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    Putting VCT Tile over a nonvirgin subfloor.

    I just unintentionally bumped into the Home Depot user reviews for Armstrong VCT tiles. It's page after page after page of people who are absolutely delighted with them. And many reviewers who said that if you buy them from Home Depot expect half of them to arrive damaged, which was my...
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    Putting VCT Tile over a nonvirgin subfloor.

    Have you not noticed that some of the answers turned out to be misguided? People say all kinds of stuff off the top of their heads. Like you just did. But if you don't have a conversation, you don't get to what's real. C.J. was helpful and informative and never took an attitude. Thank you...
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    Putting VCT Tile over a nonvirgin subfloor.

    Isn't that kinda what I've got now? You're not looking at the actual floor boards, you're looking at just what you're describing. I'd certainly use leveler for the areas that are a bit wavy, and screw down any upward blips, but I think that what you want is what I've got. I know from luan...
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    Putting VCT Tile over a nonvirgin subfloor.

    I get you, I am grateful....but what is the difference between new plywood and old plywood?
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    Putting VCT Tile over a nonvirgin subfloor.

    Wait, what? Does this mean I have to undergo the hell of sheet vinyl? I just plain don't want to do that. The whole reason I'm doing this is that the original sheet vinyl was so ugly. But I am very grateful for your bringing that up. But bleep, now I have to hire someone to move out the...
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    Putting VCT Tile over a nonvirgin subfloor.

    I'm thinking about that too. But Citristrip is almost always used on surfaces that have been subsequently painted or varnished, and if that were a problem we certainly would have heard about it by now. As for new plywood, you're talking hundreds of dollars and a working kitchen with all the...
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    Putting VCT Tile over a nonvirgin subfloor.

    Here's the deal: The landlord is selling the house. This decision came down after I started ripping out the old floor. I have been fixing up the house all along, my expense, they take care of me, I take care of them. So it's as much a rush job as my senior old body can do. But whole new...
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    Putting VCT Tile over a nonvirgin subfloor.

    Mechanically remove it? I'm going at it with a Spyder Scraper, a hand scraper, a pole scraper, an old-fashioned painter's scraper, and a pocket scraper with a GEM razor blade in it. The razor works best. I'm going to end up scraping a whole kitchen with razor blades. But there's some part of...
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    Putting VCT Tile over a nonvirgin subfloor.

    Hello there. I am endeavoring to put VCT tiles on an old subfloor that will have some residue of the previous floor's adhesive on it. The residue is removed to flatness. You can't feel it but you can see it. I can't imagine that nobody else ever does this. I imagine that it is probably...
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