- 1). Put on gloves, eye protection and a dust mask. Start in the entryway of the room. Place a putty knife between the peel-and-stick tile and the subfloor. Pry up one tile with your hands and putty knife. This will create a starting point. Then take up another five or six tiles.
- 2). Put a garbage bin or wheelbarrow in the space where you took up the first few peel-and-stick tiles. Throw those tiles into the garbage bin or wheelbarrow. Grab a floor scraper. Hold it at a 30 degree angle and pry-up the rest of the peel-and-stick tiles from the subfloor. This will be arduous work, it will go slowly; but the tiles will come up, one by one. Work from the entryway to the furthest corner of the room, throwing the uprooted tiles into the bin or barrow.
- 3). Remove the peel-and-stick adhesive from the subfloor: Open the windows and place a portable fan in the doorway facing away from the room. Turn the fan on to vent the fumes out of the room. Pour denatured alcohol onto the subfloor and let it soak in for five to 10 minutes.
- 4). Scrape the adhesive up with the floor scraper. You will see a gluelike substance come up as you scrape over the subfloor. Once the adhesive is up off the subfloor, mop the subfloor with warm water and floor cleaner. Leave the windows open and the fan on to dry the subfloor.
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