# Floor Me **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [October 24, 2004, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/floor-me/270928 "2004-10-24T20:04:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2004, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/floor-me/270928/41 "2004-11-05T18:00:19Z")
> [@Eve](#): > > They’d beat me to a bloody pulp. And then spread you on the floor with a putty-knife type thing. ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2004, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/floor-me/270928/42 "2004-11-05T23:27:50Z")
> [@Kallessa](#): > > Darlin’, a thread with you in it could never be dull! > > Not to mention cat-puked rugs. Not to mention post #32 with it’s talk of **Eve** “doing” **Poly**. Ahh, the ongoing soap opera of the SDMB. . . ---
**Author:** ![hiebram](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/5fc32e/32.png) [@hiebram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hiebram)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2004, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/floor-me/270928/43 "2004-11-06T18:32:02Z")
> [@Philster](#): > > Less than perfect hardwood floors look better than great “linoliuem”. > [@mangeorge](#): > > Is _that_ how you spell it? These days its often just spelled “vinyl.” Technically/chemically a little different from lino[mumble], and a heck of a lot easier to spell. ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2004, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/floor-me/270928/44 "2004-11-06T20:20:16Z")
> [@hiebram](#): > > These days its often just spelled “vinyl.” Technically/chemically a little different from lino[mumble], and a heck of a lot easier to spell. Not if you wish to make reference to a specific product. 😉 > [@](#): > > Linoleum was invented in England in 1863 by Frederick Walton who coined the name linoleum from the Latin name, linum, which means flax, and oleum, which means oil. Later in the century, Michael Nairn, a flooring manufacturer in Kirkcaldy, Scotland perfected the flooring, introducing qualities such as inlaid patterning — a feature seen today. > > Linoleum is a flooring that is manufactured by oxidizing linseed oil to form a thick mixture called linoleum cement. The cement is cooled and mixed with pine resin, and wood flour to form sheets on a jute backing. The term, linoleum is often used incorrectly to describe any sheet flooring, when in fact flooring can be made from other materials such as polyvinyl chloride. Sheet vinyl flooring is also a generic term, in that it can be had in varying thicknesses from HUD spec (colored shite a little thicker than newsprint) to premium sheet vinyl (~4x thicker than HUD). One can also find vinyl tile, which shouldn’t be confused with VCT or Vinyl Composition Tile (1/8" thick durable as nails but not fancy) which replaced VAT or Vinyl Asbestos Tile, the product which floored the corridors and classrooms of our proud land for many years. ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2004, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/floor-me/270928/45 "2004-11-06T21:18:30Z")
Life’s funny. Linoleum wasn’t really sneered at until the advent of affordable wall-to-wall carpet, which is now sneered at with the advent of Pergo. What’s funny is that, effectively, Pergo isn’t _that_ different from linoleum. ---
**Author:** ![look\_hergo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85e7bf/32.png) [@look\_hergo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/look_hergo)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2004, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/floor-me/270928/46 "2004-11-06T22:01:22Z")
Perhaps you could make some kind of vomit-receptacle with plastic cups and elastic bands. Simply slip on over the cat’s face, adjust to fit by pulling on the adjustable bands, and empty when necessary. Then your rugs would be safe! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2004, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/floor-me/270928/47 "2004-11-13T19:05:09Z")
Eve, ``` I was shopping at my local discount tools shop and I found some pails of a product called Epoxy shield. It's a clear water-based epoxy/acrylic finish designed for floors, patios and stairs. It was discontinued and a whopping $3.00 for 300 sq/ft worth, so I picked up a couple of pails. It can apparently be applied with a roller. If you want to experiment with it, send me your address and I'll mail them along. ``` ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2004, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/floor-me/270928/48 "2004-11-13T19:25:20Z")
> [@Finagle](#): > > Eve, > > ``` > I was shopping at my local discount tools shop and I found some pails of a product called Epoxy shield. It's a clear water-based epoxy/acrylic finish designed for floors, patios and stairs. It was discontinued and a whopping $3.00 for 300 sq/ft worth, so I picked up a couple of pails. It can apparently be applied with a roller. If you want to experiment with it, send me your address and I'll mail them along. > > ``` By now **Eve** ’s already tried out her rugs and wishing she’d taken **mangeorge** ’s advice and used linoleum. 😛 Nice offer. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2004, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/floor-me/270928/49 "2004-12-01T20:52:09Z")
I know you’ve all been waiting with bated breath, wondering _what_ **Eve** is going to do about her splintery floors! I just ordered [these](http://landsend.com/cd/fp/prod/0,,1_2_678_48677_95341_73788_5:view=-1,00.html?sid=6089173931499170010&CM_MERCH=SRCH) from Lands’ End, in Cat-Puke Tan. They have a non-skid Latex backing, and are machine-washable, as I’m sure the cats are already saving up puke for them. ---
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2004, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/floor-me/270928/50 "2004-12-01T20:59:08Z")
> [@look@hergo!](#): > > Perhaps you could make some kind of vomit-receptacle with plastic cups and elastic bands. Simply slip on over the cat’s face, adjust to fit by pulling on the adjustable bands, and empty when necessary. Then your rugs would be safe! 😃 Does anyone else remember the drool buckets that Dan Akroyd wore on SNL when they did the take off on “David Copperfield?” “I was also responsible for opening the sluice gates on the drool irrigation system.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/floor-me/270928.md?page=2)