Gluing New Vinyl To Old Vinyl

If it comes up easily there s too much moisture in the concrete to install a sheet vinyl floor.

Gluing new vinyl to old vinyl.

If the old floor has a rough texture or some indentations use a coat of embossing leveler. Lay the vinyl face down on your dashboard and trace around it with your pen. Installing vinyl sheet flooring can be a very realistic do it yourself project. Cut carefully along the lines laying your trimmed vinyl over the dash and checking for proper fit before gluing it down.

Snap a chalk line across the planking to guide your knife blade as you cut lengthwise. Glue down vinyl plank flooring needs a very firm sub floor in order to adhere properly. Linoleum or vinyl flooring. Cut your starting strips of vinyl planking to size with the utility knife.

Follow the instructions of your chose skim coat product and mix it with water and use a masonry trowel to spread it all over the entire floor. Cut the waste side off so you leave. Mark any vents or gauge areas on your vinyl as you will need to cut these out so they are not covered by the vinyl. Scrub your vinyl floor with a solution of 3 tablespoons of a good degreasing agent such as trisodium phosphate or dishwashing liquid dissolved in 1 gallon of water.

Sheet vinyl can be laid over old linoleum or vinyl flooring if the existing floor is in good condition. After 72 hours try to pull up the vinyl. Applied with a straightedge trowel the embosser will create a smooth surface to support the new floor. In this video joe kistel shows us how to span two types of existing floori.

By having too soft of a sub floor your new vinyl floor will wear faster leave lasting dimples from furniture and ultimately will crack the vinyl.