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Vinyl flooring refers to the flooring produced with PVC materials. Specifically, it is produced by taking polyvinyl chloride and its copolymer resin as the main raw material, adding fillers, plasticizers, stabilizers, colorants and other auxiliary materials on sheet continuous substrate through coating process or calendering, extrusion or extrusion process
Also known as “light floor material”, it is a very popular new type of light floor decoration material in the world and widely used, such as houses, hospitals, schools, office buildings, factories, public places, supermarkets, businesses, etc.
Other name: PVC flooring, homogeneous & heterogeneous vinyl flooring.
Vinyl flooring included: vinyl tile, vinyl plank, and vinyl sheet.
Vinyl flooring is enjoying the reputation of easy installation. Many people buy vinyl flooring and DIY. But still many other people are facing problem of how to cut the flooring correctly.
To get that perfect finish, you’ll need to be able to trim it neatly to size. It’s not too tricky – but if you’ve never done it before, some simple techniques can save a lot of frustration.
In this article, we will give you ultimate guide on How to Cut Vinyl Flooring.
This is applicable for all vinyl flooring included vinyl tile, vinyl plank and vinyl sheet, and also applicable for all other flooring cutting included: hardwood flooring, laminate flooring, rubber flooring, stone tile, ceramic tile, cork flooring, linoleum flooring and carpet.
It’s an in-depth article that takes 30 minutes to read.
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The easiest way to cut corner tile is as follows:
Measure the size of the corner (such as size of 15cm x 21cm rectangle)
Cut the tiles directly according to the size measured. (such as size of 15cm x 21cm rectangle)
Pros: This is so easy to understand and very easy to do.
Cons: It can only cut when the corner is in good shape of rectangle.
The fastest way to cut corner tile is to use the principle of parallel alignment.
Besides the tile you need to cut, you still need to prepare another piece of tile for parallel alignment.
Pros: fastest way, no ruler needed
Cons: not very easy to understand the principle.
Below 2 videos showing you how to cut vinyl flooring in corners with the fastest way, no ruler needed.
The basic way to cut vinyl flooring around object
Measure the object size
Cut off the size from the vinyl flooring
Pros: This is easy to understand and very easy to do.
Cons: It can only cut when the object is easy to measure in size.
Please prepare a piece of lining paper or cardboard.
Place the lining paper on the installation area, and cut the lining paper into the size needed.
Cut the vinyl flooring the same size as the lining paper, then the vinyl flooring will have the exact size needed.
Pros: This is the best way to cut vinyl flooring.
Cons: There is no Cons cause this is the best and perfect solution.
Fold and press the vinyl sheet to the corner, and cut the extra piece.
This is not easy but step by step we will make it perfect
This is not easy but step by step we will make it perfect and beautiful
This article is written by Longda Flooring (www.longdaflooring.com), a leading vinyl sheet flooring manufacturer from China.
Please contact Longda flooring for a free quote on your vinyl flooring needs. We have quick response, efficient communication, quality products, on time delivery, and competitive price.
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