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Posted by Al Kondo on January 15, 2006, 5:03 pm
I am laying ceramic tile in my kitchen and living room.. they are
connected. The kitchen had plywood flooring so I laid cement board as
a base. The living room has a concrete slab so I plan to lay the
tile directly onto the concrete. It presently has vinyl tile on it.
I removed some of it and see that it is going to have quite a bit of
residual glue. How do I get this glue off? I have all kinds of
solvent at home including "goof - off", turpentine. lacquer thinner,
and even, coleman lantern fuel. What are some reasonable ways to
proceed here.
Thanks, Al Kondo
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Posted by Kyle Boatright on January 15, 2006, 5:21 pm
Heat gun and scraper?
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>I am laying ceramic tile in my kitchen and living room.. they are
> connected. The kitchen had plywood flooring so I laid cement board as
> a base. The living room has a concrete slab so I plan to lay the
> tile directly onto the concrete. It presently has vinyl tile on it.
> I removed some of it and see that it is going to have quite a bit of
> residual glue. How do I get this glue off? I have all kinds of
> solvent at home including "goof - off", turpentine. lacquer thinner,
> and even, coleman lantern fuel. What are some reasonable ways to
> proceed here.
> Thanks, Al Kondo
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Posted by DanG on January 15, 2006, 5:22 pm
the best method I know about is a 4" floor scraper. This is an
oversized razor blade scraper, you can see one here:
http://www.craintools.com/fs-tear-outtools.html
scroll down to the 350 and 360
(top posted for your convenience)
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>I am laying ceramic tile in my kitchen and living room.. they are
> connected. The kitchen had plywood flooring so I laid cement
> board as
> a base. The living room has a concrete slab so I plan to lay
> the
> tile directly onto the concrete. It presently has vinyl tile on
> it.
> I removed some of it and see that it is going to have quite a
> bit of
> residual glue. How do I get this glue off? I have all kinds
> of
> solvent at home including "goof - off", turpentine. lacquer
> thinner,
> and even, coleman lantern fuel. What are some reasonable ways
> to
> proceed here.
> Thanks, Al Kondo
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Posted by thetiler on January 15, 2006, 10:40 pm
I would not use any solvents, they would only create
a residue that may react wrongly with the thinset.
Just use a razor blade scraper and get all possible
loose material off, then using a high quality
multi-purpose thinset, skimcoat the entire slab
with a flat trowel...a very thin coat that you press
into the floor as you trowel it on. Let that thin coat
dry 24 hours and you'll have a great floor to bond to
with the same high quality thinset.
You can identify quality thinset not only by the higher
price (usually $15 and up a bag), but the small print
on the back of the bag will say that it will adhere to
vinyl, existing ceramic tile, exterior grade plywood
etc. etc.
When I skimcoat questionable surfaces I use a
liquid additive made by Laticrete called "333".
Mixed with regular (NOT multi-purpose) thinset,
it makes a super strong coating, and an excellent
thinset.
Have fun. How were you planning on making the
transition from slab to wood flooring area? Those
two surfaces will surely settle and move separately.
Many grout manufacturers make a sanded caulking
that matches their grout colors. I would caulk the
joint at this transition with sanded caulking. It shrinks
alot when filling a large gap (1/4" typical joint), so you
may need to apply it again after the first application
shrinks.
thetiler
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Posted by komobu on January 16, 2006, 2:52 am
When I did my kitchen, I rented a power scraper from a local rental
company. Well worth it. Was able to do all the scraping in a very short
time compared to hours using a manual hand scraper.
Pat
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> connected. The kitchen had plywood flooring so I laid cement board as
> a base. The living room has a concrete slab so I plan to lay the
> tile directly onto the concrete. It presently has vinyl tile on it.
> I removed some of it and see that it is going to have quite a bit of
> residual glue. How do I get this glue off? I have all kinds of
> solvent at home including "goof - off", turpentine. lacquer thinner,
> and even, coleman lantern fuel. What are some reasonable ways to
> proceed here.
> Thanks, Al Kondo