Work in 4 foot square areas.
Bottom up vinyl sheet stain.
With lighter colored material vinyl floor continue reading about vinyl floor discoloration.
When most people think of vinyl floor stains they imagine stains from dropped food or many years of dirt and grime despite the protective finish over the flooring.
Stained concrete is by far the more expensive.
When that s done rinse the floor with clean water.
If the vinyl is glued you have two options.
The only real option to treat adhesive staining is to tear up the vinyl and replace it or put a new floor over the top of the existing vinyl.
Required tools for this project.
Have the necessary tools for this diy project lined up before you start you ll save time and.
However it is possible for vinyl flooring to become discolored from underneath or the bottom up.
There are some very handsome sheet vinyl products.
You can scrape it off with a floor scraper or you can cover it with plastic.
It ranges from 5 sf this is the ugly concrete look with epoxy on top to 25 sf multiple colours with etching and staining and a high end epoxy finish on top.
It may be the adhesive that was used to adhere.
The pole will speed up the job and save your back.
Follow the manufacturer s instructions for time anywhere from 30 minutes to 4 hours.
Use an extension pole to help you to roll the primer on the floor.
Sheet vinyl floor discoloration can develop from above the product surface below the product surface or within the product itself.
This type of bottom up staining is impossible to repair because it can t be cleaned away and the stain is appearing from the underside as a result of a chemical reaction.
Take up peeling flooring to allow the surface of the subfloor to dry out.
Finish removing vinyl flooring with some cleanup.
Let the floor dry thoroughly.
Use a broom or shop vac to pick up all the debris that now litters the room.
If you have a mysterious stain on your vinyl floor and it has gotten larger over the past several years you may have a classic case of bottom up staining the stain is penetrating the vinyl from underneath.
If the stain remains rewet the rag and repeat.
If the stain won t rub off wet a rag with the acid solution and lay it over the stain for 10 minutes.
An alternative to removing vinyl flooring.