Reply #18: Multi purpose glue for sheet flooring-located

[Wash. state Desk Jet]

if you have a home depot or lowe,s or where you got the flooring tiles. A v notch trowl 16 th. inch notch spread very thin but cover all the floor and clean as you go with paint thiner or miniral spirits on rag, the t shirt type , the instructions on the gallon can of glue or two gallon container will tell you what the set up time is ,ten minutes thirty minutes so fourth. Some of the sheet flooring multi purpose glue only has to set for two or three munutes. If it,s 12 inch by twelve inch flooring tiles you spread enough glue for about two or three rows at a time. Consult a flooring person at the builders supply ,one who knows about those self glue down flooring tiles and the old pop up factor for a secound opinion. You cannot go wrong by adding the sheet flooring glue. And you will never have a pop up problem. I did a cement floor in a remodel that way 7 years ago and that floor looks great today. Buy the glue with the least set up time.And ofcourse, somebody in the sales deptarment may have told you that you shouldn,t have any problems going over your laminante flooring given the smooth surface,(shouldn,t have) Indeed now people tend to drag things across floors ,like Refers and stoves!

Take your time and you will surprise yourself at what can be accomplished.
Take the brand name Armstrong for example, great flooring material but I don,t trust the self adhesive. And if you think about it ,the directions say when replacing sub flooring the floor must be level! if it,s not and you do not use a finish grade ply wood or at the very least cdx ply,-the manufacture guarantee is void. That means pop up. even in new construction these days perfectly square and level is somewhat illusive! But hay,don,t tell Bob Viella!You know what I mean, this old house!

And rent a linolium roller either at home depot of any equipment rental, ten or fifteen dollars . 70 0r 100 lb. You roll that the same as sheet flooring or a glue down carpet. And thats what brings the floor into perfect bond. keep a wet tea shirt rag with thinner to catch the excess glue. And check the roller ,clean it with the rag saturated with thinner. Wet means more than damp but not dripping.