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Tips on Your Kentile Floor

Apr 18th, 2008
by fadingad.

Kentile Floors - Second Avenue

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46 Comments

  1. ginger says:
    June 1, 2008 at 8:28 pm

    My parents have a kentile floor and I need some tiles to repair some cracked one’s they are light cream colored w/brown design. Any idea where I could get some. Thanks

    1. Joanne says:
      March 18, 2015 at 7:42 pm

      Remove them… they not only contain asbestos; but, cracked kentile flooring can cause asbestos fibers to circulate causing cancer. Get an asbestos professional to remove & replace them. The Kentile Co. had so many lawsuits due to this cancer-causing product that they eventually declared bankrupsy.

  2. fadingad says:
    June 1, 2008 at 10:03 pm

    I don’t think Kentile vinyl-asbestos tiles are available anymore. You would have to go with a newer tile. Click here for info about the newer vinyl composite substitutes.

  3. Dale says:
    June 20, 2008 at 1:28 am

    I have somewhere between 300 and 400 Colonial three red brick tiles.

    1. RJM says:
      September 29, 2009 at 5:44 am

      Do you still have any brick tiles remaining, need 100 sqf.

    2. jef says:
      March 16, 2012 at 3:12 am

      Do you have any dark red Ken Tile solid vinyl 9 X 9? Please let me know.

  4. Sheila Gividen says:
    June 21, 2008 at 1:13 pm

    Dale –
    do you still have those Colonial three brick tiles?
    Sheila

  5. Louis Hand says:
    June 22, 2008 at 6:37 pm

    Dale:

    I could use enough to cover a closet area measuring 4 x 5 feet.
    (Approximately 20 tiles.) Please E-mail me the price.

    Regards,
    LOUIS

  6. dfruge@go.com says:
    October 21, 2008 at 2:50 pm

    I need the Kentile vinyl red three brick. Enough to cover a double car garage size area estimated. Thanks, dfruge@go.com

  7. dfruge@go.com says:
    October 21, 2008 at 2:55 pm

    Any info about the asbestos being harmful, should I rip these tiles all up?

  8. fadingad says:
    October 21, 2008 at 8:57 pm

    A mesothelioma website lists Kentile Floors as going bankrupt in 1992 due to the asbestos risk. According to Kevin Walsh from Forgotten-NY, “Kentile was founded by Arthur Kennedy in 1898 and once billed itself as “America’s largest manufacturers of super-resilient floor tile.” Kentile hung in there till just a couple of years ago following a series of strikes and costly asbestos lawsuits.”

    Ebay

    Google Books provides some history with Peter Bartrip’s Beyond the Factory Gates here:

  9. Claudia says:
    January 6, 2009 at 12:11 am

    I am responding to Dale’s report on a cache of 300 Colonial Brick Kentiles. I just bought a 50s house and I need as many of the tiles as I can get to go with the ones in the kitchen. Please email me if they are still available with price. Thanks!

  10. Maggie says:
    March 3, 2009 at 4:30 am

    What does everybody here use to clean their kentile. I find it very difficult to keep clean!!!

  11. fadingad says:
    March 3, 2009 at 9:21 pm

    Good old Johnson Wax or Mop and Glo!

  12. Debbie says:
    June 23, 2009 at 8:09 pm

    dfruge@go.com asked about the tiles and asbestos. Can anyone elaborate about these tiles. If you have a living area that currently has these tiles on the floor, what procedure will you have to use to remove them. Safe, not safe… looking for information.

  13. KG says:
    August 17, 2009 at 1:36 pm

    I’m looking for Kentile Salerno Cream # 2D251D

    I need at least 2 boxes. please help asap.

    thanks

    1. fadingad says:
      August 17, 2009 at 6:24 pm

      This site documents vintage signage but if someone happens by and can help you find your tiles, go for it.

  14. Marsha Thaler says:
    September 16, 2009 at 1:23 pm

    I am looking for a box (or less) of Kentile, vinyl asbestos tile, Columbia White Federal Brick, style #1026. Any out there?

  15. Marsha Thaler says:
    September 29, 2009 at 2:04 pm

    Just realized this was not a site for Kentile floor tiles or any other product. Just a place where you wanted to display fading, vintage wall signage. Sorry to take up your space… got detoured by Google!

  16. fadingad says:
    September 29, 2009 at 8:10 pm

    Thanks for stopping by Marsha!

  17. Mark Hafner says:
    October 9, 2009 at 11:58 am

    I know this isn’t a Kentile website but, like Marsha, my browser brought me here. I have about 350 square feet of 9″ Kentile vinyl tiles in 3-brick red. They are used, but in excellent condition. Contact me by email if you are interested (namark@lsu.edu). Thank you, Fadingad, for allowing this off-topic thread to continue.

    1. Cynthia says:
      November 20, 2009 at 4:27 pm

      Can you tell me more about your tile supply. I cannot imagine using used tile . But I am interested. Thank you.

  18. Thomas Bass says:
    November 2, 2009 at 9:08 am

    Hay, out there kentile fans. I am looking for any dark brown streaked 9×9 tile. Need for spot repair. need any amount. No quantity too small. 2-3 or more.

  19. Thomas Bass says:
    November 2, 2009 at 8:31 pm

    Hello again Kentile fans if you do have any you can e-mail me direct at thomastafbass@aol.com.

  20. Doug Elley says:
    November 3, 2009 at 2:55 am

    I need about 40 creme and 40 brown 9″ Kentiles to repair floor. I had a box of each, but am now running out. Email me at delley@c-magic.com if you have an old stash…thanks.

  21. G Brouillette says:
    November 25, 2009 at 1:55 pm

    I have a little over a half box of vinyl red brick, never used, brand new. 4 1/2″ X 9 ”
    Colonial Red, about 39 sq/ ft.
    E-mail me if interested.
    My floor of 25 years looks like new. Still !

  22. mike says:
    November 30, 2009 at 4:18 pm

    I have some old but brand new kentile solid vinyl tiles. 9×9 colonial brick. about 90 sq ft of cream color (2 bricks on each tile)
    264 sq ft of brick color (one square on each tile).
    email me.
    vongiese@hotmail.com

  23. Justin Holbert says:
    January 22, 2010 at 8:46 pm

    There are a lot of new vct products out there. Most popular brands are azrock. Bruce hardwood floors is coming out with a new VCT in the spring.

  24. G Brouillette says:
    January 23, 2010 at 3:12 am

    I have maybe a little over a half box of single brick tiles, red of course. Must be about almost 30 years old. but Brand new.
    Contact me if you need some.

  25. G Brouillette says:
    January 23, 2010 at 3:15 am

    Half box plus of single brick red VAT Kentile available;

  26. Pearson Cross says:
    January 29, 2010 at 5:30 am

    I’m looking for any new or used Kentile 2 brick colonial red. Please contact me at pcross4@cox.net. I’m redoing a room and need about 250 square feet.

  27. john says:
    March 2, 2010 at 6:29 pm

    need 200 square feet of kentile white colonial four brick tile

  28. GARY says:
    March 7, 2010 at 4:55 pm

    I am looking for @ 80+ or whatever is out there of the 9 x 9 Kentiles (green/splash of grey) tiles to repair basement floor tiles?
    Gary

  29. barbara says:
    March 15, 2010 at 2:40 am

    I bought Kentile quarry tile 12×12 ivory QT 421. I loved it . I am tryng to find something similiar to install in my new home. Any ideas on similar manufacturers of this type of tile?
    Thanks

  30. Chris says:
    May 3, 2010 at 11:36 pm

    Looking for (22) 12×12 vinyl Kentile tiles (white opal aruba sands) 70103.

    Thanks

  31. Carolyn says:
    May 25, 2010 at 9:41 pm

    I’m looking for 360 sq ft of Kentile 2 brick colonial red to match existing tile.
    Thanks,

  32. annamay cotogno says:
    June 1, 2010 at 2:29 pm

    I need about 8-10 Regal brown 12×12 tiles fir a repair

  33. annamay cotogno says:
    June 1, 2010 at 2:30 pm

    Need 12×12 Regal Brown Kentile about 10

  34. Zach says:
    June 8, 2010 at 9:26 am

    Why on earth is everybody so anxious to buy more of this stuff and put it in their homes?

    Almost all the old Kentile floor tiles (except those from a couple years before the company folded in the late 80s and early 90s) were made with asbestos. It’s one thing if you already have these tiles and they are in good condition, but surely buying used toxic floor tiles and installing them in your home isn’t a good idea! As they age, the tiles break down and release smaller asbestos particles into the air, causing cancer.

    If you do remove the stuff, hire a professional trained in asbestos removal or at least get a proper respirator and other protective equipment for yourself.

    See this site for more details: http://www.health.state.mn.us/divs/eh/asbestos/floortile/index.html#rcan

  35. Dale Ducote says:
    January 17, 2011 at 5:08 pm

    I still have 340 three red brick tiles. They are used but can be used again. I installed some in a washroom and they look great.

  36. Brian Arnold says:
    June 27, 2011 at 3:55 pm

    Trying to locate box or boxes of Kentile Reinforced Vinyl Tiles, Antique Beech Textured Woodgrain circa late 70’s early 80’s 982M 1L101B 12×12 1/16th thick It is VCT, so should not be asbestos.

  37. Michael says:
    April 29, 2012 at 3:34 pm

    What kind adhesive do you recommend for kintile solid vinyl tile
    Thanks

  38. Kentile Asbestos Tiles Dangerous says:
    September 15, 2012 at 1:47 pm

    Are you guys nuts?
    You should not be handling kentile tiles – they contain asbestos.
    That very defiantely gives you cancer as well as other seriously bad conditions.
    You should get a specialist asbestos removal company to deal with the tiles.

    1. fadingad says:
      September 15, 2012 at 9:28 pm

      That’s what I’ve been telling folks! Thank you for the reiteration!

  39. Faye says:
    January 19, 2015 at 10:08 pm

    If anyone has solid vinyl terracotta Kentile (9 x 9″) I would love to buy 50 – 100. Just email me a photo to verify it’s the correct one.

  40. Anne Donovan says:
    May 7, 2015 at 8:31 pm

    I have a 60 year old house and the laundry room has the two brick Kenmore red tile. I steamed it and it looked horrible. I kept washing it again with water, didn’t help at all. Bought REJUVANATE from Walmart. What a remarkable change. Floor was shiny and no streaks. Looked fantastic. Stayed that way for a long time and then you have to recoat. This liquid can be put on with a plain sponge mop. It’s good for tile, wood and other flooring. They also have a Rejuvanate for furniture too. Hope this helps.