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linoleum repair
I've just had my wood floors refinished. Unfortunately, in the
process, the boneheads gouged my linoleum floor and spilled varnish on it. Does anyone know whether a gouge can be filled? I'm talking here about real linoleum, not vinyl. Also, the gentle cleaner one is supposed to use doesn't take varnish off the surface. Any ideas on that one? Thanks for any thoughts. |
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then they should fix it or replaced it. Shouldn't be your problem.
ccsikyr wrote: I've just had my wood floors refinished. Unfortunately, in the process, the boneheads gouged my linoleum floor and spilled varnish on it. Does anyone know whether a gouge can be filled? I'm talking here about real linoleum, not vinyl. Also, the gentle cleaner one is supposed to use doesn't take varnish off the surface. Any ideas on that one? Thanks for any thoughts. |
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I thought linoleum hadn't been made in decades.
"ccsikyr" wrote in message oups.com... I've just had my wood floors refinished. Unfortunately, in the process, the boneheads gouged my linoleum floor and spilled varnish on it. Does anyone know whether a gouge can be filled? I'm talking here about real linoleum, not vinyl. Also, the gentle cleaner one is supposed to use doesn't take varnish off the surface. Any ideas on that one? Thanks for any thoughts. |
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Frankly, I wouldn't let them anywhere near it again and they don't work
with linoleum. |
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ccsikyr wrote:
I've just had my wood floors refinished. Unfortunately, in the process, the boneheads gouged my linoleum floor and spilled varnish on it. Does anyone know whether a gouge can be filled? I'm talking here about real linoleum, not vinyl. Also, the gentle cleaner one is supposed to use doesn't take varnish off the surface. Any ideas on that one? Thanks for any thoughts. I haven't seen linoleum in about 50 years ) Having never repaired it, I would first try to make the gouge lay flat, if it is displaced, by GENTLY heating it and pressing it flat. If it is just a small cut, try acryllic paint mixed to the color of the linoleum to fill the cut. I dabble in art, so fixing booboo's is something I have a little experience with. What kind of varnish? How large an area? If it is oil based, I would try scrubbing with soft cloth dampened with mineral spirits, and test on an out of the way area first. Formula 409 is good for water based paint spills, even after they have dried but not cured completely. The varnish might soften or bond with the surface finish, so I would be careful with any attempt at removing it. Congoleum used to make linoleum, I believe. Here is a link to the "contact us" link: http://congoleum.com/questions.php |
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Linoleum is still made and because of the materials used it has a surface
that kind of has its own natural Micro-Ban(tm) additive. So its very good for operating room floors. As for the repair take it up with the flooring refinisher or their insurance agency. To repair the gouge you would need to cut out the bad section and put in a matching patch and it will never look right. As for the varnish spill, linoleum is basically a varnish finish so anything that would remove the varnish would dissolve the original finish. "Art" wrote in message news I thought linoleum hadn't been made in decades. "ccsikyr" wrote in message oups.com... I've just had my wood floors refinished. Unfortunately, in the process, the boneheads gouged my linoleum floor and spilled varnish on it. Does anyone know whether a gouge can be filled? I'm talking here about real linoleum, not vinyl. Also, the gentle cleaner one is supposed to use doesn't take varnish off the surface. Any ideas on that one? Thanks for any thoughts. |
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wrote in message ups.com... This doesn't mean that they should not be responsible. I had a new Furnace installed. The installers dripped some black glue on our bathroom floor. Without my even asking they had someone out and replaced the entire bathroom floor with identical flooring. That is the kind of company I would recommend to others. I don't go ape**** when little accidents like that occur- I grew up in construction, so I know **** happens. But a good company makes it right. That new floor killed their profit on your install, but they should make it back on the word-of-mouth advertising from it. aem sends... |
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wrote in message ups.com... This doesn't mean that they should not be responsible. I had a new Furnace installed. The installers dripped some black glue on our bathroom floor. Without my even asking they had someone out and replaced the entire bathroom floor with identical flooring. WOW. Since they were a great company apparently, if you want to show them what a fair person you are, if the floor wasn't almost new you might want to offer to share the expense since now you have a better floor than you had before. That would be fair. |
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The answer is yes, you can repair a linoleum floor. You take a scrap
piece from your installation and a relatively coarse file and make a pile of pulvarized linoleum. Then add a small amount of wood glue and use the paste to fill the hole. Getting the color right is a bit tricky, but since most linoleum has some random variation, you can probably get close enough. The varnish is actually polyeurethane, and the floor guy I talked to said we have to live with it and hope it wears off over time. |
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