New Vinyl Flooring Bubbles

On this video osman shows how to repair an air bubble in a kitchen vinyl sheet flooring using an injector to shoot glue and a small roller.

New vinyl flooring bubbles.

Put a piece of cloth on top of the fix and then put a board on top of that. Use a stack of books to weight it down until it rebonds. Stop the floor between a quarter inch and a half inch shy of the wall to allow for this natural expansion. Leave the books in place for a day or two to ensure that the vinyl rebonds with the surface below.

Keep in mind that air bubbles can form under your vinyl flooring at any moment but air bubbles are most likely to form soon after the flooring has been installed. Cut the bubble open and flatten the edges and trim any overlap around the cut. Apply new glue and let it sit for a few minutes. If the floor is installed flush with the wall there is no room for growth in the hot months and the loose lay floor can easily buckle.

Vinyl flooring naturally expands and contracts in the heat and cold. Then use a towel and a hot iron to heat and flatten the vinyl. Puncture the center of a flooring bubble that s less than an inch across using a sturdy sharp needle. Bubbles in your mohawk resilient flooring can be caused by buckling or a slight torque twist but don t worry these can be easily repaired with a hypoderm.

Here is the secret for removing bubbles in vinyl flooring. Wipe off any extra glue. Vinyl develops bubbles when pockets of air form between the vinyl and the surface beneath it. Press the needle completely through the vinyl to provide a means for trapped air to escape.

This is because the moist air from under the wooden subfloor rises in an upward direction and the sheet vinyl traps it and therefore causes the air bubbles to form beneath its surface. Press the edges down. As the vinyl cools it will retain its new flattened state. Good for daily living bad for trapping in air bubbles.

How to fix large vinyl flooring bubbles. For small bubbles an inch or less in diameter use a large needle to prick the bubble allowing the trapped air to escape. Bubbles under sheet vinyl flooring occur during installation not after. Keep in mind that the following method only works for relatively small bubbles up to 6 diameter.

Scrape off any glue from the floor under the edge with the old bubble.