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   mike4244 | Jul 08, 2005 06:50am | #1

   Talk to a professional floor sander, they run into this all the time. I had to remove the adhesive in one room, luckily only the perimeter had glue. I used a card scraper , any type of solvent couldn't be used as the heat was electric baseboard and the job was in the winter.

   mike

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   mlbfreestyle | Jul 08, 2005 07:15pm | #2

   Jesse,

   I have used hand planes on floors to tackle localized problems with some success.  But my guess is that you will find it awkward to try to plane a floor due to the necessary body orientation to operate the plane.  I might also suspect that the plane blade and throat will foul with glue frequently.

   You might try a heavy duty carbide blade scraper.  I have used one to strip varnish from a floor prior to sanding.

   Several years ago I had to strip the remnants of resilient tile and glue from an old wood floor prior to restoration.  In that case I rented a right-angle grinder and went at it with coarse sanding disks.  It worked but produced great quantities of dust.

   I would imagine that a decent floor sander with its' accompnaying high-volume dust collection would do a decent job of holding dust to a minimum.

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   MarkRD | Jul 08, 2005 09:05pm | #3

   Jesse,
   Having put down a few tile floors, I would recommend against it.
   It will be really rough on your knees and your lower back....

   Get a cheap rag mop and a gallon of lacquer thinner,open the windows and doors, use a fan to vent the space and mop away

   Mark

   Measure it with a micrometer, mark it with chalk, cut it with an ax.

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   MStehelin | Jul 08, 2005 09:32pm | #4

   Don't forget the anti-solvent face mask.
   OR You will end up high as a kite!
   Laquer 'huffer's are at the bottom of the addict's pyramid.
   Even crack users look down on huffing.....
   Cheers
   M.Stehelin