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bryan_pieces t1_iy6s1gn wrote

Reply to comment by FRIKI-DIKI-TIKI in Removing mastic while preserving hardwood floors underneath? by SummitWanderer

Dude you mopped your house with diesel fuel? Using it outside to remove tar from a vehicle is an entirely different circumstance. Holy shit.

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FRIKI-DIKI-TIKI t1_iy9d7v4 wrote

Yep it worked great, it got sanded and refinished, so it was a momentary pain in the ass to restore some Dade county pine floors. It is not like I mopped it with gasoline, Diesel is not explosive or highly combustible.

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silver_chief2 t1_iyat3jq wrote

>WOW. Thanks. So you put on the diesel on the mastic. The how to you remove the goo?
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>Years ago I removed black tile adhesive gunk from concrete using solvent. I was going to go to a bar after ward. I drove onto the interstate off ramp. I was higher than a kite. The cop let me off with a warning. I went home instead.

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FRIKI-DIKI-TIKI t1_iyc0tiu wrote

With a wire brush, and then sand, you use the sand to soak up the tar/diesel goo. It is a pretty easy process.

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