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snooper2

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13. And the adhesive if prior to 1977 or so probably has asbestos in it

Mon Dec 7, 2015, 04:40 PM

Dec 2015

Went though three layers of flooring at the old house and when I finally got to the slab had to get the adhesive off for the new tile I was putting down. It was black and hard and not coming up...so

I started using goof off to get it up and ran out pretty quickly. Ran over to Lowes and was chatting with a guy there and he was like, you are using a mask right! Learn something new every day

Goof Off is great stuff by the way....

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What is the best way to remove linoleum from a concrete slab? [View all] tk2kewl Nov 2012 OP

try hot water Kali Nov 2012 #1

thanks for the tip tk2kewl Nov 2012 #2

Lucky you! I'm a flooring "expert" Sedona Nov 2012 #3

great, thanks tk2kewl Nov 2012 #4

Contractor used adhesive remover - Will this be a problem for spreading grout on after? mferlaino Aug 2015 #10

depends on what kind of grout it is Sedona Aug 2015 #11

Heat gun and scraper. beac Nov 2012 #5

Its works great katherinedresty Sep 2013 #6

Welcome to DU gopiscrap Sep 2013 #7

The 4" razor scraper is the easiest and fastest. Gov101 Sep 2013 #8

Belt Sander?!?!?! Thor_MN Dec 2015 #12

And the adhesive if prior to 1977 or so probably has asbestos in it snooper2 Dec 2015 #13

It was very difficult to remove everything from the slab, even with the best razor scraper tk2kewl Sep 2013 #9