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Re: [Shop-talk] Removing sheet vinyl flooring

To: Drew Rogge <drew@DasRogges.com>, 'Shop Talk List'
Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] Removing sheet vinyl flooring
From: pethier@comcast.net
Date: Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:41:30 +0000
From: Drew Rogge <drew@DasRogges.com>
> Hi all,
> 
> Is there any trick to removing sheet vinyl flooring? We're replacing 30 year
> old flooring in the kitchen and the scraper just seems to split the flooring
> in two leaving the a paper backing or something like that. Does anyone know of
> a good way to remove this stuff. FWIW, the flooring is laid on top of some 
>sort
> of fiberboard. I really don't want to leave the old flooring.

Some variation on what I do for floor tiles should work.  

500 watt work light.  These things have a safety cage on the front.  Flop the 
liight on the floor facing down so the cage supports the light above the floor. 
 Head softens the flooring so it does not break when you stick a large scraper 
under it.

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