Paint over linoleum

[jamesgangnc]

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I like to use the old piece as a guide when cutting the new one.

[lj]

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I like to use the old piece as a template for cutting the new. Leave a little extra though as sometimes vinyl shrinks.

[Red Green]

jamesgangnc wrote in news: [e-mail]:

Can't say I buy into that. Not in my experience anyway, Clean the vinyl with ammonia/detergent, rinse well and skimcoat (yea ya gotta mix it and can't screw around putting it down), A little sandpaper can smooth any errors you made and you have a nice surface with no old glue to deal with. The skimcoat is basically only in the recessed pattern.

Guess the bottom line is whichever method works for you.

And then there's really bad ones that you just have to put down flooring underlayment (not plain old luan). Now were talking screws, glue, skimcoat, ughhh!

[Red Green]

jamesgangnc wrote in news: [e-mail]:

Brown paper template made from the 35/36" rolls works for me. Same idea as stone countertops I've seen patterned by pros using like a mylar or something.