applying adhesive methods?

[doug boardley]

Personallly i blob fix and also spead adhesive every job is different!...1 rule i always go by is..NEVER BLOB A FLOOR TILE!....it will crack no doubt..if someone stands on a hollow part then crak goes the tile!! NOT GOOD!.....with regards to people with underfloor heatins..simply spread the tile and not the floor it does the same job!...can be a tad messy but its the right way!

so wrong on every level imo,,,as preparation is paramount in our profession, there is no need to ever "blob" fix tiles

 

[swanman]

Some good advise and some not so good advise

Never dot and dab tiles NEVER NEVER NEVER its not right

Just my opion

 

[doug boardley]

you wouldn't want to be known as this guy would you?

 

[Muse2k8]

Muse2k8 is that you again,have you made another user name,come on,own up,its you aint it:drool5:

Lol

Wish it was but I don't think this one is a joke unfortunately

 

[The Legend; Phil Hobson RIP]

For any newbies, please don't listen to the Mr Blobby's of this world. Dot and dab is bad practice, and should not be encouraged by any pro. Good prep work is the key, if anyone does not have the skill/no how to prep walls or floors, they should not be calling themselves a tiler imo.:mad2:

 

[Martino]

30 years of experience and not a single tile fault...cant be too bad!:lol:

 

[doug boardley]

30 years of experience and not a single tile fault...cant be too bad!:lol:

ha ha, 30 years too pal,,,,they probs never called you back for a reason!!

 

[The Legend; Phil Hobson RIP]

I seem to remember a post not long ago by a very well respected member of this forum, telling of a Mr Blobby tiler being sued for a substantial amount of dosh. Not a good idea imo, why risk loosing your home, duty of care, and all.:yikes:

 

[Stef]

Martino, simply spread the tile and not the floor it does the same job!...can be a tad messy but its the right way!

I take it you dont encase the heating mat in a self level screed then?

 

[doug boardley]

Martino, is your first name Al? as in "spanish eyes"?,,,seems you're an acoustic guitarist

 

[Daveshadowman]

dot and dab is for board fixers not tilers if you can not spread an even bed the surface is not ready walk away

 

[Martino]

dot and dab is for board fixers not tilers if you can not spread an even bed the surface is not ready walk away

Why such hatred for a newbie! lol....i personally screed and blob my tiles...every job is different imo..with regards to 'you never get the cal back for a reason'....i have done work for a bbc presentor who lived in hull and moved down to london...they wanted me to go down and do there tiling there....that kinda REMOVED on that bonfire dont it lol!.

I would be more than happy for any of you to see my work and tell me why its bad?

I also have reccomendations from a leading business who deal with only top end clients.

:smilewinkgrin:

Have a great day. and stop the hatred lol!...

 

[NZ_Tiler]

Dot and dabb is a bad practise.
Its slower then spreading glue with a notch,
it may use more material,
and it will create hollow spots under the tile, which will inevitable cause tiles to break.

 

[Gazzer]

30 years of experience and not a single tile fault...cant be too bad!:lol:

Who has ?

 

[Mike Mike]

Did this great job last week. White marble and red grout. Just used an icing bag to put the grout in then wet a cloth and gave it a wipe to clean. Easy.

Didn't bother with Silicon either. Just butted up the corners at the wall etc. nice solid mdf wall and a good 6mm chipboard floor.

I agree. On occasion I have used Colgate toothpaste (the one with Whitener) to dot and dab marble to walls and floors, to grout, seal and Silicon them. Anyone who has ever tried to wash dried on toothpaste from the inside of a sink will tell you, that stuff sets as hard as any Mapei product. And, if you get a box from the Pound Shop, it works out at less than half price per m2!! :8: