Hello
I would use a floor floater (liquid that floats over floor and makes
perfectly level.

The vinyl is good idea, as long as you seal all the lil
seams,nooks,crannies.

You can also use the 1' sq. , just more places to use seam sealer.



On 8 Feb 2006 12:33:01 -0800, "thelooch"
wrote:

Hello, I'm building a kitchen in my basement and would like to put down
peel and stick vinyl tiles for the floor. I pulled out the old carpet
which was glued down, and it came off fairly easy. However, there is a
layer of glue on top of the concrete which is not easy to remove. It's
about 1mm thick. I bought a 14" floor scraper which isn't good for
taking all the glue off the concrete, but it does a good job of
knocking the ridges off the glue so I'm left with a smooth surface of
old glue on concrete.

The only way I seem to be able to get it off is by using a belt sander,
which clogs up the sand paper after a few suare feet. The floor is
over 250 square feet so I don't really want to do this over the entire
floor. I can also scrape it off with a flat head screwdriver, but I
really don't want to scrape 250 square feet with a screwdriver.

My question is, is it okay to install peel and stick vinyl tiles over
this smooth glue surface? I tried putting a test tile down on the
floor, standing on it for a few seconds and then trying to peel it off.
I could just barely get it off with my fingers, and I have pretty
strong hands. I tried the same test in an area where I had cleaned off
the glue with a belt sander and I couldn't really get it off with my
fingers, the tile was breaking off in chunks and I had to use a
scraper. Is it normal for you to be able to get a peel and stick vinyl
tile off the floor with your fingers 30 seconds after you laid it down
and stood on it?

My other options is to just put down a sheet of vinyl, which should go
down fine over the surface as it is right now, but it would be a little
more expensive and since this will be a rental suite I like the idea of
being able to replace individual ruined tiles for about $1.00 each.

Any advice would be appreciated!

Tony.