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  • #32
    rovoagho
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,151 ✭✭✭rovoagho


    Each to their own. Drive on OP.


  • #33
    david75
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    I'd say the same to you.


  • #34
    paddy147
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    @ David75



    Can I ask you this please....


    How do you propose to seal the surface over,level it and make it a walkable,scuff proof and dog proof?

    How do you propose to clean it aswell?.......rergarding cleaning agents/chemicals and what ever you seal/level the floor with

    What about kickboards and appliences like fridge,dryer,dishwasher,washing machine,cooker etc?.......they may need to be moved or got at at some stage in the future.

    Do you think it was a good or wize idea to leave the dirty lino underneath?......Because to me this is not a stable base to do what you are trying to do.






    And please dont get all offended by my honest post and my questions.


    Thanks.


  • #35
    kev1.3s
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,358 ✭✭✭kev1.3s


    Not the best move leaving the lino down I think myself, is the lino stuck to the floor or just rolled out loose?
    most tile sealers require a certain degree of "impregnation" and I don't personally believe any residual sealer left over on the tile surface stands up to foot traffic and household cleaning products. How about floor varnish? Or as someone else already pointed out for some£££ you could get it covered in resin and polished off but I wouldn't recommend spending huge money when you stuck them down on that lino!
    Good to see you sticking to you're guns and in theory it could look great but I can see it ending in disaster.


  • #36
    david75
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 7,611 ✭✭✭david75


    I have a company comin back to me tomorrow about araldite, which won't cost that much(yer man said) and it'll harden to a clear plastic. We'll see. When I was googling this, lots of others went straight down to Lino too and didn't report any problems(would they though, I guess) so we'll see. There's only €20 and its set and grouted so ill wait til tomorrow before continuing and just use that part of the floor as normal. It's a days work and €20. Not the end of the world if it starts comin up. If it does, I'll just rip up the Lino and start again maybe with ordinary glue instead. Fridge and washer are sort of inset into the presses so they're not really a consideration but I take your point. If it goes wrong or works out in happy either way, all a learning curve.


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  • #37
    paddy147
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    Best of luck with it anyway.:)


  • #38
    david75
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    Lifted the lino for a look. It's not encouraging. Not sure how to proceed now.


  • #39
    kev1.3s
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,358 ✭✭✭kev1.3s


    david75 wrote: »
    Lifted the lino for a look. It's not encouraging. Not sure how to proceed now.

    Scrap what you've already done lift the linoleum and start again. No use wasting more days.


  • #40
    david75
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 7,611 ✭✭✭david75


    Yeah looks like ill have to. I'm thinking the concrete can't look any worse than this lino. I'd have to get some sort of degreaser for it though I'm thinking. Or how does one to about effectively cleaning concrete? Scrubbing brush and elbow grease?


  • #41
    dathi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,450 ✭✭✭dathi


    scrap the lino and use a bag of floor leveling compound to give you a flat surface to work from;)


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  • #42
    One shot on kill
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,248 ✭✭✭One shot on kill


    david75 wrote: »
    Yeah looks like ill have to. I'm thinking the concrete can't look any worse than this lino. I'd have to get some sort of degreaser for it though I'm thinking. Or how does one to about effectively cleaning concrete? Scrubbing brush and elbow grease?


    The her elbow grease is better for the job doe.


  • #43
    ihavethepower
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34 ✭ihavethepower


    paddy147 wrote: »
    Its crooked and you are gone off line allready.

    The naked eye leads you towards that allready.
    .
    Yeah, you should have started at the centre and worked your way out...lol
    a circle design might have been nicer/easier to do :)


  • #44
    david75
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    Guess there's no point.


  • #45
    dee_mc
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    are they spare coins or did they lift from lino already?


  • #46
    cheif kaiser
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 635 ✭✭✭cheif kaiser


    I was thinking of doing something like this recently, was going to glue beer caps to a table top but never got around to it but came across this stuff http://catalog.rpmsupplies.com/index.php?route=product/product&path=50_101&product_id=596 which I was going to pour over the caps to seal them, it's not a bad price and might actually work as a sealer and grout for you! Just an idea:)


  • #47
    david75
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    dee_mc wrote: »
    are they spare coins or did they lift from lino already?


    Spent two hours hammering them off. The sick irony being it was like trying to hammer off concrete. These would have gone nowhere for years.
    Feel sick for having bothered but worse for listening to anyone else.


  • #48
    kev1.3s
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,358 ✭✭✭kev1.3s


    david75 wrote: »
    Spent two hours hammering them off. The sick irony being it was like trying to hammer off concrete. These would have gone nowhere for years.
    Feel sick for having bothered but worse for listening to anyone else.

    Well if they were that stuck why didn't you stop after the first one?


  • #49
    david75
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 7,611 ✭✭✭david75


    Got annoyed and took it out on them. Now planning on just pouring the whole bag out in town somewhere. See what happens. Or going and putting them into one of those change machines. That might work.


  • #50
    One shot on kill
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    david75 wrote: »
    Got annoyed and took it out on them. Now planning on just pouring the whole bag out in town somewhere. See what happens. Or going and putting them into one of those change machines. That might work.


    Dav stick at it lad

    If its what you want just think about what exactly your gonna do this time.


  • #51
    Robbie.G
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    One shot on kill wrote: »
    Dav stick at it lad

    If its what you want just think about what exactly your gonna do this time.

    I totally agree its a hell of a project you'll never forgive yourself if you don't see it through.Never mind what anyone thinks just plan your job and get stuck in post pics when finished the very best of luck


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  • #52
    david75
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 7,611 ✭✭✭david75


    Ah thanks lads. Sadly I can't do it on concrete as was suggested. The house isn't mine, we're just renting. And while I do actually think my landlord would be into it and appreciate it(and the endless other fix ups I've done here) he might not and new tenants might not either. That's why I was going to lino. 5 minutes work and its up if he hates it.
    I've asked him twice for new Lino and bargain town have three times failed to show up to measure it for a quote, that's why I wanted to do somethig different myself.

    Might just stick to what I know and stick loads of recycled pallet slats down. I at least know what I'm doing with that.

    This one crashed and burned. I'll do a few small trial runs in the back maybe, and go at it again. Later in the summer though.
    Cheers one and all for the feedback :)


  • #53
    One shot on kill
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,248 ✭✭✭One shot on kill


    If it were me and there was a design in it.

    I'd prob draw the design on the on the floor the draw a box around the design. I'd try and make the outer box square in the room so when you get out to the side the coins should be even ( theoretically anyway ).

    You would even so the box first then draw your design in it then might be a bit easyer. And you can dry fit all your coins in the box to see exactly how its gonna work out before you fix anything.


  • #54
    dee_mc
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    There's also the option of gluing the coins to mesh (like mosaic tiles come on) and laying the mesh on the lino with adhesive, then sealing. Given it's a rental house it would probably be worth considering how easy/difficult it would be to keep whatever sealant you were to use on the lino and off the surrounding cabinets and kickbacks.
    I think it's a fantastic idea for a project, and always good to have a trial run


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