Home Repair forum - tear in vinyl floor

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tear in vinyl floor

avantel@pobox.com

2006-01-29, 1:21 am

Greetings. Today I had to do some electrical work and I moved the
fridge. When I moved it back, I found that one of the legs of the
fridge tore my kitchen floor. I'm trying to figure out how to best
repair it.

I believe the floor is vinyl, but I don't know what it is. It could be
laminate or even Linoleum. Beat's me. I am an idiot when it comes to
flooring and identification/terminology. What I can tell you is that
it's the stuff you commonly see on kitchen floors. It comes in a huge
roll and it's a plastic rubber-type sheet that's glossy and often is
patterned to look like tile. You can walk into any Home Depot and
you'll see it.

Anyway, any suggestions how I can patch this flooring? It's still
mostly intact (there's a flap) and I can essentially push it back into
it's original place without difficulty. But...obviously...I want to be
able to seal it down so it's flush and not too noticeable.

Thanks!

hallerb@aol.com

2006-01-29, 1:21 am

contact cement or get the right adhesive. move everything out of way
clean and dry area. lift flap and force adhesive in best possible, put
back down and use a small roller to get out bumps and air bubbles

2006-01-29, 3:21 am

On 28 Jan 2006 20:42:09 -0800, avantel@pobox.com wrote:

>
>I believe the floor is vinyl, but I don't know what it is. It could be
>laminate or even Linoleum.

Real linoleum hasn't been used in homes for more than 30 years I
think. It's stiff and comes in boring patterns. There is what is
called vinyl linoleum, but iiuc that is just another name for vinyl,
vinyl flooring. They use "linoleum" to indicate that it comes in a
sheet several feet wide, and not tiles.

> Beat's me. I am an idiot when it comes to
>flooring and identification/terminology. What I can tell you is that
>it's the stuff you commonly see on kitchen floors.

Other people know how to fix it better than I.

Remove NOPSAM to email me. Please let
me know if you have posted also.

Peter Griffin

2006-01-29, 11:21 am

On 28 Jan 2006 20:42:09 -0800, avantel@pobox.com wrote:
smear a small amount of multipurpose adhesive under the tear, roll/smooth
out area, and let dry for a few....go to lowes and buy an armstrong seam
sealer kit ...make sure you get the right one ...low gloss, or gloss
whichever your vinyl is.... apply the sedam sealer as per
instructions....never have a problem again.....
> Greetings. Today I had to do some electrical work and I moved the
> fridge. When I moved it back, I found that one of the legs of the
> fridge tore my kitchen floor. I'm trying to figure out how to best
> repair it.
>
> I believe the floor is vinyl, but I don't know what it is. It could be
> laminate or even Linoleum. Beat's me. I am an idiot when it comes to
> flooring and identification/terminology. What I can tell you is that
> it's the stuff you commonly see on kitchen floors. It comes in a huge
> roll and it's a plastic rubber-type sheet that's glossy and often is
> patterned to look like tile. You can walk into any Home Depot and
> you'll see it.
>
> Anyway, any suggestions how I can patch this flooring? It's still
> mostly intact (there's a flap) and I can essentially push it back into
> it's original place without difficulty. But...obviously...I want to be
> able to seal it down so it's flush and not too noticeable.
>
> Thanks!

3rd eye

2006-01-29, 2:21 pm

On Sun, 29 Jan 2006 09:46:12 -0500, Peter Griffin
<concept84@adelphia.net> wrote:

>On 28 Jan 2006 20:42:09 -0800, avantel@pobox.com wrote:
>smear a small amount of multipurpose adhesive under the tear, roll/smooth
>out area, and let dry for a few....go to lowes and buy an armstrong seam
>sealer kit ...make sure you get the right one ...low gloss, or gloss
>whichever your vinyl is.... apply the sedam sealer as per
>instructions....never have a problem again.....

In addition to this, heat that flap with a torch or heat gun- It will
make it pliable.

spudnuty

2006-01-29, 4:21 pm

3rd eye wrote:[color=darkred]
Well if it's flexable it's probably vinyl. I have a kit from Armstrong:
S-595 Seam Coating Kit or S-564 Low Gloss. I bought it to seal seams in
my vinyl floor. Never actually used it however. It contains a cleaner
and a two part seaming material. Got it from Menards so it's probably
available at most like that.
Richard

avantel@pobox.com

2006-01-29, 6:21 pm

Everyone, thanks for your help! I went out and got Loctite brand
"Vinyl & Plastic Repair" adhesive along with a Armstrong "High Gloss
S-595 Seam Coating Kit". Hopefully this will do the trick. I'll post
back with my results.

Thanks again.

avantel@pobox.com

2006-01-31, 5:21 am

Well, the Loctite adhesive along with the Armstrong "High Gloss S-595
Seam Coating Kit" seems to have done the trick. You can still see
where the tear was, but I have to guess if one didn't know it was
there, you'd not see it.

Thanks again!

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