Sticky subfloor

what do you plan on putting down now? baby powder will make the floor less sticky

What are your plans Gymschu what are your plans?

Gonna be laying down sheet vinyl to replace the individual square tiles.................never thought about baby powder..........it's just a pain to work around this sloppy, sticky mess.

Will you be gluing or loose laying the vinyl?

Well that's going to be a mess and make the sheet vinyl installation difficult at best.

There are products available commercially that can be used to remove the old adhesive but it's a lot of work and a mess to deal with.

We have used a reducer product called "Detach", there are others. Once the reducer is down and working you must scrape up the mess, and it turns into a sticky snot-like material. We have also used "Oil-Sorb" or "cat litter" to bulk-up the snot and help dry it to make it more manageable.

Here is a question for you Pros??? Would it be better to leave the old flooring in tack and going forward from there. I think I know, if tile is going down the problem can be eliminated with backer board or durarock. Please let me know if I am out of the ballpark. If laminate is going in, a new sheet of 1/4 luane (sp??) would take care of the issue. I would love to learn more.

Thanks all for the suggestions. I'm thinking the least messy and probably best solution IS to lay down some luan..........