Adhesive for 30cm x 30cm wall tiles
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I meant mine rather than yours.rambling..come on ritchie was only trying to educate you ever so slightly..and have a laugh along the way
I’ll keep my eyes ever so very peeledno doubt i will post a few errors along the way and someone will point these out to me and have a wee joke to..i hope..
everyday is a schoolday
I’ll even given you a “thanks” credit, I know how much you like them.
Well that’s very interesting, I wonder what changed
or maybe nothing did I’m familiar with SBR as a waterproofer in rendering but I’ve always stuck with APD as a primer for gypsum plaster when tiling, after all I'm usually responsible for that as well; thanks for that. Sponsored Links
Well, job started and a bit more testing than I thought.
Rapid set adhesive + DIY'r = Not good. Pretty much wasted my first bag, 10 min working life just not enough. My second bag of addy which is tilemaster seems to have a longer working life, plus I'm not mixing 1/4 bag a time now so things should improve
Cuts with a cheap cutter are improving and hopefully my next trim corner will be a lot neater.
My next corner is also to be tiled round rather than just stopping so I'm in to minds about how to do the trim. The other side of the corner is relatively narrow so what's the general practise of fitting the trim? Both trims on the same narrow side or one at the end and the other on the first part of the wall?
How do you pro's manage to actually get so many tiles up in a day when you've only got 10 mins between mixes?
Rapid set adhesive + DIY'r = Not good. Pretty much wasted my first bag, 10 min working life just not enough. My second bag of addy which is tilemaster seems to have a longer working life, plus I'm not mixing 1/4 bag a time now so things should improve
Cuts with a cheap cutter are improving and hopefully my next trim corner will be a lot neater.
My next corner is also to be tiled round rather than just stopping so I'm in to minds about how to do the trim. The other side of the corner is relatively narrow so what's the general practise of fitting the trim? Both trims on the same narrow side or one at the end and the other on the first part of the wall?
How do you pro's manage to actually get so many tiles up in a day when you've only got 10 mins between mixes?
There's something very wrong if you're getting 10 minutes pot life out of your adhesive......yes, that can happen during a Hot summer, not a day like today though. I was using toppfix rapidset flexy today, the Pot life was an hour.
Tile round your window (or whatever) first, then apply the trim by mitreing to the rebate and tile
Tile round your window (or whatever) first, then apply the trim by mitreing to the rebate and tile
The weber addy had on the bag the pot and fixing times, I was a bit of a mess the first time to say the least not helped by the addy going hard in my bucket by the time I'd cleaned up the tiles and wall (and floor!)
This second bag has advised longer working times but still only half an hour. Definitely an improvement though as I can aim to get more full tiles on now.
This second bag has advised longer working times but still only half an hour. Definitely an improvement though as I can aim to get more full tiles on now.
I agree that there seems to be something very wrong if you’re only getting 10 minutes pot life.
The trick is to plan your tile layout before you start, lay only full tiles first & then prepare your cut tiles individually before mixing the next batch; I number them & lay them in one hit; don’t attempt to start cutting tiles while you’ve got addy in the bucket. It may seem obvious but if your addy has a pot life of 45 mins only mix up enough adhesive that you can use within, say, 35 mins which will give you enough time to clean off your tiles & wash down your bucket & tools ready for the next batch. Always clean your bucket & tools thoroughly, leaving deposits from the previous mix will send the new mix off more quickly. How many tiles you can lay in 30 minutes rather depends on practice & experience.
is the addy you used not out of date, no reason why the addy should only have a 10 min pot life
Dunno, will check the bag. The new stuff I've now got is workable a lot longer so at least I'm not fighting everything.
3 way corners...didn't see that one coming until I couldn't work out the cuts.
Is their any tips for these? Non of the local tile shops have 3 way corner pieces (genesis trim) and could do without a day trawling round for them.
3 way corners...didn't see that one coming until I couldn't work out the cuts.
Is their any tips for these? Non of the local tile shops have 3 way corner pieces (genesis trim) and could do without a day trawling round for them.
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