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Bronco69 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-02-05 10:06 AM
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Anybody ever scrape old tile off the floor?
What a fun Saturday this is gonna be! :eyes: That crap just ain't comin up!
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supernova Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-02-05 10:07 AM
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1. I'm doing the same in my laundry room
getting old laminate tiles off the cement floor. It's almost like cement itself. x( I wonder if heat would melt the glue?
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Bronco69 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-02-05 10:11 AM
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3. My partner just went to Home Depot to get a hot air gun.
I'll let you know if it works. :-)
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Bozita Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-02-05 10:13 AM
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5. Are those better than steamers?
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Bronco69 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-02-05 10:14 AM
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6. I don't know.
This is the first time I've ever tried anything like this.
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AngryAmish Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-02-05 02:22 PM
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17. Steamers suck
See my post below.
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Radio_Lady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-02-05 10:08 AM
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2. You need a good solvent, depending on what was under the old tile.
Edited on Sat Apr-02-05 10:09 AM by Radio_Lady
Get some professional advise. "Scraping" will take you longer. Call or visit a tile company, or maybe someone at a local hardware store or Home Depot can help you.

We did it a couple of times in our old house, but forgot what I used to dissolve the old adhesive.

Don't breathe in any fumes! (Maybe that was the wallpaper solvent -- not sure!)

Good luck!
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Bronco69 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-02-05 10:12 AM
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4. I tried pouring some of the adhesive remover over part of the
tile I already scraped hoping it would work its way in. No luck.
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Rabrrrrrr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-02-05 10:14 AM
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7. No, but I've scraped a cat off the ceiling
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crispini Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-02-05 10:16 AM
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8. They make a tool, I don't know what it's called,
but it has a blade not unlike an ice scraper, except it's made out of metal, has a long pole, and is really heavy. That's what we used. Found at Home Depot. It got off two layers of tile and one of linoleum. The bottom layer was really hard to get up but once we got it started that tool was invaluable.
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trof Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-02-05 10:20 AM
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9. Try napalm.
Be sure to ventilate well.
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matt819 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-02-05 10:28 AM
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10. Hold on just a sec
Before you do anything, be sure it doesn't have asbestos backing. I bought an old house about 15 years ago and gave my sister-in-law carte blanche to scrape up the old linoleum. She discovered about 1/3 of the way into the job that this was asbestos-backed linoleum, and it cost me more than $5,000 to have the asbestos professionally removed. If only I'd just covered it up, it would have been fine, but once it was released, it had to be removed. It turns out the floors were pretty nice, but it would also have been nice to save the money.
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Bronco69 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-02-05 10:44 AM
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11. How do I find out if it has asbestos backing?
I wouldn't even know what to look for.
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LostinVA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-02-05 01:31 PM
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12. Essentials for the job (I've done this before):
A cooler full of Guinness, mandatory timeouts, and a marriage counselor on call.

All set.
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Seabiscuit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-02-05 01:35 PM
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13. You forgot Poland!
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LostinVA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-02-05 01:38 PM
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14. OMG!!! Damn, I ALWAYS do that...
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Seabiscuit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-02-05 01:40 PM
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15. That's OK. You're in good company!
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LostinVA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-02-05 02:38 PM
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19. Twas a horrible day
It ended with my throwing Hardiback out the front door and yelling, "Motherf*cker!" at the top of my lungs.

The neighbors and the ceramic garden gnomes just stared at me...
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AngryAmish Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-02-05 02:21 PM
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16. What is underneath the tile?
If a wood floor, go with the heat gun and the tile remover mentioned above. You are going to refinish or cover them again. If concrete use an acetylene torch (turned way low). Much more heat than an electric heat gun. But have a few buckets of water around and some fire extinguishers. Also, open ALL the windows.
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LiberallyInclined Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-02-05 02:27 PM
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18. a long handled scraper-
it kind of looks like a hoe that's been flattened- it's used for cracking/scraping ice off of steps and such- i've had good luck with them in the past...with the long handle, you can put more ass behind it.
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WHAT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-02-05 02:39 PM
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20. I had some luck using...
an iron to soften the material before scraping. If you don't want to use your good iron, you could try finding a "disposable" one cheaper at a second-hand store, preferrably a steam iron.

The scrapper tool sounds good, too.

Good Luck...
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libodem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-02-05 02:40 PM
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21. Been there...done that
...hated it..:thumbsdown:
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