any tips for using readymade tile adhesive?

[carol 123]

We are in Plymouth, I will tactfully mention that we might benefit from some expert advice to my husband on his return from the pub.
i will post again tomorrow
thanks,
Carol

 

[d noulton]

why is this exact post on another forum

 

[d noulton]

why is the same post on another website same posters same answers

 

[carol 123]

I've no idea, I thought I'd posted on the tiling forum, many apologies if I have somehow managed to duplicate everything.

 

[Alan.P]

why is the same post on another website same posters same answers

Got a link ? :lol:

 

[kilty55]

no idea noulton,,,,,,,,,wooooo spoooky:ninja::smilewinkgrin:

 

[carol 123]

I dont know where to look to see if I have a link, I have removed 5 tags, i am not sure what they do.
I wont post any more, then hopefully they will soon just fall off the page and not be noticed, again many apologies if I have messed up .
Perhaps my pc skills are about as good as my husbands tiling!!
Carol

 

[Daz]

Most tubbed adhesives are self priming. If you continue to do the job with a decent tubbed addy (not the unibond rubbish) you will only have to sand the walls to get rid of the pva. If you elect to use a powdered adhesive (I particularly like Ardex X7G+) then you will need to remove the pva and prime with an acrylic primer.

Good luck and don't forget to post some piccies of the finished job!

 

[Alan.P]

I dont know where to look to see if I have a link, I have removed 5 tags, i am not sure what they do.
I wont post any more, then hopefully they will soon just fall off the page and not be noticed, again many apologies if I have messed up .
Perhaps my pc skills are about as good as my husbands tiling!!
Carol

Don't be daft, keep on posting here, we're here to help, if, and it is a BIG if IMHO that this is being duplicated elsewhere it's wierd, I haven't posted any answers to your question anywhere else. Must be a glitch in the matrix :lol:

 

[kilty55]

carol you havent done anything wrong,, keep posting

 

[carol 123]

:hurray: Thankyou, i will pop back on tomorrow with an update, hopefully only the once!
Cheers my fellow tilers, goodnight

 

[CJ CERAMICS]

bal white star would be ok as a tubbed addy costs around £23 for 15litre 10 times better than unibond.have alook in your yellow pages for CTD they seem to be in most places. remember that her husband is a diy tiler powered addys can be a bit of a nightmare mixing and keeping consistency the same. you do need to get rid of the pva though. also stay away from unibond grout, use bal if pos.

 

[Rav daniels]

i think your only issue is the unibond make you are using..personaly i think its poor quality,,b and q do mapei adhesives now so i would advise you to stop using the unibond gear and change, personally i would fix 200 by 300 tiles with tubbed gear its about as big as i would go though,,many other tilers wont but everyones opinions are diferent.i think if you go back to b and q and get mapei tubbed adhesive or a decent tile shop for a decent brand i.e mapei,bal,pci.weber it will solve your problem and buy some acrylic primer from the tile shop also ,sounds like you are doing a fine job apart from that its just your adhesive letting you down id say.good luck

agree with that, i will use a high quality tubbed adhesive on ceramic tiles up to 300 x 300, after that its bagged, unless i can grout in same day then its rapid set bagged.