Basalt - adhesive marks!

[DHTiling]

You just need to wait till they are dry/clean then you can seal..

Standard practise is a 100% bed is required... Also at the edges of the stone there will be little adhesive bed , thus giving no support to the grout, the grout will just want to drop into the voids.

So it just needs to dry and then he can seal..and fingers crossed it all stays intact.

 

[diamondtiling]

He is not a tiler, dot and dab?


:ban:

 

[nybor62]

dot&dab shocking:mad2:

 

[Jimmy Skins]

I am not very optimistic that all the marks will totally disappear, this stone seems to easily mark (thinking why did I choose it!)
Can the adhesive colour come through the tile?

What are my options if the worst case happens and the marks don't dry out?

 

[DHTiling]

You can remove those tiles and fix correctly..but i am sure they will dry.. basalt is a dark stone and it should just be moisture from the slow setting adhesive..once sealed it will easier to clean etc.

The problem here is just fixer error and product knowledge.

 

[Jimmy Skins]

Thanks

 

[hillhead]

I seen this all before,a builder who i'm now his only tiling contractor had me tiling in his own house a few years ago. His front hallway was already tiled in travertine but it had started breaking in places,after my simple investigation it turns out some clown had tiled by dot and dabbing too.He had over an inch below some tiles:yikes:
Costly repair.

 

[Ceramico tiling]

dot and dab is lazy.There is no excuse,especially if the client doesent mind buying the extra adhesive.:incazzato:

 

[merlecollins]

Don't panic Jimmy - like Dave says they will dry out mate

 

[DerekHB]

Thanks for getting back so quickly!

I think the patches are dispersing and slowly fading 5th day now, attached picture showing the problem.

My suspicion is that the moisture has brought salts up through the tile.
Last night I covered one tile with a puddle of water and left this for a few hours, sponged it up then dried with a hair drier on cool! The patches came back but looking this morning have almost gone with a faint shape of the patch.

Is this normal?

Did you ever fix this spot issue? We have the same, and have never been able to fix it - Can we stain the tiles, or is that too late too, as the tiles are sealed! I suspect we will have to replace them - big job!