Christopher "Finally Got The Wax Off The Screens"  Gray writes:
>>Question:  what should I use (or, what shouldn't I use) to fill the hole,
>>bringing it up to the surface of the surrounding area, so I can install a
new
>>lineoleum tile on top?

What you need to do, my friend, is take a little cement, and a little
magnisium chloride and quite a bit of finely divided sawdust, and just a
little three-fingered pinch of the long-fibre sawdust. Mix 'em up in a
rubber bowl, incorporate just enough clear potable water to achieve the
consitancy
of left over mashed potatoes from the ice box, then pack the stuff in there
and trowel to a smooth finish, even with surrounding surfaces. But first...
No, wait. Don't use that.

OK, here's what you do. Take some linseed oil glazing compound and heat it
up in the oven for four hours at 185 degrees. This will further polermerize
those long stringy oil molecules and then spread it out thinly on a
non-absorbent surface and give it a good thermal shock in the deep freezer
for just a few minutes at about....   No wait. Don't use that.

Whatever you do to this hole don't permanently glue down the tile that goes
over this spot. Just tack it down with a few dabs, and be sure to save a few
extra tiles, because you will be taking it up when whatever you do to repair
this hole fails, and you want to be able to easily take up the tile and have
an exact match for a replacement. No, wait. Don't do that.

Whatever you do, don't do what I tell you to do. OK, you can do that. No
wait. Just to be safe you better not. (but do/don't anyway)

John "Finally Got the Mud Cleaned Off My Boots So I Don't Track Up The New
Lineoleum Tile On The Kitchen Floor So Why Do People Keep Asking Me What
They Should Use To Solve Their Vexing Household Problems" Leeke

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