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GLENN BRADDY
02-15-2012, 11:41 PM
CO2 Laser cutting or engraving linoleum. Does it contain PVC?
anyone know.
thanks Glenn

Gerd Spatz
02-16-2012, 3:04 AM
No PVC!
All about linoleum:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linoleum

Rich Harman
02-16-2012, 3:58 AM
From the same wikipedia article:

"Linoleum as a floor covering has been largely replaced with polyvinyl chloride (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyvinyl_chloride) (yet still colloquially known as "linoleum (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genericized_trademark)"),..."

Richard Rumancik
02-16-2012, 8:51 AM
Yes, you can cut/engrave it, assuming that it really is lineoleum. I believe there was a thread on the subject a few years back. Try seraching the archives.

Larry Bratton
02-16-2012, 8:11 PM
This is probably what your talking about. I have engraved some similar to this and gives great detail.
http://www.dickblick.com/products/blick-battleship-gray-linoleum/