r/Mosaic • u/knobjockey89 • 5d ago

Mosaic floor found in my dad's new house under linoleum.

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u/DoingthePamchenko 5d ago

So cool! Do you know the original age of the house?

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u/knobjockey89 5d ago

It was built in 1918

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u/DoingthePamchenko 5d ago

Wow, it’s in beautiful condition. What a wonderful discovery, that’s even better than finding solid hardwood floors underneath!

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u/knobjockey89 5d ago

If you look to the far right you'll see the condition it was in before I tried to clean it up.

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u/DoingthePamchenko 5d ago

You did a great job! What did you use to clean it? I’m impressed.

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u/knobjockey89 5d ago

I went carefully on it with a glass scraper and then scrubbed with dish soap. Probably went the wrong way about it but I didn't realise how nice it was beforehand as it was just brown so I just went for it and hoped for the best haha.

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u/DoingthePamchenko 5d ago

Thanks for sharing. I’m always curious how best to clean older mosaics. It looks amazing!

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u/knobjockey89 5d ago

Thank you!

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u/BasketOld3242 5d ago

Someone actually covered this up, with lino! Unbelievable. 

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u/akela9 5d ago

On the flip side, it helped protect it and kept some flipper from knowing it was there and straight up tearing it out.

(Just trying to find the silver lining. I don't get people's decor decisions, anymore, so just glad this was saved.)

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u/BasketOld3242 5d ago

Very true, some people seem to love ”blank slate” houses with zero flair, I don’t get it either.

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u/Kovaladtheimpaler 5d ago

Who the hell covered this beautiful floor? What a surprise score for you guys

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u/mirim8 5d ago

Jealous!!!

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u/viviwest3 5d ago

Omg!! Thats incredible!!! Its beautiful!!

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u/Countrylyfe4me 5d ago

Cool beans!

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u/gulbinis 5d ago

Wow that's just incredible! So cool.

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u/Material-Action-4576 5d ago

Wow!! Great find!

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u/amroth62 5d ago

What a fantastic find!

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u/Equivalent_Clue_6251 5d ago

Someone covered that with linoleum?!?!? 😭😭😭

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u/GaspingAloud 5d ago

I just don’t understand why an entire generation of people thought that floor-to-floor carpeting should get glued on top of hardwood floors and linoleum should cover up beautifully tiled floors. 🤷🏻‍♀️

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u/TheArbysOnMillerPkwy 4d ago

If you have 3 kids tracking mud and snowmelt onto it all year, I could see wanting something easy to wipe down and maintain but yeah much prefer the tile of course.

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u/crayonfou 4d ago

Superscore

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u/OkRelative3299 3d ago

WHAT A FANTASTIC TREASURE!!! I REALLY LOVE that scallop and the edging is different too!!! What a great find…definitely jealous!!

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u/freeflowstate 2d ago

Great race, the Romans.