I'm choosing to do all of this scraping because my son is sensitive to odors and chemical smells. I'm going to have to figure out just how to tape of the kitchen so we can breath and blow the fumes out the window during the project. So I am trying to keep anything that has a chemical odor at a minimum. It will be interesting just how slow this scraping moves along. I am seriously wondering what we were thinking when we came up with this hair-brained idea to take on the staining and finishing of the concrete. Like I don't have enough on my plate. There are not even enough hours in the day to get everything accomplished already.
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This small section took an hour. On the bright side I used enough muscle to feel like I was getting a mild workout. I still have a lot of floor to scrape. I'll just count it in my calorie burn for the day. I'll try to work on it every extra moment I have. I just hope it doesn't take forever because it certainly feels like it is going to!
You're a brave soul to attempt the job yourself. I used a blow dryer when I did a similar project 23 yeas ago. Never again! The heat helped loosen the adhesive but it still took the best part of a week to do a small kitchen.
ReplyDeleteI found several websites about "green" household products when I was investigating how to seal a ceramic tile floor. Maybe there's a safe, non-smelly product that would make the job a breeze.