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myredracer
Explorer II
Mar 10, 2016

How to seal a screw hole in vinyl flooring?

Just did a mod. underneath one of the dinette seats for storing shoes in an otherwise dead/unused space. I removed a section of 3/4" x 1" wood attached to the subfloor with a #8 screw.

Wondering if there is a simple & inexpensive method to seal the hole? Don't really want to use seam sealer as the kits are something like $30. Seam sealer would be the correct choice I believe and am not sure if there is another product that will work. Don't want to make it look worse, don't want something that will turn white and not sure I want to use silicone.

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  • downtheroad's avatar
    downtheroad
    Explorer
    Mar 10, 2016
    I have a set of leather punches similar to these in my tool box. (have no idea where they came from).

    I would probably just grab a 'plug' of the matching vinyl from an out of the way location like under a cabinet and cram it into the hole with some glue to hold it in place.

  • Boon_Docker's avatar
    Boon_Docker
    Explorer III
    Mar 10, 2016
    If it is lino, give the hole a couple of lite hammer blows to smooth down the ridge then put on a small dab of silicone. Have used this method and it works great.

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