Years ago, when we lived in Nebraska, I noticed that flooring installers would wrap the vinyl flooring up under the cabinets, creating a vinyl toe-kick. Now, this did leave a goofy little triangle at the end of a cabinet run, where it looked like a perfect little mouse hole.

I didn't care for the look, but, I can certainly see the appeal with Class C properties. I'm thinking I could cut a scrap piece to make a cover for that little corner. But, what to glue / fasten with, as the vinyl will be loose laid?

Anybody do this toe-kick? And, now, with loose laid flooring, has that changed things? And, I'm still not certain I'm going with sheet vinyl, AllyM's use of peal and stick does have a certain appeal ( oh, that's punny!)

I think that hole at the corner would be a problem. It would let water & dirt in.

Rather than wrap it up in one piece from the floor, the sheet vinyl could be cut at the base of the cabinet, then another straight piece stuck flat on the toe kick. Use the same adhesive or contact cement. Caulk the seams. That would eliminate the hole and still make it washable.

Or place a piece of vinyl bent around the corner, under the hole, and caulk well.

I use luan as well. Rip it in eight foot lengths at four inches or so tall. Paint it either black or the cabinet color, semi gloss.

If the cabinets are sitting on the flooring them you just silicone the bottom. If the cabinets are already down and the flooring butts to them then get some quarter round down there after the silicone. Makes it easier when you replace the flooring in the future.

I stopped using loose lay a long while back. I would get the one tenant that wanted to clean behind the fridge and the loose lay was toast.

So it sounds like curving the sheet vinyl isn't done, at least not by y'all. I'll admit, only place I ever saw it was Nebraska, and that was many years ago. Well, the veterinarian's office does something similar, and they ran it up to small dog pee height, lol!

Reason I'm asking is my tenants have all seemed to use some sort of long-handled mop for washing, and most don't bend down to get the toe-kick clean. (I've never used those, though when we remodeled our OWN kitchen ten years ago, my husband bought one, and he has always cleaned our kitchen and bathroom floors. I do our toe-kicks, they're pretty cherry wood that matches our cabinets. But, I clean up as I cook, too.) In my rentals, I've painted all of my toe-kicks same as my cabinets, but, unfortunately, I've used water-based paint, which doesn't scrub as well as vinyl. In the past, I have sometimes just cut a new piece of trim, rather than scrubbing and scraping. But, price of lumber, that doesn't sound so cheap anymore.

Yeah, I'm not a fan of that rolled up cove molding, though I have used it in the past. True, it does clean up nicely, so maybe that is still my best bet. Trying to put in what is easy to clean, cheap to repair. Hence thinking of peal and stick, maybe with the vinyl cove molding, or as Small 'tater does. Glad to see I'm not the only one who will rip trim pieces out of non-traditional lumber. The idea of using a dark color paint that coordinates rather than matches exactly to the light colored cabinets is a good idea.

AllyM, we're dealing with doggy puddles now too. Ours is an sweet, old girl, with bladder cancer. She feels like she needs to go, even if bladder isn't real full. On babysitting days, even the little one year old grandson knows to run to the door and let her out if he sees her heading for the door. She's on good pain meds, still eats like a beagle, still enjoys a good walk, a good snoot in the backyard, but, we're watching closely.

Busy---The technique that you describe was used in the 1970's in my parents' house here in SW Philly. Heavy sheet vinyl wrapped right up the toekick. No place for crumbs to catch in, and mop water can't get into the edges to weaken the glue.