cement floors

[jijip]

We bought a house with slab foundation. Pulled up rugs in home to find cement floors with which to treat. Unfortunately vinyl tiles are underneath. I understand it will be extremely labor intensive to remove tiles. Is there a possibility to overlay tiles with some kind of cement-like material that would provide the cement floor look?

[condo-owner]

getting the tiles up shouldn't be too much of a problem. its getting the glue off, thats the problem. you should NOT tile over the vinyl.

[acidstain13]

Removing the glue is not all that hard if you have the right grinding equipment. We do it all of the time before we stain a slab. You'll definitely want to get back down to concrete. It would be unwise to overlay over vinyl.

[HeresJohnny]

Grinding cutback adhesive is not always a good idea. It can contain asbestos.