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Can carpet glue fume go through concrete?

I have installed a new carpet few days ago, but i did not like the fume that the capet glue gave off. I removed the carpet glue.(we used adhesive remover, WD-40 to clean it), but the toxic fume will not go away. So i decided to cover the concrete floor with another layer of concrete. my question is that will the concrete block out all the toxic gases? Many thanks in advance

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1. Gases will pass through concrete. Concrete is permeable to water vapor, let alone gas vapor. You've heard of water leaking through concrete basement walls, right? Since the glue was already applied and allowed to soak into the concrete it will take time for the fumes to dissipate. Sounds like using other chemicals to remove the glue didn't work too well. I'd worry about the new topping slab bonding with the old slab with that WD-40 in it.