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    To prime or not to prime?

    Hi all! Im about to lay homelux matting on top of 18mm WBP using BAL SPF. i have PVA sealed the edges (never the top lol) of all flooring but only thevunderside of one sheet due to my oversight. Do i need to prime the top face with BAL SBR or just leave it natural and apply addy. None of MI...
  2. C

    Confused-Keraflex maxi on ply- Do I need to prime??

    Hi Hope someone can resolve my question. I am laying my first floor. I have overboarded with 9mm ply onto approx 22mm long strips of chipboard. Very solid. Screwed down every 150mm and 100mm at joints. I have Keraflex Maxi to lay 300 x 600 porcelin tiles. I alway intended to prime the top of...
  3. B

    To prime or not to prime, that is the question

    Going to be tiling a small porch of 5 sm. The existing floor tiles are 100%, both in level and soundness. There are steps at either side of the porch (into the house and leading outside) so there is nothing stopping me tiling over the existing (it may actually improve the situation regarding...
  5. D

    Would you prime this concrete floor?

    Hi Doing my first bit of floor tiling this weekend & I'm not sure If I need to prime it or not. It's a 3 sq metre porch, currently has carpet & underlay on top of some crappy old very thin 'plastic looking' council flat tiles. The tiles are completely loose from the concrete below. There...
  6. T

    prime p/board shower area

    hi folks can i have some advice. the job is ceramic tiles in a shower area .background is new skimmed p/board. im using homelux matting with bal rapidset flex adhesive and superflex wall grout. should i brush and prime the p/bd before the matting goes on, with bal prime apd or bal bond sbr also...
  7. J

    should i Prime?? mapei products.

    hello I was told a college to prime everything just to be on the safe side. Ive just been to tile giant who use mapei products and they have give me there mapei black book which says that you dont have to prime with any of there tubbed ready mixed adhesive onto any substrate. Have i read this...
    • John the tile
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    • adhesive grout mapei mapei adhesive mapei grout prime products should usa
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    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
  9. S

    Do i need to prime walls

    Hi every one this is my first post, Just got my first paying job, i have to tile a bathroom ( new build). Do i need to prime the walls there are skimmed ( polished ) over plasterboard, customer supplying adhesive grout etc, Adhesive (bags) PCI tilefast 6 white. Thanking you in advance
  10. K

    To prime or not to prime

    Hi all Hoping for some advice. Pricing up for a bathroom and will be taking off the tiles.The surface is plasterboard and plaster.The customer has decided he doesn't want tanking and the tiles are 250mmx330mm.I was planning to use Bal spf but have to prime the walls with Bal apd twice and neat...
  11. B

    do i need to prime this old cement floor?

    hi all about to tile a cement kitchen floor......need to pick your brains... the owner has removed old "vinyl" tiling from the floor. the vinyl tiles were simply resting on what looked like a type of moisture proof hard board. the hardboard itself has simply been resting on the cement floor...
  13. P

    do i need to prime ply?

    as per the title. decided to lay a new fllor. fresh ply. do i need to prime it? thanks guys. ill get the hang of this yet.
  14. D

    Do you prime Ditra?

    I am using SPF (Nocros rapid flexible addy) to fix travertine to Ditra matting, but wondered if its best to use some Bal Bond SBR before fixing the tiles? :)
    • Dean A
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    • anti-crack ditra floor matting membrane prime schluter systems uncoupling usa
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
  15. R

    Advice please - Prep/do I need to prime?

    I did a 2 week tiling course back in October and I'm just about to start my first Job - tiling my brothers nice new kitchen/diner, walls(between units) and the floor. The walls have been plastered and had a coat of emulsion. Now on the course I'm sure they said DO NOT tile onto emulsion and if...
  17. S

    prime or not to prime

    goodmorning fellas went to pick up a load of white star this morning and the boke had run out of acrylic primer. he asked what i needed it for and i said toi use on a large bathroom using the white star. he told me i didnt need primer with this addy as it was self priming. ive looked on tub...
  18. N

    will i need to prime rendered walls?

    hi, looking for some advice from the experts really!! I'm gonna be tiling on to newly rendered walls, was wandering if i need to prime the render first. the adhesive I've got is cement based. walls were rendered about two ago.
  19. U

    Prime or not

    Can anyone advise me, do I need to prime skimmed plasterboard before I tile with a readymix adhesive and also i feelhave removed as much of the old adesive of the walls as possible with this be ok to tile over?
  21. B

    our prime minister

    it appears that our prime minister knows that he is unlikely to make it past the next election. So i believe that he plans to start a new business in the north of scotland :lol::lol::lol:
  22. P

    Bitumin floor, to prime or not

    tiling a bitmuin floor with ceramic tiles soon, do i have to prime it first??:grin: your help would be appreciated.
  23. kilty55

    to prime or not to prime!!!

    hi all i recently done a post regarding which substrates to prime and which i dont have to prime...im a bit lost im gettin different answers.. i was told plasterboard i dont have to prime and fresh plaster yes i do have to prime but other people are saying i must prime plasterboard??? basically...
  25. C

    To Prime Or Not To Prime

    Hi all, would you prime green grade plaster board, and what do you think off topps flexi powder addesive is it any good :huh2:
  26. G

    Which surfaces to prime

    Hi everyone, I am still at the early stages of hopefully a long career in tiling and am always keen to make sure I am doing a good job. I have been reading the horror stories of PVA and to use primer just to help clear it up a little for me which surfaces do most of you prime and which are fine...
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