How to seal a screw hole in vinyl flooring?

[myredracer]

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.

[Boon_Docker]

Happy Prospector wrote:
Silicon worked great for me.

Yep, worked 30 years in building maintenance and this is the way small screw holes in lino and vinyl were always repaired.

[myredracer]

westend wrote:
Any epoxy or vinyl adhesive will fill the hole. If you have a flooring store close, I'd check prices for seam sealer. Without the applicator, the refill bottles won't break the bank. You won't need the applicator.

I did check a couple of flooring supply shops and all they have are the complete seam sealer kits that are like $30 a pop. Geez, I just remembered DW has a cousin who is a floor layer. Forgot all about him as haven't seen him for a long time. Will have to ask him.

[westend]

Any epoxy or vinyl adhesive will fill the hole. If you have a flooring store close, I'd check prices for seam sealer. Without the applicator, the refill bottles won't break the bank. You won't need the applicator.

[Happy_Prospecto]

Silicon worked great for me.

[myredracer]

Lynnmor wrote:
Nail polish.

Thx for the suggestion. Did a test but it came off too easily. Tried nail polish remover and didn't work. According to google, PVC cement *might* work but I don't have any left and it's too expensive for a little test dab. May settle for the pool repair kit.

[Lynnmor]

Nail polish.

[myredracer]

Matt_Colie wrote:
Myred,

If it is vinyl, go and get a Pool Toy Patch kit. That will have vinyl cement in the kit. Hammering the holes closed is a good idea, but if the remaining hole is kind of large, cut a little of the provided material and roll it to form a plug and use the glue on that.

You can do a pre-test by putting just a little of the glue someplace hidden. If it attacks the material and makes a mess of it, that is the right stuff.

Matt

This sounds like a good idea and are available for around $5. Have a few scrap pieces to test it on. Would be good to know if it works in case there's ever another need in the future.

[Matt_Colie]

Myred,

If it is vinyl, go and get a Pool Toy Patch kit. That will have vinyl cement in the kit. Hammering the holes closed is a good idea, but if the remaining hole is kind of large, cut a little of the provided material and roll it to form a plug and use the glue on that.

You can do a pre-test by putting just a little of the glue someplace hidden. If it attacks the material and makes a mess of it, that is the right stuff.

Matt

[Almot]

What Bumpy said.

A dowel or 2-3 wooden toothpicks, whittle down so that it would go in when tapped lightly with a hammer. Wet the hole and dowel with plain old white carpenter glue, or any paper/school glue. Hammer it in, cut off the excess. Done.

Being #8, you will hardly notice this plug even without sanding.

[Bumpyroad]

do not use silicone. put a short length of wooden dowel in the hole and finish with something that can be sanded and painted. this is under the dinette seat, why worry about it?
bumpy

[downtheroad]

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]

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.