Removing glue prior to tiling

[steve340]

i got to take up a vinyl floor which has been glued on to a concrete floor, before tiling it. I have taken up a section finding it very hard to remove the glue before i start tiling, or is it ok to tile over the top, any ideals ??? many thanks

 

[Richard C]

One way or another you’ve really got to remove the glue I’m afraid, or as much of it as possible; there is no way of predicting what will happen if you tile over it.

I would advise you read the Tiling Sticky & Forum Archive posts before doing any work or buying materials, it could prevent you making disastrous & potentially expensive mistakes. It’s important to use only quality trade tilling materials of the correct type for your tiles & tile base; cheapo own brand & DIY stuff is mostly crap.

 

[tictic]

scrape as much off as you can.
.one..then use a latex based self levelling compound over it...

two...use a slurry coat sbr/cement...but work fast while its still tacky..
saying that, go with the latex slc,the slurry coat might be a bit to hard for you to do..