It often happens that defects appear at the most prominent place of floors with vinyl coating. We will help you easily and quickly fix this flaw. It’s good if you have a piece of flooring after the flooring, but even if it is not, you can cut a piece in places that do not fall into view, for example, from under the sofa.
The following tools and materials will be required to work:
– a square or ruler;
– sharp cutting tool;
– felt -tip pen;
– scraper;
– a piece of vinyl coating for the patch;
-tape-scotch;
– a solvent for the glue with which your linoleum is glued;
– glue for gluing vinyl coating;
– Soft rag or sponge.
Work technology.
It is necessary to impose a future patch in a damaged place, carefully combining the drawing on it and the surrounding coating. The size of this patch should be slightly larger than the damaged place itself. We fix the cash on the edges with a sticky tape. With a sharp knife on the square or ruler, we carefully cut the lines along the edges of the patch, while capturing part of the existing coating. We make sure that the edges are even and not shaggy, for this the cutting tool should be quite sharp.
Having made a continuous incision from all sides, we remove the sticky tape and the patch. We also remove linoleum to the cut line. If necessary, we use a scraper and a solvent for glue to carefully clean the base for a future patch.
We clean the vacant place of dust and dirt, then smear with glue designed to glue our patch. At the same time, we smear and glue the linoleum behind the edges, if there is a need.
In conclusion, it remains only to impose a patch in place, following the combination of the drawing and with force pressing it to the base, especially along the edges. The adhesive traces of the glue must be immediately removed with a soft rag or sponge. We apply a load on top of the patch, for example, from a stack of books that can be removed in a day.
Recommendation:
The junction of the patch with the main flooring of the floor can be manifested in the form of a black frame due to the accumulation of dirt and dust. To prevent this from happening, process this place with colorless silicone mastic, thoroughly rubbing it with your fingers moistened in soapy solution, into the gap between the patch and the main coating. Remove the remains with a damp cloth or sponge.