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waterproofing laminate flooring sweetninja 02-01-2007
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Posted by sweetninja on February 1, 2007, 1:48 pm



My flooring is already installed and there are a few spots where water
has
caused swelling...isn't there ANYTHING that I can use to seal this
floor? The
Swedish store told me no. Please, someone tell me
different!!!




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sweetninja

Posted by Edwin Pawlowski on February 1, 2007, 7:24 pm



>
> My flooring is already installed and there are a few spots where water
> has caused swelling...isn't there ANYTHING that I can use to seal this
> floor? The Swedish store told me no. Please, someone tell me
> different!!!
>

OK, you can seal it. Run a bead of silicone caulk along the joints. Then
apply three coats of polyurethane over the entire floor.



Posted by Jack on February 1, 2007, 9:21 pm



>
>>
>> My flooring is already installed and there are a few spots where water
>> has caused swelling...isn't there ANYTHING that I can use to seal this
>> floor? The Swedish store told me no. Please, someone tell me
>> different!!!
>>
>
> OK, you can seal it. Run a bead of silicone caulk along the joints. Then
> apply three coats of polyurethane over the entire floor.
>

Sometimes the silicone or glue will swell up the glueless joints and it well
look worse when installed. The old style laminate, before the glueless snap
ins, where you use the glue provided by the laminate factory, is water
resistant. I have the glueless in both kitchen and bathrooms for a few
years - not a problem if you wipe off any standing water. YMMV




Posted by Cliff Hartle on February 2, 2007, 7:40 am


>
> OK, you can seal it. Run a bead of silicone caulk along the joints.

If you mean all the joints between pieces in the field, they are so tight I
see no way that you are going to get anything between the joints and you
will just be smearing in on the surface.

>Then apply three coats of polyurethane over the entire floor.

Have you ever done this? I can't imagine the poly sticking to the floor and
even if it did it would crack along all the joints. Come to think of it the
poly won't stick to the joints at all because you just smeared silicone on
them.

As to the OP, if this is a wet area you are going to have to try to
reinstall the floor using the wet area instructions (if they have any) which
involves gluing all the joints with the right glue.

If its not in a wet area you have to get the water up immediately.



Posted by on February 2, 2007, 9:09 am


I would think that you could wax the floor to make the joints more
water resistant.


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