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Linoleum fabrication process
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I am interested in experimenting with making linoleum and was digging on the internet about how actualy make linoleum, but did not found any step by step procedures, only ingredients (linseed oil, cork , pine resin and fluor, etc.) and general info. I want to experiment with linoleum on wood, some crazy ideas I want to try on. So has anyone seen the linoleum recepy around? I guess the linoleum patent must have the specifics about the elaboration process but is that info of public domain? Konstantin. |
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Konstantin asks:
So has anyone seen the linoleum recepy around? I guess the linoleum patent must have the specifics about the elaboration process but is that info of public domain? I wouldn't worry about patents, except maybe to locate the patent file at the Patent Office and copy any listed ingredients. I very much doubt you'll find step-by-steps, though. This is an old process for a material that is so many years out of date. The Flax Council offers the following: "Linoleum was invented in England in 1863 by Frederick Walton who coined the name linoleum from the Latin name, linum, which means flax, and oleum, which means oil. Later in the century, Michael Nairn, a flooring manufacturer in Kirkcaldy, Scotland perfected the flooring, introducing qualities such as inlaid patterning €” a feature seen today. Linoleum is a flooring that is manufactured by oxidizing linseed oil to form a thick mixture called linoleum cement. The cement is cooled and mixed with pine resin, and wood flour to form sheets on a jute backing. The term, linoleum is often used incorrectly to describe any sheet flooring, when in fact flooring can be made from other materials such as polyvinyl chloride." Charlie Self "If a politician found he had cannibals among his constituents, he would promise them missionaries for dinner." H. L. Mencken |
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Larry Jaques responds:
"If a politician found he had cannibals among his constituents, he would promise them missionaries for dinner." H. L. Mencken Finally, a valid use has been found for politicians! And missionaries. Charlie Self "Health nuts are going to feel stupid someday, lying in hospitals dying of nothing." Redd Foxx |
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On 16 Nov 2004 14:30:37 GMT, otforme (Charlie Self)
calmly ranted: Larry Jaques responds: "If a politician found he had cannibals among his constituents, he would promise them missionaries for dinner." H. L. Mencken Finally, a valid use has been found for politicians! And missionaries. Indubitably. ---------------------------------------------------------------- * OPERA: A Latin word * Wondrous Website Design * meaning * Save your Heirloom Photos * "death by music" * http://www.diversify.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- |
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Larry Jaques wrote:
---------------------------------------------------------------- * OPERA: A Latin word * meaning * "death by music" ---------------------------------------------------------------- Sorry if this has been asked before. Where do you come up with these? They nearly always make me chuckle. -- Mark |
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On 15 Nov 2004 08:16:34 -0800, (Konstantin)
calmly ranted: Hi. I am interested in experimenting with making linoleum and was digging on the internet about how actualy make linoleum, but did not found any step by step procedures, only ingredients (linseed oil, cork , pine resin and fluor, etc.) and general info. I want to experiment with linoleum on wood, some crazy ideas I want to try on. So has anyone seen the linoleum recepy around? I guess the linoleum patent must have the specifics about the elaboration process but is that info of public domain? I checked my "Lee's Priceless Recipes" and it wasn't in there. (Need liniment?) Try asking the source: http://www.google.com/search?q=linoleum+manufacturers -- The older I get, the better I was. ---------------------------------- http://diversify.com - Better Website Programming |
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I want to make some sorf of a very customized finish of exotic hard
woods, like phernambuco and ebony. And I want to go through the linoleum manufacturing process and see where can I alter it to suit my particular needs. I tried googling the about linoleum but haven yet found the "process" only general infos and some manufacturers. Linoleum has many caracteristics that I find useful for the purpose of finish instead of contemporaneous lacker/polishing techniques. If anyone digs up the original linoleum patent number, please let me know. Konstantin. |
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Linoleum has many caracteristics that I find useful for the purpose of finish instead of contemporaneous lacker/polishing techniques. Like what ? Do you want linoleum, or just the surface of a cured linseed ? I guess you got me right. Not exactly linoleum but cured linseed oil. Checking up on oil-curing chemistry will be interesting. Konstantin |
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Actually the plant visited by Norm and Steve in This Old House was in
Kirkcaldy in Fife, Scotland which is only about 5 miles away from me in Glenrothes. It is Forbo Nairn now but was started by Sir Michael Nairn over a century ago. The parent company is now Unilever, a Swiss (I think) owned multi national company who are in the process of running it down and will probably close it within the year. The lino we got from them a year ago is crap and so soft it can be punctured quite easily. This is not the true lino which is hessian backed and is almost bullet proof. If I remember correctly the true lino consists of woodflour and linseed which is mixed at temperature and rolled out into sheets like plasticene and then rolled again when still soft when the hessian sheets are 'bonded' to it by the heat and the two layers become one. the lino is then hung it large heated driers till it is dry and then cut to width and length. These driers occasionally go on fire and that is why the plant has its own Fire Brigade. Nearly everyone in this area knows someone who works there and can get lino at a discount price for them. As to the patent, I dont know when it was filed but if you contact someone at Kirkcaly Museum which is part of Fife Council's Community Services I am sure the Curator could tell you exactly when Nairn's first started or you could phone the plant direct. Whether or not you could make you own lino I dont know but good luck anyway Mike Dempsey |
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