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Default Sheet vinyl vs. tile ??

On Sun, 1 Sep 2013 11:57:58 -0400, "Ralph Mowery"
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"TomR" wrote in message news:kvvm6u$8sb$1@dont-
Home Depot and Lowes sell 6' x 9' sheet vinyl in case that helps. But then
you have the install issue. It is hard to get the cuts right. If it is
new construction, and you can do the floor before putting in the fixtures
and door, that can make it a lot easier.


One easy way to make sure you get the cuts right on a small area is to use
some paper. You can get a roll that is made to be a painters drop cloth.


There may be two kinds of that. I had a paper painter's drop cloth,
and the texture was rough and would have been difficult to write on,
and there may have been two layers to the paper too, to make it
absorbant. IIRC, the top layer didn't rest directly on the bottom
layer so writing on it would have been doubly hard, would have been
like rolling out a pie crust.


tape 2 to 3 pieces of it together to get what you need to cover the floor.
Cut the paper to fit the room and then use it as a template to cut the
vinyl.