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    New quarry tile become cloudy white after drying

    My cleint has asked that we clean a new installed quarry tile floor. The surface appears white, cloudy and in some places as if someone stepped in residual cement and walked all over. We have used a floor stripping machine with different grades ofpads, a floor scrubber. General cleaners, acid...
    • avorinc
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    • aus dry drying new build quarry tile usa white
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
  2. A

    screed drying time.

    hi there. im putting in a screed friday in a bathroom an dutility off of the bathroom . there will be about 75mm of concreteontop of a plastic layer. how soon can i tile on top if it. it might need a layer of SLC to lvel it up perfectly. thanks alan
    • Alan M
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    • dry drying screed time usa
    • Replies: 17
    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
  3. P

    screed drying time

    looking for advice on screed drying times its over piped under floor heating
  4. J

    Natural stone tiles laid onto ply, not drying!

    Hello, Hopefully someone can help! As is so often the case I guess; I'm looking after the problem has arisen as opposed to checking first :mad2:, we've laid tiles onto a ply floor previously without an issue but this time the adhesive won't set. We used a wickes flexible ceramic tile/quarry...
    • Jessica
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    • dry drying natural natural stone not ply stone tile tile setting tiles usa
    • Replies: 17
    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
  5. M

    drying time for silicon?

    i finished siliconing a wetroom mid afternoon today then went back at 6 p.m. to get paid (owner was at work when i finished) i told him the shower will be fine to use tomorrow evening (24 hrs curing time) when he looked at his son(with wet hair) and said he'd already had one ?:yikes: 3 hrs max...
    • Mike
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    • dry drying silicon time usa
    • Replies: 16
    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
  6. L

    concrete floor drying times?

    Hi all, Im after some advice on concrete floors and drying times. I have a wet room to tile in Travertine with electric UFH and the customer only wants the finished floor to be the same height as the floor leading into the wetroom. This has caused some problems as the floor is concrete in a...
  7. T

    Screed drying times in Spain

    Hi all, has anyone worked in spain or any other hot countries? I am trying to find out what would be a reasonable drying time for a 100mm sand and cement screed on a roof terrace exposed to the sun with temperatures of 25 + degrees My mum has just had her roof terrace re tiled they screeded it...
    • The hammer
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    • dry drying screed usa
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
  8. aflemi

    keraquick + latex plus drying time

    Wonder if anyone has experience of long setting times recently or if I have a bad batch of keraquick... Fixed a layer of durabase ci with adhesive yesterday evening, to aid adhesion I placed 2 floor tiles at several places round the edges. When i removed tiles this morning adhesive still wet...
  9. K

    Screed Types and Drying Times

    I hope someone can help me with some advice please. I am having an extension built woith about 75m2 of ceramic tiling planned for the floor. The builder is putting underfloor heating down (water based) and is going to screed over the top. I have now been told that I must wait 4 weeks until I can...
    • Kraken
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    • dry drying screed usa
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
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    Drying rack idea needed

    Nope not for wooly jumpers - after just having soaked off sheets and sheets of vitrified glass mosaic tiles I am faced with this problem that is starting to bug me - again. Heaps of wet glass, that needs drying, for just tiny ammounts I use a large plastic pasta strainer, and a towel at the...
    • user123
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    • dry drying needed usa
    • Replies: 29
    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
  11. A

    Rapid set not drying

    Just had a phone call from my wifes cousin, hes doing a floor in newmarket. he told me he layed the ceramic tiles on concrete with rapid set, then two dayss later he went back to grout it and tiles still moving
    • Aqua Tiling
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    • dry drying not rapid rapid set set tile adhesive usa
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
  12. M

    'force drying' new screed floor

    a mate of mine has a company laying wet ufh and screeds etc. he just rung and said a customer of his (he's just laid wet ufh and wet screed gyvlon i think) want s the floor tiled in around 4 weeks. i asked if the floor will be cured by then he said it's possible to 'force dry' the floor by...
    • Mike
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    • dry drying floor new build screed usa
    • Replies: 17
    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
  13. Andy Allen

    quick drying slc

    anyone know of a slc that can be laid and 2/3 hours later, tiled on.
  14. B

    Plaster drying time / primer to use before tanking

    Hi all....... two questions if i may........may be tiling a shower room in the next couple of days (all four walls / enclosed shower cubicle walls tiled as well)....at present the substrate is moisture board (plaster board)......client is getting plasterer in to skim coat the board......my...
    • Brad
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    • dry drying plaster primer tank tanking time usa waterproofing wetroom
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
  15. S

    New screed drying times

    Hi all I have some family who are about to embark on an extension to their kitchen and have asked their builders for quotes on diging out the existing screed to allow for laying and fitting of wet UFH. Any ideas on how long they would have to wait for this to dry? I know its 1mm per day but...
    • Scott
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    • dry drying new build screed usa
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
  16. M

    freshly skimmed plasterboard... drying and tanking

    Hi, I'm fitting a shower enclosure in a freshly plastered room and after several hours scouring the forums I think I'm getting there! I just need to clarify a few things that I can't find answers for myself... how long should I leave the skim to dry out? the plasterer was back today to...
    • mwebber.82
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    • dry drying plasterboard tank tanking usa waterproofing wetroom
    • Replies: 19
    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
  17. N

    Drying out limestone tiles

    Hi, first timer here with a bit of an ongoing problem: Our tiler fixed moleanos white limestone to our wetroom walls using weber rapidset, but as the walls were not square he used dot & dab (which I now know is not ideal - have read a few threads on here and spoken to the tileshop): sure you...
    • noonandchas
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    • dry drying limestone out tile tiles usa
    • Replies: 26
    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
  18. M

    drying limestone before sealing,any tips?

    Hi, I've recently fitted a bathroom in my new LG floor flat i thought i would treat myself to some stone tiles. Its coming up to four weeks now since they were laid and although they are showing signs of drying they are still way off being dry enough to start sealing. I've tried all sorts...
    • Mick O'B
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    • coverage dry drying limestone liquid paint seal sealing tips usa
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
  19. C

    Speed up screed drying time!

    Received this email the other day : Introducing FlexiDry Floor Screeds FlexiDry - a floor screed additive that dramatically reduces drying times. Why wait 110 days for your floor screed to dry when you can choose 3, 7, 14 or 21 days? Used successfully in thousands of projects throughout...
  20. M

    Unibond all purpose adhesive not drying

    Hi all I have tiled two walls in a bathroom for a friend using unibond all purpose adhesive, premix. One wall is painted and the other is on fresh plaster. After 48hrs the tile adhesive is not setting under the tiles correctly under the tiles. It is left semi moist and crumbly and the the...
    • matt0931
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    • adhesive dry drying not tile adhesive usa
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum

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