Removing Asbestos Floor Tile Mastic

Place by products in a bucket for disposal at a hazardous waste facility.

Removing asbestos floor tile mastic. Keeping the floor wet can also help prevent possible asbestos from being released into the air through dry dust particles. When you remove that floor covering to make way for new flooring you may encounter the mastic and wonder whether it is safe to remove. As for removing the mastic franmar makes a soy based product called beany doo. Spratlin re removal of asbestos containing floor tile sept.

Vinyl asbestos floor tiles must be removed handled and disposed of in a manner that keeps the material in predominantly whole pieces to be considered nonfriable. Equipment for safe asbestos flooring removal includes. Photo by russell kaye i m told that the old vinyl floor tiles in the basement of our 1950 house contain asbestos and that i should not try to remove the tiles but cover them with wall to wall. Use a steel floor scraper to pry up the asbestos tiles one at a time.

In floor tiles asbestos is used primarily for its insulation properties and its ability to resist fire in addition to the tiles themselves a layer of mastic a type of adhesive below the tiles is also likely to contain asbestos. Plastic sheets to seal off the work area. 21 1990 pdf 3 pp 104 k letter to m. You can use a razor scraper or putty knife.

Asbestos has been proven to cause a life threatening condition called mesothelioma. The main concern surrounding this question is that black mastic often contains asbestos. Wear gloves and scrape up any stuck on mastic. Scrape up the mastic.

Clean up any remaining bits. You can also use white vinegar mixed in with the water to further penetrate the adhesive properties of mastic. Loving re removal of asbestos containing mastic beneath floor tile june 3 1988 pdf 2 pp 63 k letter to c. Soak the mastic in hot water.

This soaking will help loosen the paste so that it s easier to chip away. Asbestos in floor tiles. Dispose of asbestos floor tiles in approved asbestos disposal bags and seal each one as directed. The method of removal cannot shatter broken into 4 or more pieces crumble pulverize or reduce the material to dust.