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Home-made roller for vinyl flooring?
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AL_n
Dec 26, 2012, 12:42:40 PM12/26/12
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I'll be laying vinyl floor tiles using hand-spreaded adhesive. The pros use
a hand roller to make sure the tales end up nice and flat. These are
expensive hand tools to buy. has anyone found a cheap, easy way to make
something that does the job equally well? I've heard of people using a
rolling pin (the type with a handle at each end), but this is not ideal.
Thanks,
Al
a hand roller to make sure the tales end up nice and flat. These are
expensive hand tools to buy. has anyone found a cheap, easy way to make
something that does the job equally well? I've heard of people using a
rolling pin (the type with a handle at each end), but this is not ideal.
Thanks,
Al
Phil L
Dec 26, 2012, 1:47:51 PM12/26/12
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meow...@care2.com
Dec 26, 2012, 5:01:47 PM12/26/12
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On Wednesday, December 26, 2012 5:42:40 PM UTC, AL_n wrote:
> I'll be laying vinyl floor tiles using hand-spreaded adhesive. The pros use
> a hand roller to make sure the tales end up nice and flat. These are
> expensive hand tools to buy. has anyone found a cheap, easy way to make
> something that does the job equally well?
What size & weight roller do you want? A fair variety of rollers can be made from pvc pipe or steel drums with concrete fill.
> I'll be laying vinyl floor tiles using hand-spreaded adhesive. The pros use
> a hand roller to make sure the tales end up nice and flat. These are
> expensive hand tools to buy. has anyone found a cheap, easy way to make
> something that does the job equally well?
So far I've used random weights, just whatever's round the house.
NT
AL_n
Dec 27, 2012, 6:21:30 AM12/27/12
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"Phil L" <neverc...@hotmail.com> wrote in news:rDHCs.964851$yH4.539108
@fx03.am4:
> Why not just use a wallpaper seam roller?
Hi Phil,
That would definitely be an option - thanks! Ideally, though, it would be
wider (say around 6"-9"), to obtain a better degree of flatness, I would
have thought. The purpose-built rollers generally see to be about that
width, I think.
Al
@fx03.am4:
> Why not just use a wallpaper seam roller?
That would definitely be an option - thanks! Ideally, though, it would be
wider (say around 6"-9"), to obtain a better degree of flatness, I would
have thought. The purpose-built rollers generally see to be about that
width, I think.
Al
AL_n
Dec 27, 2012, 6:35:04 AM12/27/12
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meow...@care2.com wrote in
news:4500fd6e-5643-4038...@googlegroups.com:
> What size & weight roller do you want? A fair variety of rollers can
> be made from pvc pipe or steel drums with concrete fill.
>
> So far I've used random weights, just whatever's round the house.
Hi NT,
The room to be tiled is a small loo, so a lawn roller or similar would not
be suitable. A small hand-held roller that allows a lot of pressure to be
applied, would be best. Here is a purpose-built one:
http://tinyurl.com/d9yujj8
Al
news:4500fd6e-5643-4038...@googlegroups.com:
> What size & weight roller do you want? A fair variety of rollers can
> be made from pvc pipe or steel drums with concrete fill.
>
> So far I've used random weights, just whatever's round the house.
The room to be tiled is a small loo, so a lawn roller or similar would not
be suitable. A small hand-held roller that allows a lot of pressure to be
applied, would be best. Here is a purpose-built one:
http://tinyurl.com/d9yujj8
Al
S Viemeister
Dec 27, 2012, 7:09:43 AM12/27/12
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meow...@care2.com
Dec 27, 2012, 7:45:15 AM12/27/12
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On Thursday, December 27, 2012 11:35:04 AM UTC, AL_n wrote:
> meow...@care2.com wrote in
> news:4500fd6e-5643-4038...@googlegroups.com:
> > What size & weight roller do you want? A fair variety of rollers can
> > be made from pvc pipe or steel drums with concrete fill.
> > > So far I've used random weights, just whatever's round the house.
> Hi NT,
> The room to be tiled is a small loo, so a lawn roller or similar would not
> be suitable.
Lol. That's why I mentioned plastic pipe
> meow...@care2.com wrote in
> news:4500fd6e-5643-4038...@googlegroups.com:
> > What size & weight roller do you want? A fair variety of rollers can
> > be made from pvc pipe or steel drums with concrete fill.
> > > So far I've used random weights, just whatever's round the house.
> Hi NT,
> The room to be tiled is a small loo, so a lawn roller or similar would not
> be suitable.
NT
AL_n
Dec 27, 2012, 11:47:32 AM12/27/12
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S Viemeister <firs...@lastname.oc.ku> wrote in news:ak2s4bF8opgU1
@mid.individual.net:
> Perhaps an ink brayer would work - I have one about 6 inches wide.
Amazingly enough, I actually have one of them...somewhere! I must try and
find it! Thanks...
Al
@mid.individual.net:
> Perhaps an ink brayer would work - I have one about 6 inches wide.
find it! Thanks...
Al
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