Hi,
I am taking slate up off a wood subfloor. The slate was put down with mastic not mortar. The problem I am having is that when I start to pull up a piece of slate, the slate breaks leaving a thin layer of slate on the floor which is very hard to get up. If I heat the slate will that soften the mastic and help get the slate tile up in one piece?
Any other ideas for getting this slate up?
thanks, George
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You can heat it or use paint remover, but whatever you do, don't add 100 blank lines at the end.