Well, 90% of the glued down adhesive is up. After trying scraping, trying a sander, I decided to try something I read online....boiling water and putting it on doubled towels for 6 minutes (see the steaming towel in the last picture). Really, I am not kidding. I thought...what the heck? It's free and if it doesn't work, I am on my way to Menards looking for SOMETHING to get this stuff up. It worked like a charm! After removing the towel, the adhesive was bubbly and scraped up with no effort whatsoever. I even had Lucy and Carlie scrapping. Never mind that our house was like a sauna with continual pots of water bowling and steaming towels, it worked, it worked! There are still more several spots we need to go over...but what I thought would take us until midnight on Sunday, took me 5 hours today. My hands have blisters - both from scraping and the boiling water - my back is killing me...and my knees are surely bruised...but hey, we saved money. The silly thing is...I think the redish floor underneath is kind of cool....retro....how funny!
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