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How to get peel and stick tile glue off the floor!!! HELP?

ok, me and my husband put down peel and stick tile 3 years ago. We are now moving out and have to get the house back to the way it was. We have removed the tiles, but we are stuck with about 2 layers of sticky glue on the linoleum floor. We have tried goo gone, oops, lacquer thinner, hot water and soap, and baby powder. The baby powder got rid of the floor being sticky, but when you get it wet, it becomes sticky again all over. How the heck are we supposed to get this stuff up off the floor! We are at a stand still and dont know what to do. Hubby even brought home a buffer from work and it was so bad it blew the motor on the buffer. Any help/advice would be much appreciated!

Public Comments

1. At this point it sounds easier to just resurface the floor. Is it a rental house? Just call the landlord and tell him you want to lay new vinyl flooring and ask if he minds. Landlords care about something being in good condition and ready to re-rent. If you want to do a decent job of laying new vinyl, I would guess most of them would say go for it. I know I would.
2. Well, you can use a heat gun and a puddy knife (be careful with the heat gun and use a metal knife) however, once you have put the floor ontop of there you will not be able to return that floor to its original condition. Thats what the glue does... ruins it. Even if you get it off, it will not go back to the original shine/condition. You may want to disguss with the land lord replacing the original floor. This may be expensive... but its a mistake you can learn from. Sorry hun, this is not good... (I just re-did my kitchen floor and had a similar problem... however the people before me layed layer after layer of tile down and I had to remove about 7 layers just to get to the floor... that was a nightmare too). Good luck. :)