Tiling Over Vinyl Glue

You can t tile over old carpet glue but it s not hard to remove carpet adhesive before tiling.

Tiling over vinyl glue.

The old vinyl tile you describe sounds like vct vinyl composition tile and it is tough stuff. You want to scrape off as much as possible using a razor scraper. No adhesive will stick to dirt and grease and even very small bits of dust or debris can cause a flaw in the way your vinyl tile adheres to the existing vinyl floor. Replacing carpet with tile can give your home an exciting new look.

But now that you have ripped up the old carpet you ve got a sticky situation. The stuff has come up nicely but leaving a thin layer of soft and sticky glue that looks a lot like evostik on top of the concrete. Scrub your vinyl floor with a. The black adhesive is called cutback and i installed ceramic tile over it without difficulty.

You should be able to lay tile or marble over the linoleum. Hi all i m going to put ceramic tiles down over a concrete floor which has previously had clear looking vinyl flooring glued down onto it as can be seen in the attachment. The original flooring was vinyl over concrete. Don t worry it looks a lot worse than it is.