ottoblotto's Profile

Mine was a bad experience with the Allure Flooring. It did go down easily and looked great, but the smell was TERRIBLE. The smell made me sick. I put it in my bedroom, and would wake up numerous times in the night with a sore throat and runny eyes. During my first call to the manufacturer, they told me to wash it down several times with vinegar, so I mopped it down several times with vinegar [!], only to have a bad smell AND the feeling I was living at the bottom of a salad bowl. After a month, my children would no longer come into the room, they felt it was so unhealthy. I called the manufacturer again, and was able to get a refund. I ripped it out as quickly as I could. In fairness, the manufacturer says that most batches don't smell, but occasionally they do [quality control?], so many people have good results. Mine was not one of those cases. I would not use the product ever again. There is something just not right there. They told me the product was made in China from recycled vinyl. That didn't inspire a lot of confidence.