Heat welding vinyl floor with heat gun hot air gun.
Heat welding vinyl flooring.
Unfortunately many struggle to heat weld linoleum flooring as they try to use the same method when heat welding sheet vinyl.
Different types of welding needs to be used.
In this instructional video you will learn the basics.
In this video you will learn the basics of heat welding while seeing a demonstration.
Heat welding made its debut in 1960s and 1970s in the united states with welded vinyl sheet flooring and welding rods produced by a then little european company known as tarkett.
Heat weld vinyl seams.
The goal for heat welded seams to position pvc sheet flooring so it could compete with other seamless floors in the marketplace such as epoxy poured.
Doing so will cause a job failure and seams that will open up over time.
Heat weld seams that are splitting or pulling out are often referred to as cold spots which means the vinyl welding rod and flooring did not get hot enough to achieve a strong monolithic bond.
Quick heat weld demo.
Many installers know how to heat weld sheet vinyl proficiently.