...so you're saying I need a new tool...
On Tue, Nov 3, 2015 at 2:22 PM, John T. Blair <jblair1948@cox.net> wrote:
> At 02:02 PM 11/3/2015, you wrote:
>
> >Now I'm moving to the bathroom, which isn't over a slab--it's hung off
> the
> >side of the building over a crawlspace. Which means a wood subfloor.
>
> >The scraper is too sharp. The vinyl tile is at least two layers deep
> (they
> >just tiled over the old tile) and it flexes. So running the scraper over
> >it, it either bites into the tile and binds up (it can't bear against the
> >rigid concrete subfloor), or it bites into the wood floor itself.
>
> I just pulled the vinyl tiles on my bathroom floor. I tried using a
> heavy duty scrapper like you are talking about to no avail. I ended
> up using a "multi tool" from
> Harbor freight:
>
>
> http://www.harborfreight.com/oscillating-multifunction-power-tool-62279.html
>
>
> using a blade like this:
>
>
> http://www.harborfreight.com/2-in-high-carbon-steel-multi-tool-rigid-scraper-blade-61828.html
>
>
> Made short work of the job.
>
> John
>
>
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