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Linoleum is a very inexpensive and practical finish, suitable for home and office. It has a nice appearance, easy to maintain, and its cost significantly lower than other options for the floor. Installation and repair of this coating uses a variety of tools and methods, but among them, the most well-known cold welding.
Features of cold welding ↑
Linoleum is inexpensive and durable flooring, installation is fairly simple. However, when it is laid, there is one peculiarity — the joints or seams. In these areas the coating integrity is violated, due to which they spoil the appearance of the coating and reduce its life.
If the sheet has a square shape and suitable for the room size, then these problems will not be. But often is used for multiple canvases, which are further combined into one.
The elimination of such joints using welding. There are two options: hot and cold. The first type is expensive and requires special equipment, and the second is available to all. Cold welding — a modern method for rapid bonding of linoleum. It is the use of a special adhesive that provides inconspicuous seam.
This seam can be determined only with careful examination coating, so the method is very popular and distributed among the masters.
Among the main advantages of this method say:
- The integrity of the seams. After the bonding joint is solid and unobtrusive. It is much superior to hot welding, when the result comes out coarse distinct connection.
- No need for tools. If by cold welding tools needed for heating linoleum, in this case it is not required. Requires a basic set of tools, which can be found in every home.
- The lack of skills to operate. For a method of cold welding does not require any experience with linoleum or knowledge. The whole process is not more difficult than conventional bonding.
- The cost. The cost of this procedure is significantly lower hot welding. This is due to the low price of the adhesive, no need for experienced specialists and the tools for them.
Therefore, the method of cold welding is considered the best for joints of linoleum. Its use in the repair optimally, because the other methods take much time, money and is not able to provide the same result.
What is the process ↑
The process of cold welding is rather simple and a little different from the usual gluing. Although many believe the substance used for this method, glue is actually a solvent. Therefore, the result of more reliable bonding.
Special glue for cold welding in contact with the surface of the linoleum eats it, thus translates to a liquid state the place of contact of two paintings. Linoleum is connected and becomes one, and the seam becomes almost invisible. After a while the solvent evaporates, and the place where he had suffered, returns into the solid state.
After using this method at the point of contact forms a neat and smooth seam. It is not affected by temperature, so the color stands out from the rest of the fabric. For this reason, his strength is not inferior to the original.
For connection of large and complex joints using cold welding optimally. This is an inexpensive and easy option the stitching, is available to everyone.
Varieties of cold welding for linoleum ↑
For linoleum use several types of glue. They differ in composition and characteristics, applying for different stages of work with the coating. They should remember, after all, for a variety of tasks necessary to select appropriate types of cold welding.
Note three types of adhesives for this method of welding. Among them:
- Type A.
- Type T.
- Type.
The first type is a special composition with a more liquid consistency. It is used for bonding tight fitting cloths, for the connection of wide cracks, it is useless. Often the tube has a narrow spout that facilitates the use of glue. It is not recommended to use it on the seams, the width of which exceeds 2 mm.
The advantage of this type is the high quality of the obtained compounds. They are unobtrusive to the eye and have high strength. Therefore, if you have small seams this version better than the other. Often it is used for fresh linoleum in the process of its installation.
The second type of T used for bonding coverings made of PVC. It is also used for the materials created on the basis of felt. Although the newcomers rarely buy a type T, it is quite popular among professionals, as provides excellent seam quality for a particular type of linoleum.
The last type — S used mostly for old coatings. Unlike And he is thick and wide neck, acting as a filler stitches. Although the reliability of the connection of this adhesive is low, it allows you to fill even the largest differences between the blades. Convenient when laying old linoleum or repair.
The types of glue are usually written in a large font on the packaging and the tube. So the choice is to refer to them.
Step-by-step cold welding ↑
For connection of linoleum by means of cold welding is to follow the instructions. It will allow you to achieve the best results, making the seam practically invisible. The manual consists of four stages.
Create a seam ↑
The first stage in the welding of linoleum — laying and the creation of the finished seam. It is necessary to reduce its thickness to the minimum that will provide a seamless joint. To do this, put the two blades overlap, then applied to a pre-marking with a pencil. Then the material is cut along the marks with a special knife.
After that, it is necessary to fix both halves of the joint. Linoleum is not deformed during installation or use, therefore it is necessary to reduce the thickness of joints to a minimum. You can then mount it by double-sided tape on the back side of the cover.
Cleanup of the seam from dirt and dust ↑
You must thoroughly clean the seam from the various dirt and moisture. Small dust particles can degrade the contact of the adhesive with a coating that will affect the quality of the connection. In addition, it is necessary to provide protection for the outside of the linoleum because the glue can dissolve it, ruining the view. This is enough for two strips of masking tape.
Glue application ↑
After completing the preparatory stages starts cold welding. You need to slowly apply the adhesive inside the joint without affecting the surface. It is recommended to keep at hand a cotton swab or rag to wipe the excess that got on the surface.
There is no need to process each section of the joint. You can simply to use it as a tube, injecting the glue evenly inside. In the period of applying the solvent is to control the movement of the needle tube. Do not spare the glue, it can make the seam to a height of 4 mm.
The elimination of the excess glue ↑
The drying time of seam — 2 hours. During this period, the glue can make the joint and harden, creating a bump. So in the end is to remove the masking tape and eliminate protruding residues. It is not necessary to do this before curing the adhesive, because it can damage the joint and compromise its integrity. Besides dry joint is much easier to clean.
The technology of cold welding is quite simple and requires no special skills. These tips will allow you to make high-quality and reliable seam of the linoleum, the level is not inferior to the wizard. And for better acquaintance with the technology of cold welding is recommended to view the following video. It show all the features of this process in practice, in order to facilitate understanding.
