Howdy and Yee Haw to everyone from Texas. I rent a house which is probably from the mid 70s to early 80s construction. I would like to put ceramic tile on the floor, however, the floor is painted. The Landlord and I know the paint has to come up , no doubt and the floor needs to be leveled. Here's the thing .. how to get that paint off the floor. Etching I don't think I want to do .. just not really big on the chemical disposal after the fact and there's not a lot of ventilation b/c some of the windows were not designed to open. We rented a surface grinder to grind the paint off the floor, but after literally 5 minutes or less, the paint just fuses to the stones on the grinder and does nothing but polish the floor or fuses paint to the cleaner part of the floor when you move to grind another section. I was told to rent a belt sander or drum sander with either aluminum oxide belt or industrial diamond disc. Where do you find these things. And can this be done with an angle grinder and same materials on the disc? I want to be able to get to the base boards so the thin set we have to put down to level the floors will adhere and bond.
I used the surface grinder for a day to grind down the adhesive that was used to place the old clay looking tiles which were there before and let me tell you .. I wouldn't say it's the most tiring thing I've ever done, but I wouldn't want to repeat it. It took me HOURS to remove the adhesive with this grinder .... HOURS and even with a shop vac hooked up to the outlet, it looks like Mt. St Helen's exploded in my home.
Any recommendations you could give me would be great and SO appreciated.
I used the surface grinder for a day to grind down the adhesive that was used to place the old clay looking tiles which were there before and let me tell you .. I wouldn't say it's the most tiring thing I've ever done, but I wouldn't want to repeat it. It took me HOURS to remove the adhesive with this grinder .... HOURS and even with a shop vac hooked up to the outlet, it looks like Mt. St Helen's exploded in my home.
Any recommendations you could give me would be great and SO appreciated.