Any ideas on removing Vinyl Composite Adhesive safely?
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We are trying to remove Vinyl tiles from our bathroom floor and don't want to use toxic adhesive removers. What ever we use we don't want to have an effect on the "NEW" tile adhesive or the sub floor.
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so this is install over a wood sub floor? Mechanical means are chemical free...ie scrapping or sanding. If you go the sanding route a belt sander would be my first choice...just wear a good dust mask.
KMS Woodworks
on Sep 23, 2013
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Thank you for the suggestions but this doesn't answer my question because its not practical for our situation and we would have to continue to change the sanding paper belt.
Dee Fitzpatrick
on Sep 23, 2013
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It was hopefully put down with contact adhesive so use a iron or blow dryer to warm it up and it should unstick, you might get a few pices that will need to be scraped off but when you warm it up it releases the glue on both sides. I have used a blow dryer on the highest setting.
Sherrie
on Sep 23, 2013
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Thank you I think I will use the blow dryer..
Dee Fitzpatrick
on Sep 23, 2013
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A blow dryer may not generate enough heat to melt the adhesive. You can pick up a heat gun for about $10 at Harbor Freight and that will work much better.
Kat Tellez
on Sep 24, 2013
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