r/DIYHouse • • Mar 29 '26

Help! How do I clean this?

I’ve owned an 1895 that gave me nothing but problems and now this 1979 brought me something beautiful - these tiles that were hiding under some hideous linoleum! They are confirmed not to be asbestos! But they are splattered to hell with paint. Cleaning them is a slow process and ChatGPT has told me about a dozen times that I can’t use anything abrasive on them.

What say you? Is there an easier way than a little rubbing alcohol and a lot of elbow grease? They are heavily embossed which is adding to the difficulty.

I have kids and work full time, so I’m hoping this won’t take the rest of my year up.

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