How To Stain Vinyl Flooring

Either rip up the flooring and scrape off the adhesive or install a new floor vinyl laminate carpet wood or floating floor right over the top of the vinyl provided the old vinyl is well adhered.

How to stain vinyl flooring. Once the baking soda dissolves and turns into a paste like consistency spread the paste over the stain and let it sit for about 10 to 15 minutes before wiping up the residue with a damp cloth or towel. Apply a good amount of pressure to buff your floors until smooth. We had trouble finding a stair nose to match our laminate floors.

I applied a varathane brand stain let it sit for 10 mins and the stain adhered no problem. Using vinegar and soda is a very effective way of removing rust from the vinyl flooring. Otherwise the second option is quicker and easier.

Use white rags only. Although the methods described here won t harm most vinyl floors we strongly recommend that you test them in a closet or on a section of flooring that s hidden by furniture. Wipe over the area with mineral spirits and your water stain will be gone.

Mix together one part bleach to four parts water. You must avoid floor cleaners that contain chlorine as they may make the stains even worse. They then need to rub the soaked mop on the vinyl flooring and then allow the soap solution to sit on the vinyl flooring for near about 10 minutes.

To avoid sanding on your hands and knees consider using a sanding pole. If you re happy with the color sand the vinyl with 220 grit sandpaper to dull the shine. I have an ugly floor that is porous and would probably absorb stain of some kind.

Soak a white cloth in the solution place it over the stain and follow with a layer of plastic wrap. For a more diy approach to vinyl floor stains mix 1 4 cup of lemon juice with 1 8 cup of baking soda. You have two options.