Rugs, Carpets and Carpeting - removal of vinyl flooring from hardwood

I am in the process of removing a glued vinyl rug from hardwood that has been there for many years. I can get the top of the vinyl removed but the cardboard and the glue do not seem to want to come up. I am in the process of soaking it with warm soapy water, waiting a few minutes them proceeding to scrap the cardboard. This is a very slow. It will take forever to get this stuff up. Help, do you have any ideas. Thanks:confused:

4" razor scraper and some neo-sporin for the blisters. I'm sorry to say there's no easy way to do that.

Thank you, Daniel, I was afraid of that. It seems you just sealed my fate.

You'll have to refinish the floor anyway, so why not use a drum hardwood floor sander to make it easier on yourself. You'll go through some sanding papers pretty quick, but it will go much quicker.

Many older vinyl products contain asbestos and will become airbourne if sanded.

...not to mention the adhesive gumming up the sandpaper

If your going to sand it off, buy a bag of play sand. Spread it out on top of the adhesive residue before sanding.

It acts as a media to collect and ball up the adhesive as you sand, for easy removal.

Put duct tape on the soles of your shoes, so you can easily remove the tape and not track adhesive residue all over the other areas of the home.

Thanks everyone.....your hints are so helpful....now If I could just get all of you good people on your knees and helping scrap...life would just be bowl of cherries... however, I just have the pits with this floor. I am getting there, but I believe once I get the cardboard removed (if ever) the sander hints will work. Thanks again. Carol