As you know I am always trying my hand at different things, and this is a new one for me again, at a local school some 20 years ago a very good fitter laid a rosewood Lino and inlaid a badminton court in the ivory colour, he made a really good job, No take that back,a fantastic job! After 20 years it was looking a little tired and a couple of sections were coming up, so we have restuck, welded a couple of sections, filled in a couple of large digs, then using the iTools grinding pads with diamonds I have ground down the old seal and surface, tomorrow I will prime and put two coats of PU and then Uv cure it, The reason I am telling you this I nearly had a heart attack yesterday, I thought I had ruined the whole floor, first of all I put on the floor a diluted stripper to remove as I thought an emulsion polish, it didn't touch it as it must of been a polyurethane so I started grinding, all of a sudden the ivory started tuning yellow and I thought the stripper had burnt it, or the red had bled into it, thought I was going to have to replace it! Luckily I thought about it and realised that by grinding it down the section below hadn't been exposed to the light and needed to oxidise, ( well that's what I am hoping it is ) Some of you might not know that light coloured Lino has a yellow tinge when you unroll it and it turns whiter when exposed to light. I know I am doing myself out of work by renovating, rather than uplifting, latexing, and replacing, but quality work like this needs to kept, don't know that many fitters who could do this now! Or maybe not as good! Will let you know what it looks like when it's finished, Hope you all don't mind me sharing this with you, as it's a bit off the normal subjects
Always liked a good scrubber, and you can use one but you need to have a bit of weight to get the pads to bite, so ideally you need a very heavy scrubber and it's good to let the sludge do its stuff rather than remove it instantly, I will be taking in the scrubber/ dryer to wash the floor tomorrow.
Nice one I'm sure the original fitter would be please to see his work being refreshed rather than replaced ! He probably only got 50p per m2 lol
Great system the itools one for lino. I was very impressed when i was first told about it. And yes, the lino changes colour when you grind it. Back to its original colour when it was new. Guess its would be a large shock if not done it before LOL.
I'm only getting 50p a meter now!!! Great to see that I love Lino , proper flooring. Lasts a lifetime if fitted well, like this. Would of took ages fitting all that . The old Lino was about 6mm thick or more .
I love fitting lino to but ain't done any for ages ! I did the course a Forbo Nairn about 10 yrs ago but they dont do training courses any more ? Does FloorSkills I wonder ?
all finished today, came up really well, i could see a few scratches myself where i could have gone over more with a different grit, but only i would notice really. thought the UV light would turn it white but still a little yellow,so must be a different spectrum that changes the colour, but its better than it was so it is stove yellowing, blooming or oxidisation whatever you want to call it.
Top top top top job looks superb you should be well proud of yourself !! So should the fitter too. Hope the client appreciates it !
