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Thanks for all the suggestions folks! Armed with a putty knife and a small flat pry bar (both sharpened with a bevel) Miss MN and I went after it. We didn't try to get every scrap of glue, cause the sander will do that. I tested with my belt sander and it didn't clog it up. Got about half done and ran out of elbow grease. Going to rent a sander tomorrow and strip the other half...probably hafta scrape it too.

I'd like to find the guy that did this to a perfectly good oak t+g floor and have him strip it while I drink beer.
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BTDT...you'll have to scrap the other 1/2. if it's like what we had in our house, it'll plug a floor sander belt in about 30 seconds, and start to smoke after 1 min or there abouts...

I think I ended up using an angle grinder and an open mesh disc thingy from 3m...not too much pressure or gouge floor, but just enough to get it off.
 
Hard work and looks good.Don't worry to much about clogging the floor sander as they usually start cutting with about a 36 grit.

Vito
 
A belt sander will make the floor look like waves. Rent a floor buffer, one of those contraptions with a big round disc on botton. Get the most coarse disc offered then work to finer grade. It makes the work easy and finish is smooth. Also, remove baseboards,
 
As much as you can tell from the picture it looks like you might have a pretty solid floor under there. I might go ahead and rent a drum sander and see what it does on the other half, but probably would not be overly optimistic. Seems about 50-50 to whether or not it will work.

As somebody else noted, go ahead and remove the baseboard. It is going to need to come off eventually to sand the floor. When you go for the drum sander inquire if they have an edge sander as well. Job goes pretty quick with the right tools. When sanding just remember to keep that puppy moving, can make a really nice groove in the floor in seconds if left to sit still.

Good Luck,

Kirk
 
If you have trouble with the sander plugging up, its called caramelizing, it's a problem with polyurethane. I was told to lightly spray the floor and the sander with Pam or any similar cooking spray, it works! Good luck!
 
they also make scraper blades to put in a sawsall, might work to get that stuck on padding without as much elbow grease
 
Try pouring a 1/2 gal of scalding hot (boiling) water on a spot and see if that helps. It did the job for me on some tile cement
 

Yup, gonna get one tomorrow. Clean up the stripped part and try it on the foam. Gonna buy lots of extra papers in case they do clog. Going to replace the baseboard with oak to match the floor. Haven't made it that far. Baby steps y'know!
 
I ran out yesterday, but my neighbor came over with a couple. Desperate times call for desperate measures. : )
 
That was my next question. I was afraid the floor buffer style wouldn't be aggresive enough, but I'll start with that and buy the strongest grit.
 
hi chris you rascal!
what is that mess on the other side of the floor?
why people do some of the dumb azz things they do is beyond me. my house is perfect example. we have basement under half of the house the other half is pretty much on a slab or over dirt.
i have always heard a house without a basement is harder to heat and a colder house.
the half without a basement is colder than that over the basement. when the back half was added on it would not have taken much to made basement bigger. oh basement doesn't have a drain in it either.
 
Saw somewhere else in the thread that a buffer type sander was recommended. My limited experience with them is miserable. Tried one for my first floor project and after 4-5 hours of minimal progress, I gave up and went after a drum type. Had the floor sanded the next morning and ready to finish. As I say above and others have mentioned, just be careful that you don"t make the floor into waves.

Have fun whatever your do,

Kirk
 
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