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   DanH | Jan 22, 2009 03:08am | #1

   Only "several" layers?? My parents removed, IIRC, 13. Found a dead mouse about 5 layers down.

   The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. -John Kenneth Galbraith
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   Jeff_Clarke | Jan 22, 2009 06:55pm | #2

   Try Goof Off.

   Jeff

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   xxPaulCPxx | Jan 22, 2009 09:10pm | #3

   Be carefull, some of that mastic might be asbestos laden!

   Abatix.com has a goo quality mastic remover.  No sanding, it just wipes up with a paper towel.

   Tu stultus es
   Rebuilding my home in Cypress, CA
   Also a CRX fanatic!

   Look, just send me to my drawer.  This whole talking-to-you thing is like double punishment.

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   philmm | Jan 22, 2009 09:25pm | #4

   I'd also worry about the possibly of asbestos.

   I did some stairs a few years ago, and just worked the steps with a scraper. hard work but cheap and fume free.

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   bmauers | Jan 22, 2009 10:45pm | #5

   I removed a brown, felt-like pad that was glued under 1930s linoleum with water. Nasty smell and very messy work. Had to shop-vac the gunk out of the cracks.

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   petrovski | Jan 23, 2009 12:19am | #6

   heat, then paint thinner, and a respirator

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   pebble | Jan 23, 2009 12:38am | #7

   I did a job like that the early part of this month. I had my MultiMax and used the scraper blade that was sold separately to scrape of the excess tar paper. What was left was easily sanded.

   I included a video of it.

   Some of my day

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   BryanSayer | Jan 23, 2009 12:42am | #8

   Start with HOT water. You'd be amazed at the number of people who have come across this problem and found out that hot water and a scraper is all that is needed. Saturate the black stuff, let it sit a couple of minutes, then scrape. You can also use old towels soaked in hot water, and lay them on the black stuff.