Cracked tile linoleum how to fix

Catherine
by Catherine
  3 answers
  • Barbara Morris Barbara Morris on Feb 19, 2018

    1. Shave a piece of linoleum that matches the flooring using a razor until you have a decent bowl full of slivers. ...
    2. Apply the paste to the scratch or cut with a putty knife, pushing the paste gently into the scratch or crack. ...

    Apply a thin coat of acrylic sealer to the patch with a paintbrush.


    OR you can go to your local hardware store for a tube made specifically for repairing cracks in linoleum!

  • Susan krom Susan krom on Feb 19, 2018

    That looks like an Armstrong Commercial tile, or similar brand. Do you have any extra from original installation? They are pretty available to buy as separate tiles at Home Depot. They are about a dollar. You could do repair as above or if you have them or can find them, just lift them out and replace.

  • Gale Allen Jenness Gale Allen Jenness on Feb 20, 2018

    Looks like their just individual sticky tile and from the looks of the gaps between them probably not laid down very well either! Assuming they are just glued down with the original sticky glue and not mastic glue too, they should pop off fairly easily and if you have any extra tile replace them. If not see if you can find the same color/pattern at a home improvement center or a flooring retail store. Hopefully you can? If not, you may want to replace them all or possible come up with a design on your own to just replace certain tile along with the bad ones that will look nice!

    To be perfectlay honest though and no insult intended at all. But just seeing the gap between those few tile tells me they really weren’t laid as they should have been done. If you can at all afford to do do I’d Replace the whole flooring. i would remove the tile existing now cause I’ll bet your troubles with this tile are just starting! There’s much better materials for flooring today that you probably like much better. You may want to consider a laminate flooring if your looking to piece the flooring rather than using a whole sheet of vinyl but make sure it’s a waterproof material! Don’t mean to sound negative with your existing flooring, but I hate to see someone put money and effort into something that’s just going to keep causing problems or fall apart and I’m sure this is what’s going to happen with your flooring you have now that really don’t look like it was installed correctly! Rather then fix it, save your money towards a whole new floor