Skirtingboard Marks

[HenryGregory]

Hello,
My house is just over 6 years old. There are a lot of these markings on the skirting boards. This room is the worst of them all and I can only assume it must have been the glue used for the vinyl. Also, if you look, there is a gap between the vinyl in places.

How best can I sort this mess out? I have a mouse sander. Would it be best to remove the sealant between the vinyl and skirting board, sand the board down and then re-paint (but what paint would be best)? I would really like to get new vinyl down but it isn’t something I could do, so not sure if I should wait until i get some fitted or just crack on with it now.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

 

[foxhole]

Looks like damage from mopping, sweeping the floor ?

 

[freddiemercurystwin]

Looks more like damage from when the careless floor fitter used some spray adhesive when they fitted the vinyl to me, very typical. I would sand down and repaint now with some Dulux Satinwood or after your new vinyl but if you do it beforehand then use some brown paper to mask over the skirtings to protect them, irrespective of how careful your floor fitter says they'll be, floor fitters generally just do not care.

 

[Koolpc]

You need to purchase a skirting board ladder so that you can start to fix those issues..