Gluing New Vinyl To Old Vinyl

Sheet vinyl can be laid over old linoleum or vinyl flooring if the existing floor is in good condition.

Gluing new vinyl to old vinyl.

Lay the vinyl face down on your dashboard and trace around it with your pen. By applying a glue down vinyl over another vinyl your are creating a soft substrate for you new floor. Glue down vinyl plank flooring needs a very firm sub floor in order to adhere properly. 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. Linoleum or vinyl flooring. After 72 hours try to pull up the vinyl. A thin layer of joint compound suitable for indoor use spread over the old vinyl floor will patch up any gaps or dents and the holes left by removing the broken bits of the old vinyl floor.

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. Cut your starting strips of vinyl planking to size with the utility knife. Cut the waste side off so you leave. 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.

Installing vinyl sheet flooring can be a very realistic do it yourself project. If it comes up easily there s too much moisture in the concrete to install a sheet vinyl floor. 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. Snap a chalk line across the planking to guide your knife blade as you cut lengthwise.

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.