Submitted by Zenit_IIfx t3_yhwooy in DIY
threebicks t1_iuga37v wrote
Reply to comment by Zenit_IIfx in Mortar for installing Schluter Ditra to concrete with vinyl flooring glue still mostly present? by Zenit_IIfx
Depending on the model—sometimes. Those dedicated concrete grinders can be quite large and are used for prepping large surfaces. If this bathroom is smaller you might be able to use an angle grinder with the appropriate (diamond) grinding wheel and lay it broadside onto the surface to get rid of the glue. This isn’t like a cutting blade. It’s built to grind on the face of the disc—not the edge.
There are also a number of handheld electric stripper/grinders that can be paired with various low grit sandpaper discs for this exact purpose. Maybe a wire brush wheel for a drill could work? My experience with those has been they sometimes don’t work well due to the type of glue
Dust collection will be an issue. Some grinders have a shroud to collect dust at the tool or they can be purchased on Amazon. You could have a 2nd person hold the intake pipe where dust comes off. You can buy most of this stuff at Harbor freight rather than renting for short money or even HD for reasonable price and is likely easier than renting.
As others have said, Negative air pressure in the room you’re working in should be used in addition to collecting dust right at the tool with a HEPA vac. The vac will not get everything and silica dust has a tendency to travel and linger and is also no joke health wise.
Does it have an old bath fan that works? It will likely get caked in dust though, but should do the trick. Struggling to think of an alternative if no window available. Maybe you can rent or buy a in line fan with a vent pipe?
Zenit_IIfx OP t1_iugb27n wrote
Crazy thing is there was no vented bath fan, only a ventless fan. The builder stupidly ran the main HVAC plenum in a way that blocks outside access from this bathroom, but I found an alternate route out and am retrofitting a new fan.
Ventless fan is useless for anything except muffling noises.
AlternatiMantid t1_iugkp56 wrote
Be careful with using a bathroom ventilation fan to vent out dust if you are sanding/grinding the remnants of the glue off. Those fans are really only designed to take humidity at most out of the room. The dust particles from this would be super sticky & gunk up the fan, those things are not generally designed to be easily cleaned besides just the cover, and you could blow the motor out pretty quickly if it gets too gunked up.
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