Daisy,
Great info!
I think I'm going to go this route. Just have to be sure I do a good
job on the sealer since my trailer will have a lot of mud tracked in
come winter.
If it's raining, I'll be dripping on it coming in and out too.
Same goes for the pups, and they're not as careful about wiping feet as
I am, and that's not saying a lot.
Jim
On 8/25/2011 1:39 PM, D Welch wrote:
>
> 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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