Evan wrote:

When using vinyl tile, think of the fairy tale of "The Princess and
the Pea." The least little thing will cause a bump in the tile
(eventually). It may not be reasonably possible to get sufficient
stuff off the floor without resorting to some sort of grinding
technique.

If it was me, I'd just bury the corpse, so to speak; cover the stuff
with quickset or floor leveling compound.

Afterthought: As you're trying to remove the existing nastiness,
application of COLD might help. Buy a 25# block of dry ice, place it
on a section of the floor, let it sit for a minute. Move the block
of dry ice to the next section, and chisle away the frozen crap.
Move to the next section.

Never tried it, but it would be a fun experiment.


Umm... A floating vinyl tile floor is a floating floor with a vinyl
tile pattern
printed on the colored layer on the top of the rest of the floating
floor
system... It isn't vinyl tiles, nor is it attached or glued to the
floor...


Ah! Okay, thanks. Learn something new every year.

That said, what's the fuss about getting the floor smooth?