That was good pad back when they actually made it out of real rubber.... Again I think were talking 50 years...Gone the way of bubble rubber.
That was good pad back when they actually made it out of real rubber.... Again I think were talking 50 years...Gone the way of bubble rubber.
And then they started making it from clay. It would get hard as a rock and stick to the floor.That was good pad back when they actually made it out of real rubber.... Again I think were talking 50 years...
That or turn to dust... Swept up many a roll...And then they started making it from clay. It would get hard as a rock and stick to the floor.
45...... Grandpa and i put some in a "Mini theatre" in '77That was good pad back when they actually made it out of real rubber.... Again I think were talking 50 years...
Yeah, I found that under my grandmother's wall-to-wall carpet (circa. 1972 re-streched ~1997). I came across the rubber waffles a couple times in commercial but it was Grandma's that sticks in my memory. The dust was horrible in the traffic areas and then under the furniture I'd find the hardened, clay-like waffles melted into the varnish. So as you scraped it it would pulverize into dust or at best little chunks roughly the size of the waffle squares. To make matters worse they stapled it with a zillions staples so as to burst the razor scraper blades.That or turn to dust... Swept up many a roll...
There was something about the finish on the hardwood that wood destroy the pad. On hardwood was the only place that I found it was stuck to, otherwise it was dust.In the dining room under the pad was this fantastic inlay pattern with the hardwood under the pad.
I remember in the 70s covering so many beautiful wood floors with carpet.... Seemed silly to me even then...In the dining room under the pad was this fantastic inlay pattern with the hardwood under the pad.
How about kitchen carpet? Glued many yards over beautiful lino. I actually put in white carpet over pad in a whole house once, including kitchen, bath and utility room. People are nuts.I remember in the 70s covering so many beautiful wood floors with carpet.... Seemed silly to me even then...
Duct tape holds the earth together.Red Green would approve of the duck tape job under the carpet. LOL.
My friend came out on Sunday and got the old water supply lines disconnected easily. Said they weren't even on that tight. Either I tried to turn them the wrong way or I have really weak hands. LOL. I couldn't get them to budge. I had him run the new lines into a bucket until the water ran clear (as clear as my tap water gets) before hooking them up so there wouldn't be any heavy sediment shooting in right away. Got them hooked up, took him to the grocery store and got him some food and put gas in his car so he could get to work on Monday (paycheck hasn't landed and he didn't have enough gas to make it back to work). He's been having to drive to a place 2 hours away for work because the tech at the other casino is down.
I slept all day Monday. No idea why I was so exhausted. Just had zero energy. I didn't even eat. I got up and cooked for Mom and went straight back to bed. Tuesday I bingewatched this Youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/c/Thecrazyframer and then went to Samsclub. Got back home, napped, binegewatched more, cooked for Mom, napped, and am back to binge-watching. I'm on season 2 episode 29 of the building a house alone series. Dude frames houses by himself. Only help he gets is from other crews in the area lifting materials up for him from time to time. I think he had it done two or 3 times in a 29 day period. He doesn't really take his own safety very seriously and had to get nagged by viewers to take more precautions. He also really hates his Dewalt nailgun. LOL. Almost forgot I had to clean up after one of my cats who lodged protests around the kitchen sink for no apparent reason. My brother refused to rinse out the pressure cooker that he used because she had managed to crap right on the handle for the kitchen faucet. I cleaned it up with disinfectant.
After I finish bingewatching and the sun comes up so I can see better in here (no working lights) I want to see if I can find my stuff to work on my bathroom floor. I now have running water in there so I don't have an excuse not to work on it.
Ever listened to 70's rock and roll in a room with hardwood flooring?I remember in the 70s covering so many beautiful wood floors with carpet.... Seemed silly to me even then...
When did you do the leveling compound?Still waiting for the leveling stuff to dry more. Just noticed the ads at the top of the page-- does this site get more $ if people click the links?
Several hours. I got the ratio of the mix wrong so it wasn't fully dry. I'm also in a humid area that slows drying process. I read reviews of the product that said it can take awhile to dry fully. It was almost completely dry when I checked on it a couple of hours ago, but it still takes longer to cure. I'm not putting anything really heavy on it for several days because I want to make sure its good and cured. It poured thicker than I intended and when its thicker it takes longer to dry. I tried to feathercoat but the trowel I was using did not want to cooperate and just kept sticking to the stuff and making a lumpy mess. I had to use several different tools to try to smooth it out. It doesn't have any major lumps or depressions now that would show through the vinyl sheet.When did you do the leveling compound?
Nothing available these days takes much more than an hour to be walkable.
Additive is typically used only for very thin skim coats to make it bond better. Unless it's a very thin skin coat, you just need water.
According to Angie, we get a few pennies if you use the ads at the top to purchase what you were going to buy anyways.Just noticed the ads at the top of the page-- does this site get more $ if people click the links?
I'll have to remember that next time I want to buy something from Amazon.According to Angie, we get a few pennies if you use the ads at the top to purchase what you were going to buy anyways.
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