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UK Floor Cleaning Forum => Hard Floor Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: coyote7 on July 18, 2016, 08:48:31 pm
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Hi Guys,
Could anyone offer advice as to what floor this could be as I have not come across it before.
Customer tells me that it is roughly 30 years old and seemed to think it was some kind of laminate style flooring which I can kind of understand as there is no grouting and it seems to have been slotted together.
It is solid to the touch and on first glance I thought it was ceramic.
There has been various items of furniture in the kitchen over the years which have left indentations as such which I don't think you can see in the picture.
Each piece is around three feet.
Any ideas would be much appreciated as I am stumped.
Thanks,
Rich.
(http://www.cleanitup.co.uk/smf/1468871130_20160715_140713.jpg)
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Could be Amtico although it also has the look of Marmolium vinyl.
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What floor is this?
2nd Floor. Lingerie and haberdashery. Going up!
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Hi Guys,
Could anyone offer advice as to what floor this could be as I have not come across it before.
Customer tells me that it is roughly 30 years old and seemed to think it was some kind of laminate style flooring which I can kind of understand as there is no grouting and it seems to have been slotted together.
It is solid to the touch and on first glance I thought it was ceramic.
There has been various items of furniture in the kitchen over the years which have left indentations as such which I don't think you can see in the picture.
Each piece is around three feet.
Any ideas would be much appreciated as I am stumped.
Thanks,
Rich.
(http://www.cleanitup.co.uk/smf/1468871130_20160715_140713.jpg)
Do a tap and push test on it with a coin. If you get a loud click it's tile, if you get a hollow sound or a slight indentation it will be either wood or laminate, if it is springy it is either Karndean, Amtico, Lino or cushion flooring!
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Some of the marks on the floor look as though they have been scored with a coin!
Like I said the customer mentioned laminate/vinyl when I tapped the floor it was hard like a tile which is why I am puzzled ???
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Some of the marks on the floor look as though they have been scored with a coin!
Like I said the customer mentioned laminate/vinyl when I tapped the floor it was hard like a tile which is why I am puzzled ???
It looks like a modern porcelain made to look like wood but that was not around 30 years ago. Simply take a sharp implement like a bradawl and try and push a hole into the floor in a corner or an unobtrusive place. If it is wood, laminate or vinyl you will be able to penetrate it. If you can't it's tile
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Thanks Kev I will go back and do that ;D
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Looks like Amtico
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Looks like Amtico
Do a tap and push test on it with a coin. If you get a loud click it's tile, if you get a hollow sound or a slight indentation it will be either wood or laminate, if it is springy it is either Karndean, Amtico, Lino or cushion flooring!
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Indentations suggest a resilient type flooring if it's 30 yes old that narrows it down its a tile so not a cushion floor and I have seen this pattern on old Amtico tiles boots had them in there shops at one time same pattern lighter colour
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Looks like linoleum or Marmoleum. Which are basically the same thing. If it is you can't treat it the same as vinyl as it is a natural product.
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I can virtually gaurantee that that is Amtico.
My father has the same floor fitted to his kitchen.
Your correct its at least 30 years old and was available in a number of tile configurations.
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Its amtico clean the same floor about with 3 weeks ago finished with a few coats high shine,
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To distinguish between vinyl and linoleum a handy practical test is to heat a paper clip with a lighter and push it into an inconspicuous area. If it melts it's vinyl. If it more like trying to push a drawing pin into a notice board then it's linoleum.