[Greenbuilding] Cork Flooring

Clarke Olsen colsen at taconic.net
Sat Oct 7 08:23:26 CDT 2006


The difference is probably in it's density. Regular (yellow) carpenters 
glue
should work, you might try - carefully - to re-roll in reverse to help 
it lie flat.
If you can't hold it flat, you need to use contact cement, a tricky 
move on a floor.
Clarke Olsen

On Oct 3, 2006, at 7:40 AM, Mike Jones wrote:

> Greetings All!
>
> I recently found a roll of cork approximately 2 - 300 sq ft. in my
> father-in-laws warehouse which he doesn't care about.  Its the type 
> used to
> make bulletin boards in schools for teachers to post things on.  I was
> wondering if anyone knows if there is a difference between this and 
> the cork
> used for flooring applications.
>
> How would I go about using this to make a floor?  I have tried to glue 
> this
> stuff before to make a board for posting things on, but because it has 
> been
> rolled for so long, it wants to lift.  Are there any specially 
> formulated
> cork glues out there?
>
> Any advice or experiences with cork floors would be greatly 
> appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
>
> M Jones
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