Gluing New Vinyl To Old Vinyl

If the old floor has a rough texture or some indentations use a coat of embossing leveler.

Gluing new vinyl to old vinyl.

Cut your starting strips of vinyl planking to size with the utility knife. Glue down vinyl plank flooring needs a very firm sub floor in order to adhere properly. Applied with a straightedge trowel the embosser will create a smooth surface to support the new floor. By having too soft of a sub floor your new vinyl floor will wear faster leave lasting dimples from furniture and ultimately will crack the vinyl.

Linoleum or vinyl flooring. Snap a chalk line across the planking to guide your knife blade as you cut lengthwise. If it comes up easily there s too much moisture in the concrete to install a sheet vinyl floor. A thin layer of joint compound suitable for indoor use spread over the old vinyl floor will patch up any gaps or dents and the holes left by removing the broken bits of the old vinyl floor.

In some cases vinyl can be glued directly to old vinyl ceramic tile and wood floors but special fillers and glue down procedures are needed. Follow the instructions of your chose skim coat product and mix it with water and use a masonry trowel to spread it all over the entire floor. Scrub your vinyl floor with a solution of 3 tablespoons of a good degreasing agent such as trisodium phosphate or dishwashing liquid dissolved in 1 gallon of water. Sheet vinyl can be laid over old linoleum or vinyl flooring if the existing floor is in good condition.

After 72 hours try to pull up the vinyl. In this video joe kistel shows us how to span two types of existing floori. Cut the waste side off so you leave. By applying a glue down vinyl over another vinyl your are creating a soft substrate for you new floor.

Lay the vinyl face down on your dashboard and trace around it with your pen.