn BY Goo Gone - but after an encounter the other day, I was swearing AT Goo Gone. A plastic table purchased at Wally World had a horrible sticky sticker - and it took much Goo and much elbow grease - how dare someone make a stickier sticky?

Just moved into our new home and discovered glue on hardwood throughout kitchen and tracked/dripped into the great room. Used Mirage Clean to remove it and it worked. First, sprayed the cleaner on an O'Cedar Microfiber Flip-Mop and mopped a small section. Then, got down on hands and knees and did each spot where the glue was. Sprayed some Mirage on a soft cloth (washcloth) and rubbed it on, gently, then scraped the glue off with my fingernail. Too concerned that anything more abrasive than my fingernail would take off the finish. Did the whole kitchen/dining/great room this way. At the end, I mopped the entire area again with Mirage Clean. This product I got from my flooring dealer; I plan to use it regularly for cleaning. No residue build-up. He also said Armstrong products are very good. Took me 12 hours of hard labor, hands and knees, but worth it, as I now have a glue-free hardwood floor and I didn't damage the surface. Twas not a happy camper when I discovered this and I probably could have complained loudly and insisted the builder take care of this. But I wanted careful attention to it, not a quick clean-up. As an award to self, I went out and found three counter stools on sale! Thank you all you Garden Web members. You've helped me tremendously during the building process.

G&S said it all except to be sure that the adhesive didn't etch the surface. If it did there will still be marks after the adhesive is removed. That said, you can try mineral spirits first without harming the finish (assuming it's urethane finish). If a customer calls me and says there's glue on the floor I send someone out to clean it.

Oh dear. This is what I was afraid of. I'm also seeing "installation issues" as well as glue residue. I'm seeing short edges that are too close to each other (usually need to be a minimum of 6-8" apart). The expansion gap at the walls (first photo of the gray floor) may not be wide enough...Solid hardwoods that are 3/4" thick require expansion gaps that are 3/4" wide at all walls and vertical out croppings (like doorways, etc). I'm going to guess they used a "glue assist" install because of the width of the planks. And now to the nasty bit: the manufacturer's installation requirements. You will need to access a copy of the manufacturer(s) installation instructions. You will down load it and PRINT IT OUT! You will read the part about "glue down" or "glue assist" for wide plank floors. You will look for the SPECIFIC WORDS "Colorrite". If the manufacturer does NOT specifically state this product, then you have a BIG weapon to go after the installer for a new floor - at their expense. Who did the installation? Did the flooring retailer send out a crew to install the floors (one stop shop = purchase + install = one place to call when something goes wrong)? Or did you hire an independent installer?