Removing linoleum: kitchen floor

Look for a flooring adhesive remover. "Sentinal" and "DriTac" (or "Dritak"?) are two that I've seen.

Peel up sections, apply the adhesive remover, peel up more as it loosens up. It's a lot of manual labor (I REALLY hate sheet flooring! lol)

Ooooh, I've been there. But we gave up. We had the following: a layer of hideous linoleum, layer of plywood underneeth, a layer of 1950s linoleum, and then the original hardwood floor. Whoever put the plywood in put screws every two inches apart. We teared up a square meter and gave up. Installed a new hardwood floor on top of it all - came out much cheaper than having it sanded and finished.
But if you don't have plywood there, it might be worth a try. My experience with the adhesive remover was dreadful, it took a lot of scraping and struggling, but maybe I didn't have the right kind. In any case, best of luck, I surely don't envy you right now.

Having also done this before as a single female...even with some male friends to help...the price seems reasonable....it aint pretty, it aint easy and you'll never want to even attempt such a task ever again if you can help it. I believe I was sitting on the floor for a good three days with a heat gun and scraper just to get the stuff up.
All I can say is good luck.

Ah yup, it's a hellish amount of work, so it depends on how much your time and physical comfort are worth to you, and how many suckers you can get to come over and help.

a horrible horrible job

i finally painted a plaid carpet, with fringe, over some linoleum in the back bedroom when i'd gone down 3 layers and still found more linoleum. some day i'll save up enough to get that layer and whatever is under it taken up - and have the floor under it refinished.

We did this once, my then one year old son got into the area, slipped and fell on the slippery adhesive/remover combo, got it on his feet, face, and hands, and it burned him. Fortunately he didn't get any in his eyes, and, it wasn't permanent. But it was scary.

g, That old linoleum and the adhesive, too could have asbestos in it. You might be better off just laying a new subfloor right over top.

I wouldn't worry too much about the asbestos, just make sure to run a fan and wear a mask if you're worried about it. You'll get more exposure waiting for a bus at a busy intersection.

Removing linoleum: kitchen floor
I'm still going to attempt this. Do you remember what remover you used that burned your son? I don't have any kids around but just want to know.
Thanks to everyone for their help.

We still have some, the next time I go to the basement for something I'll look it up.

How did it turn out. I removed all the old tiles and linoleum but some black adhesive still remain. what did you use to remove and did you put a new subfloor down

I removed two layers of linoleum from a bedroom floor to expose the hardwood.
I used hot boiling water to dissolve the old glue and it came right up with a putty knife. You must be careful not to mar the floor though. I used a palm sander and did it myself, it turned out great!