Materials Needed to Install Vinyl Wall Base

- Enough linear feet of vinyl wall base, for your project. Factor in around 5-10% scrap.

- Utility knife

- Wall base adhesive

    1 x 30 oz. cartridge is good for 60 linear feet of base
    1 x Quart of base adhesive is good for 60 linear feet of base
    1 x Gallon of base adhesive is good for 240 linear feet of base

- Application equipment, for applying base adhesive

    method A - cartridge gun and snozzle (pictured)
    method B - cartridge gun and spreader
    method C - spreader with a tub of adhesive (either 1 quart or 1 gallon tub)

- Speed square (optional)

- Cutting surface (any scrap piece of wood)

- Wet rag

Steps to Install Vinyl Wall Base

• Butt the end of the roll up to the wall.
• Unroll the roll of vinyl wall base the length of the wall, in order to estimate the length.
• Mark where to make your cut, but give yourself a couple extra inches.
• Make a square cut.

• You should now have an unrolled length of dry back vinyl wall base that is roughly the length of the wall.

• Make sure that the toe of the vinyl wall base is towards the wall with the finished side down, meaning the ribbed side is up.

• For these instructions we will use the adhesive gun and the 30 oz. adhesive cartridge with the snozzle attachment.
• You can accomplish the same application of adhesive with the gun and spreader, or the spreader with a tub of adhesive.
• Puncture the adhesive cartridge with needle on the adhesive gun.
• Insert cartridge into the guy and apply the snozzle.
• Begin pulling the trigger of the adhesive gun to push adhesive through the snozzle.
• Once adhesive is coming through the snozzle, we are ready to apply the adhesive to the vinyl wall base. With a smooth consistent pressure, pull the gun trigger to apply adhesive on the vinyl wall base.

• Slowly and steadily work your way down the length of the wall.

• Finish that down the entire length of the vinyl wall base.
• We should now have a piece of base that has adhesive, side up, the entire length of the wall.
• Go back to the starting edge and begin to press the adhesive side of the base to the wall. Press firmly.

• Press firmly down the entire length of the base.

• Clean up and wipe down the excess adhesive with a wet rag.
• Run the wet rag down the entire length of the base.

• There should be some excess base at the second end of the wall. Using your speed square, cut off the excess.

• Congrats! you should now have an entire wall length of vinyl wall base installed.

• Now, the hard part, finish an inside corner. Cut a length of base the correct size, leaving some scrap, like you did earlier in the instructions.
• On the side that will make an inside corner, use your speed square to cut the toe of the base at a 45 degree angle.

• Cut with utility knife.

• Apply adhesive.
• Butt the side of base with the 45 taken out of it, against the wall.

Congrats! You have finished an inside corner.