A Paper Bag Floor Over Asbestos Linoleum
My new "paper bag" kitchen floor, with a tutorial following. Oil-based stain reddish; tempera paint stain brownish. Old rug on left, new linoleum on right. My father's 1910 house has old asbestos linoleum tiles in the downstairs apartment kitchen. During the years he rented out the apartment to students, he put down rug in half the kitchen to cover those tiles, and then newer non-asbestos linoleum tiles in the other half (where the stove and sink were). When I moved in six years ago to rehab the apartment (since it had been trashed), I pulled up the nasty rug and threw a coir rug over that area and waited for money to have the entire area retiled. I trolled the craigslist "free" list and scoured the local dump for someone's excess tiles, but nothing showed up. One day, I came across a blog about paper bag floors. I began reading every post I could find by those who had done a paper bag floor, whether over wood, linoleum, or cem