Remove Vinyl tile from Oak Floor

If it's real 3/4" oak, you might as well try. You can always pull it up later. If the glue binds up sandpaper, try dry-ice and a wide chisel.

I'm not sure I would try dry ice.

I would try, in this order

-Scraper alone

-scraper then a solvent for the adhesive

-scraper then heat scrape for the remaining glue

One you get off what you can I would then sand and refinish.

Its a lot of elbow grease but may be worth it in the end. On the other hand, maybe they were trying to cover a problem. Good luck.

The flooring is 1/2"x 2" solid Oak strips. Nailed. Good point about the vinyl covering a bad part. I've already replace one section in front of the bathroom door. Solvent - Heat gun - In the house? I'm not so sure its worth that much trouble.

Thanks Dave

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A few years ago I rehabbed a 75 year old house, one bed room 12X14 had two layers of peel and stick 12" tiles covering beautiful 3/4" oak floor. Once I removed all the tiles I spent the next two days on my ass with a razor scraper and a bottle of simple green and lots of course steel wool. Was it worth it...you bet it was....after sanding and refinishing with stain and water based poly it looks like a million dollars. I did all the floors in the house and this was by far the hardest but it was well worth it. Good luck. Muff

I am no expert on these matters, but one thing I always forget to calculate into my projects is the cost of my own labor, trips to stores (including $ for gas), headaches, long delays, etc.