Hi, Daisy here.
I have cork in my trailer, it's been perfect for 9 years of abuse. I
build stuff on it, drop stuff on it, track sand, dirt, water, food etc
on it, and most of it sweeps up easily. I do mop it with water and a
little ammonia when I start to stick to it. I has survived several
floods. I would 't put anything else in a trailer if you are actually
going camping in it.
What would I do differently? The directions say to put filler in, a
sort of plasterish stuff, so that the plywood is smooth. The cork, like
many sheet floors, will "telegraph" any imperfections to the surface. I
can see the grain of the plywood if I get the light right on the part I
didn't fill. There are two seams between the plywood sheets in my
trailer, and there, the plastery filler has come loose, so the cork
tiles raised up a little and were loose too. To fix this, I pried out
as much loose filler as I could, put wood glue in the crack, and used
brads to lay the cork back down flat. I pulled the brads out after it
dried and it looks fine.
The standard direction for laying it are for a house that stays still.
I'm due to lightly sand the whole thing and put another coat of the poly
urethane sealant they provided. Mine came from the dealer with a heavy
layer of sealant on the top already.
I don't think I would use the filler again. I would put down a layer of
door skin luan to cover the plywood joints and hide the grain, and then
glue the cork to that.
The cork floor in my parents' kitchen was put down in 1962. It has been
washed sporadically, never refinished, and still looks terrific. Hunter
is right, this is a horse and gardening house, dirt and mud come in like
a river, and my mother never lifted a broom or a mop in her life.
Another thing to know, the cork will fade lighter where the sun hits it,
so if you use rugs any there that part will stay darker.
There is a Frank Lloyd Wright house in PA that has unsealed cork on the
walls of the shower!!! This stuff is indestructible.
Daisy
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