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Don't do it yourself project.
Bonibelle:
I am up to my elbows in this stuff called embossing leveler. :-/ Apparently we had a slow leak in one of our toilets, so we removed the toilet, repaired the damaged underlayment and prepared to install a new sheet vinyl floor. I thought the easiest way would be to cover over the old sheet vinyl, but to first use this leveling stuff so that the old pattern wouldn't transfer to the new material. I guess (oh I am sure of it) there is a technique to "feathering" this stuff so that the floor is nice and smooth...Does anyone know how to do this? I have tried mixing the leveler to different consistancies but when it dries I can still tell where I started and stopped. :( This stuff is made of portland cement so it dries really fast..which hasn't helped either.
Thanks for any suggestions
Boni
tommy tunes:
I used it when I redid our kitchen floor a few years back. You don't have to thin it, just trowel it out to fill in the pattern. Feathering is basically dragging it out until it drags no more (gets real thin). and make sure you're using a trowel, don't try doing this with a 6in putty knife or anything like that. Just pour it out a little at a time and start moving it with your trowel at about a 45 degree angle. Work small areas, about 3 x 3 feet, and you'll be fine! ;) ;)
Bonibelle:
Thanks Tommy, maybe I am obsessing too much but I thought it had to be perfectly smooth, I can see little trowl lines (I even bought a new trowel today). I guess since I am not great at drywall, I should have realized I wouldn't do such a good job with this!! :-/
96SC:
If your worried about the texture of the original vinyl showing through, why don't you just take it off and put the new vinyl on the subfloor? Of course if you have a large area or a lot of heavy hard to move articles on the original vinyl it may end up being easier to use the 'goop'.
Just a thought. :-X
Bonibelle:
I put down the first floor on top of luan underlayment. It is NOT coming up..believe me I tired. It wasn't worth the fight. Even if I got the vinyl up, I would have to remove the adhesive...with nasty chemicals. I am thinking of a great invention...this leveling stuff in colors, just slosh it on and you have a new floor... :o ;D ;D
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