PUR Guide | How to paint your vinyl and linoleum floors
Bring new life to your vinyl and linoleum floors with Junckers PUR Care Programme. Whether your floor is discolored, worn or in need of a refresh, PUR is designed to restore and protect your floors. With our professional care programme, you don't need to use polish at all. At the same time, you get a beautiful and durable result that protects your floor's surface from wear and tear.
Why paint and refresh your vinyl and linoleum floors with Junckers PUR Care Programme
Junckers PUR Care Programme is the ideal solution for painting and refreshing vinyl and linoleum floors, prolonging the life of the floor, protecting against wear and tear and leaving a beautiful, easy-to-clean surface. When the floor has been treated with PUR, there´s no need for polish as the PUR finish only requires cleaning with water and a mild soap solution.
Junckers PUR solution is easy to apply and delivers a professional finish that refreshes discoloured and worn floors and making them more resistant to everyday wear and tear. With Junckers PUR, you not only get a beautiful floor but a durable floor care solution.
Guide: How to paint a vinyl and linoleum floor
The PUR care programme can be used to either renovate the existing floor colour with PUR Clear or transforming the floor with a new colour using PUR Colour. Renovating with PUR Clear is the quickest option, while the addition of colour and design flakes requires a bit more time.
Workflow overview:
- Renovation with PUR Clear: two coats.
- Renovation with PUR Colour and Design Flakes:
one coat PUR Clear + one coat PUR Colour with Design Flakes + one coat PUR Clear.
Here is a detailed description of how to renovate with PUR Colour and Design Flakes.
Tools you will need before you start:
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Floor mop/wet vacuum cleaner; alternatively, a floor cleaning machine with water recovery.
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Buffing machine that can be fitted with a black nylon pad and a 150-180 grit mesh sanding disc.
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Brush and paint roller with a pile length of approx. 11 mm.
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Hand-held disc sander, scraper tool, small sanding block for edges and corners.
Before you start:
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The surface must be completely dry and free from wax, grease, polish, soap residue, etc.
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Use Junckers Intensive Cleaner to clean the floor surface.
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Check the floor: Make sure the floor surface is intact so water can't penetrate beneath the floor covering.
Workflow:
1 | Prepare PUR Intensive Cleaner
- Mix the soap in a ratio of 0.3 to 0.4 litres to 10 litres of water
- Spread the mixture over the entire floor area with a mop or floor cleaning machine.
See datasheet for full product description
2 | Scrub the surface
- While the surface is still wet, work the soap mixture with a black nylon pad for at least 20 minutes.
- Make sure the surface remains wet.
- Add more PUR Intensive Cleaner if necessary.
3 | Remove used cleaning water
- Remove the used cleaning water with a wet vacuum or mop.
- Finish by washing the floor with clean water to remove all detergent residue.
Drying time:
Vinyl: Approx. 2 hours.
Linoleum: Minimum 24 hours.
4 | Sand the surface and remove sanding dust
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Lightly sand the floor with 150-180 grit sanding disc to ensure good adhesion.
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Remember that edges and corners require extra attention.
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Remove sanding dust by vacuuming and clean using clean water and a well-wrung mop.
5 | Prepare PUR Floor Sealer and prime the floor
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Shake the sealer until all sediment is dissolved and add hardener. 10 parts of sealer to 1 part of hardener.
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Shake for a minimum of 45 seconds, let the mixture rest for 10 minutes and shake again for 45 seconds.
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Prime the floor with one coat of Junckers PUR Floor Sealer and allow to dry for a minimum of 3 hours.
See datasheet for full product description
6 | Prepare PUR Floor Color and paint the floor
- Stir the paint until all sediment is dissolved and add hardener.
- Stir for 45 seconds, let the mixture rest for 10 minutes and stir again for 45 seconds.
- Apply one coat of paint in a uniform coat and scatter Design Flakes at the same time. Work in sections to cover the entire area.
- Allow the paint dry overnight.
7 | Protect the paint and the Design Flakes
- Prepare PUR Floor sealer as described in step 5.
- Apply one coat of Junckers PUR Floor Sealer to protect the surface.
Drying times:
Ready for light traffic: 8 hours.
Fully cured: 72 hours.
Do not wash the floor for at least 72 hours.
Now the floor is ready for use
In need of more guidance?
Watch here how to restore and paint your vinyl and linoleum floors
In the video you can see how to treat your floor with Junckers PUR Care Programme.