tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4149136651520192500.post8044255517878661232..comments2023-08-21T02:21:33.983-07:00Comments on Russet Street Reno: Kitchen destruction pt 2Sara @ Russet Street Renohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18120089301670852587noreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4149136651520192500.post-87521714185907639152011-10-19T07:30:43.381-07:002011-10-19T07:30:43.381-07:00Can't wait to see how the floors come out! We ...Can't wait to see how the floors come out! We just spent a couple months removing staples and carpet gunk from our hardwood floors. They had three types of staples plus nails. It involved a lot of dust and nastiness but I can't wait to see how they look when they're refinished (next week eek!). We have kitchen vinyl but I'm not sure if we can tackle it since there are two subfloors and we plan on keeping our cabinets. I think it's so worth it though if you can because they already look 100x better!Norahttp://seventhandw.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4149136651520192500.post-58879234417241054662011-10-18T14:56:04.219-07:002011-10-18T14:56:04.219-07:00Oops, here's a link if you are interested:
htt...Oops, here's a link if you are interested:<br />http://michigandersinaz.blogspot.com/2009/10/one-sticky-and-mean-motor-scooter.htmlEmilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16420521471662057945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4149136651520192500.post-79702088445313579672011-10-18T14:55:28.117-07:002011-10-18T14:55:28.117-07:00We had a nasty thick layer of adhesive as well in ...We had a nasty thick layer of adhesive as well in our kitchen. We used that long pole as well as a little short one to get a good grip. We also got recommendations to lay a sheet of plastic over a section after applying some sort of solvent - be it natural or chemical-y. Then wait awhile. This seems to keep the moisture in as well as allowing it to really integrate into the adhesive stuff. Worked for us.Emilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16420521471662057945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4149136651520192500.post-72386473186454145422011-10-18T07:26:15.034-07:002011-10-18T07:26:15.034-07:00Whoa, woman. You are brave but those floors are so...Whoa, woman. You are brave but those floors are soooper awesome and worth saving. I'm so excited for your kitchen! It's gonna take a lot of wine to get you through all that scraping.Amanda- Hip House Girlhttp://www.hiphousegirl.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4149136651520192500.post-2927201813216636052011-10-18T06:12:44.819-07:002011-10-18T06:12:44.819-07:00Hi Sara - bet you dont' remember me. I am sti...Hi Sara - bet you dont' remember me. I am still hoping to have time to redo the chairs we emailed about probably a year ago!<br /><br />Anyways, we did this to our last house. We also had nails that did not come out at all, so I had to use elbow grease and a dremel and saw them all off, then nail set, then putty. I agree with Greebo, you are in elbow grease land, and it CAN be done. Don't give up and you'll be rewarded with AWESOME original hardwood floors. I look forward to seeing it :)Rebeccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15923423123574589242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4149136651520192500.post-25195163020935805472011-10-17T14:09:42.767-07:002011-10-17T14:09:42.767-07:00Same thing with the floors in the kitchen of our o...Same thing with the floors in the kitchen of our old house, except it was lots and lots of layers of linoleum tiles, and then linoleum sheet. Then we got to the black tar from hell. Some of it scraped up when we used the big scraper you showed if we scraped it at the right angle. Most of it did not. We didn't think of using a solvent or anything. I'll have to go back and look at our pictures, but I think we just sanded it up with a hand sander. I remember the nails too. So. Many. Good luck!AmandaGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02555878045223218789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4149136651520192500.post-67441500064964945642011-10-17T10:48:15.682-07:002011-10-17T10:48:15.682-07:00Gah we had that on my kitchen floor!! It's suc...Gah we had that on my kitchen floor!! It's such a headache. We used this adhesive remover that comes in a metal can... I can't remember the actual name but I can check when I get home if you haven't already found a solution (I didn't feel like reading through the other 20some comments!)Miss Chelseahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13019483918988496228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4149136651520192500.post-53014203321746627042011-10-17T10:11:00.303-07:002011-10-17T10:11:00.303-07:00I used my clothes iron (with steam) and a sharp sc...I used my clothes iron (with steam) and a sharp scrapper to do mine. It look a couple of 8 hrs days and I was delirious when I was done but it did work. Of course the iron bit the dust but it was a small price to pay.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4149136651520192500.post-68396930457922744142011-10-17T08:48:44.604-07:002011-10-17T08:48:44.604-07:00I'm with Julianne above - if you only had a ge...I'm with Julianne above - if you only had a general contractor come over, find an actual company that JUST does wood floors. We didn't have the same problem as you, as ours just had some carpet pad glued to it here and there, but the floor guys really knew what they were doing and did it well! They have the experience to handle situations like this. Good luck!Zanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00994399737559817860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4149136651520192500.post-24415405697346576502011-10-17T05:44:04.300-07:002011-10-17T05:44:04.300-07:00looks like a tough job but it will be so worth it ...looks like a tough job but it will be so worth it in the end! love hardwood floors!Sarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00063356725548319843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4149136651520192500.post-47469769804007386442011-10-16T19:24:57.753-07:002011-10-16T19:24:57.753-07:00Whoa. That is the first word that comes to my mind...Whoa. That is the first word that comes to my mind. I am also in disbelief that anyone in their right mind would do that to a hardwood floor.<br /><br />I don't have any experience with this, but the good news is that it looks like some other people gave you some promising advice, and I hope one of those methods works for you!Amanda @ Little House on the Cornerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14831185629452575774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4149136651520192500.post-89382781900641141432011-10-15T07:02:01.087-07:002011-10-15T07:02:01.087-07:00Sarah, thank you for reminding me about your post ...Sarah, thank you for reminding me about your post - I had completely forgot that you went through this same thing! I'll have to dig out our heat gun.Sara @ Russet Street Renohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18120089301670852587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4149136651520192500.post-70636852557821502792011-10-15T04:56:25.328-07:002011-10-15T04:56:25.328-07:00Holy moly. You are rock stars for tackling this.Holy moly. You are rock stars for tackling this.Jeannine | The Small and Chic Homehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17702901309930825003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4149136651520192500.post-15411662719803084942011-10-14T21:36:18.599-07:002011-10-14T21:36:18.599-07:00Sara -
God bless you and what you're about t...Sara - <br /><br />God bless you and what you're about to endure. We just did it with our bathroom. Starting to do it tomorrow with our kitchen floor. <br /><br />Here's how we did it:<br />http://ardmorecottage.blogspot.com/2011/04/evolution-of-bathroom-floor.html<br /><br />Heat gun the shit out of it and scrape it up. We also did the water and it made our floors look like vomit. <br /><br />Good luck!Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16022079320741414809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4149136651520192500.post-26144771771707297832011-10-14T20:16:18.137-07:002011-10-14T20:16:18.137-07:00Wow. Just wow. Despite all that black stuff, YOU H...Wow. Just wow. Despite all that black stuff, YOU HAVE WOOD FLOORING! And it will be beautiful in the end. <br /><br />Hope you find a solution that works perfectly! No advice from moi, all we have under the stained carpet here are plywood or concrete.Elisa @ What the Vitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08313694301301037005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4149136651520192500.post-63138506269010489332011-10-14T16:26:56.531-07:002011-10-14T16:26:56.531-07:00We had the same thing on our kitchen and bathroom ...We had the same thing on our kitchen and bathroom floors when we pulled up the linoleum and the guy who we had refinish them didn't even blink when we showed it to him. My advice - find a floor guy, not a general contractor, and see if he can just sand it off with the drum sander. Our job in Seattle for this plus refinishing was $3 per square foot. Good luck!Juliannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07528768877612755014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4149136651520192500.post-21314955272273538672011-10-14T15:45:41.577-07:002011-10-14T15:45:41.577-07:00You can totally get that refinished! Check out min...You can totally get that refinished! Check out mine and you'll be a believer!<br />http://modernjanedesign.blogspot.com/2010/08/kichen-transformation-part-1.html<br />Good luck!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16054097930244193240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4149136651520192500.post-40278493003249615492011-10-14T14:27:34.680-07:002011-10-14T14:27:34.680-07:00Since that stuff is basically glue, try heating it...Since that stuff is basically glue, try heating it up with a hot air gun to soften it up, then scrape it off. Paint strippers should also work (because paint is also glue). The paint stripper will allow you to work with a larger section at a time. Just remember that if the stuff dries out, you can "refresh" it by spraying with a dilute solution of more stripper. Both these methods worked for me when refinishing the subfloor in my powder room as an interim before we buy hardwoods. <br /><br />Vinyl tile stinks! Good luck!m @ random musingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18050161494826227735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4149136651520192500.post-11412800798227625352011-10-14T14:12:38.986-07:002011-10-14T14:12:38.986-07:00I feel your pain,Yuk!We tried using turpentine to ...I feel your pain,Yuk!We tried using turpentine to get the tile adhesive off the floor in the reno cottage.Just keep thinking how fab it will look finished.simmonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15350871890878482529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4149136651520192500.post-76339864082383027952011-10-14T13:57:05.612-07:002011-10-14T13:57:05.612-07:00Try SoyGel. I used it to scrape paint off our bac...Try SoyGel. I used it to scrape paint off our back porch ceiling and I swear that stuff got through EVERYTHING. AND the best part is that it was water soluble. Just pour it on, let it do its work and then scrape it away. Wipe down the floors with a damp mop and you should be good to go.Kathiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03078520347422991774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4149136651520192500.post-82510687954737422542011-10-14T13:46:05.889-07:002011-10-14T13:46:05.889-07:00but it will be soooo worth the effort!but it will be soooo worth the effort!Sharon@Sharon at Homehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16720955338162888640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4149136651520192500.post-14104410143162845782011-10-14T13:33:28.858-07:002011-10-14T13:33:28.858-07:00Oh god, Sara, that sucks! I spent a month scraping...Oh god, Sara, that sucks! I spent a month scraping tiles from my basement floor with a floor scraper like the one you have pictured. <br /><br />I don't have any good ideas for getting the mastic up but I can totally empathize with you!Heatherhttp://justagirlwithahammer.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4149136651520192500.post-1107445120934176742011-10-14T13:31:37.423-07:002011-10-14T13:31:37.423-07:00Ahhh!! Why would anyone do that to beautiful hardw...Ahhh!! Why would anyone do that to beautiful hardwood floors!! Craziness... Good luck saving your floors!Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02928577212863841454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4149136651520192500.post-40764055843384452532011-10-14T13:19:19.028-07:002011-10-14T13:19:19.028-07:00Holy balls that is a lot of adhesive!Holy balls that is a lot of adhesive!Kristahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09259103099510102172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4149136651520192500.post-21906476068569280542011-10-14T12:37:44.959-07:002011-10-14T12:37:44.959-07:00Boiling water was the solution I came to when sear...Boiling water was the solution I came to when searching the interwebs for solutions to mastic. Throw down a thick bath towel (one that you will definitely throw in the trash after this) and pour a teapot of boiled water over it. let it sit for a few minutes and then scrape it up! And please please please get it tested for asbestos, I know you said it wasn't in there but you can't know till it is tested. <br /><br />I was all set to do this with the towel and boiling water... till I found asbestos...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com