I'm trying to remove some mastic that was used to adhere vinyl tiles to
fir flooring strips. I've removed it in the past using a drum sander
but these are small pieces so a chemical solvent would be ideal. I
tried laquer thinner and brush cleaner (contains alcohols, esters,
glycol ether, ketones, less than 1% of: methylene chloride, methanol,
N-Methylpyrolidone, petroleum distillates).
Both seem to leach the black out of the mastic but don't make much of a
dent otherwise. Is there something else that might work? The mastic is
at least 25 years old judging by the tile pattern, and does not contain
asbestos.
thanks,
jim
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