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tear in vinyl floor
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! |
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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 |
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3rd eye wrote: 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. 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 |
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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. |
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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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