Use boiling or hot water to remove adhesive from a wood floor.
Demoing a linoleum tiles off a finish wood floor.
Make sure that the existing floor covering and the subfloor and any possible underlayment are sturdy enough for the installation of the vinyl flooring.
By not removing the existing floor covering it is difficult to see if the subfloor is cracked rotted or otherwise is not in good condition.
Scrape up the tile as soon as is it soft enough.
Working in small sections score the flooring into strips about 6 to 12 inches wide.
Score the flooring into 6 12 strips.
Loosen stuck tiles by carefully applying heat to the tile surface with a heat gun or a wallpaper steamer.
Get the dirt off before it gets ground in and your vinyl will last longer.
If you apply harsh chemicals or spend time scraping at the glue it may damage the wood.
Old danny boy got it right.
Discard all tiles as you remove them.
Industrial floor machines can also be used on linoleum to remove existing finishes remove scratches and nicely prepare a floor for refinishing but extreme care must be used not to burn through the color on the flooring.
Scrape off the linoleum tiles with a handheld scraping tool or a long handled floor scraper.
If your linoleum features a tile pattern you can use the.
1 cut the linoleum into smaller sections with a utility knife.
Simply use a wet rag to sufficiently coat the adhesive and wait the 10 minutes and scrape off.
Unless you are submerging your wood floor i would not worry about the wood warping.
Remove the adhesive residue by scraping with a handheld scraper.
Removing floor coverings helps the installer assess the condition of the subfloor.
This is what my completed project looks like.
Sturdy and solid.
If it s a beautiful hardwood floor consider sanding the glue adhesive from the wood floor to keep it in the best condition possible.
Once the floor is leveled out with all the scratches gone and presenting all as the same uniform color the gloss needs to be.
The old linoleum and adhesive paper can be removed from your wood floors however provided you take the time to get it all up.