VCT glue

[Ron Lippold]

what is the best stuff to get vct glue off a concrete floor

 

[Jeremy]

A subcontractor....

 

[Scott S.]

175 with scraping blades, doesnt work well on rough concret though.

 

[Dolly Llama]

big area or small area, Ron?

if small area, xylene will liquifiy it and enable you to wipe it off

I looked into carbide scrapers for a rortary when we were bidding on a large floor install
But we didn't get the bid, so I never bought one and have no clue how well (or easy) they work


..L.T.A.

 

[floorguy]

beanie-doo


seriously from fran-mar

 

[cmaster]

We use a citrus gel made by Zep. Spread with a lambswool. Scrape with an 8" floor scraper.

 

[TimP]

Mineral spirits may work if it's not a huge area and you're trying to get it clean. Although it's best to know why you're trying to get it up.

 

[Scott S.]

are you Repairing a couple of tiles or all of an area? i always run into new installations and the glue squeezes up between the tiles. i just use a puddy knife for little stuff like that.

 

[Ron Lippold]

this is about 1500 sq ft and its for the movies bunch of glue Im using the 175 with 100 poundsof extra weight. For juice im using o2 boosted with stripper and zep floor cleaner. Its going ok I will take pictures tomorrow. Im going to put about 4-5 coats of finish on it when done.

 

[ACE]

Sounds Like FUN! Can't wait to see the photos. What kind of money you making with this job?

 

[Dolly Llama]

this is about 1500 sq ft and its for the movies bunch of glue Im using the 175 with 100 poundsof extra weight. For juice im using o2 boosted with stripper and zep floor cleaner. Its going ok I will take pictures tomorrow. Im going to put about 4-5 coats of finish on it when done.

I should note, i just enough about VCT to be dangerous....

I don't "think" floor stripper or floor cleaner emulsifies VCT glue.
It's not water soluble when wet and requires mineral spirits clean up, so I'm reasonably sure it's not water soluble when cured.
The oxidizer in 02 probably isn't doing a thing for you either

so it's probably the d'limonene in the 02 that's softening it up.
Use d'lime solvent and see if that aids in your efforts
(make sure you rinse the chit good too)


this is concrete that has had the VCT removed, right??

what kind of sealer/finish are you applying?

..L.T.A.

 

[Ron Lippold]

larry I think the carbide brush is doing the most work seems to work best when almost dry.

 

[floorguy]

and with the brushes....dont use the mineral spirits and the carbide brushes :shock:

I would hate to see you on the paper somewhere for blowing yoruself up

is it a yellow or black glue

 

[steve frasier]

probably no big deal but if the floor has been down for a quite while and the glue is black it may have abestos in the glue

I used some stuff a few years ago but don't remember the name of it, bought it from a carpet/tile store. If it is that important I can get you the name of the product

 

[TimP]

6 x 6 or 8x8 tiles may be aesbestos they are definitely smaller than 12x12 tiles for sure....and you'd see the pattern after the tile has been pulled up to know they aren't normal.

All they do to take care of them is wet the floor like he's doing anyway....and maybe use respirators but I'm not sure on that although it wouldn't be a bad idea. Moisture keeps the dust/aesbestos from being in the air.

Sounds like he has it under control though....

 

[Dolly Llama]

6 x 6 or 8x8 tiles may be aesbestos they are definitely smaller than 12x12 tiles for sure...

...

not so Tim.
I thought the same thing til Harry Meyers (?) told me other wise.
I did some google research and Armstrong was making VCT with asbestos til '78


..L.T.A.

 

[Ron Lippold]

just a report

The glue was both black and in some areas yellow.
I had done a test area and things worked, well we get into the job and it was a huge pain in the ass. got it up and the finish came out nice, this was a real old floor 25-25 yrs old. The 12by 12 tiles were up so all I had to do was beat the glue, and it kicked my ass


Ill put up pictures today

 

[Ron Lippold]

dont beat me up to badbut here goes

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those are before


after

 

[Dolly Llama]

dont beat me up to badbut here goes

wood eye do that....

kind of tough to make that floor look "great"

it's shinny though...

BTW, you missed some CRUD in the corner :mrgreen: :mrgreen:


..L.T.A.

 

[Ron Lippold]

those spots will be out of camera shot