bathroom floor.

[Mr Tiler]

so ive taken up majority of the tiles today and started chipping away the adhesive... some of the ply was coming up with the adhesive and I have noticed that there seems to be a thin layer of ply over other ply... I cant get my head around it as you can see there are square pieces of wood over the joists but these lines were not visible until I chipped away this thin layer of ply which was no more than 3mm thick and seemed to be completely glued to the underfloor but why would there be joints im confused and my knowledge has hit its limit on this lol.

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[Mr Tiler]

I don't have one mate will it be ok to wait until tmoz?

 

[Mr Tiler]

I give up

 

[prceramics]

grout and residue remover

 

[Ian]

LTP grimex in a 10-1 ratio, agitate it with an emulsifying pad as suggested.

 

[Martyn Leeds]

I'd presume Teabag doesn't have any of these products. They're Ceramic?

 

[Mr Tiler]

hi martyb heres the link... DAR35114 RAKO HOME cheers bri and pr and nah I havnt got those products but will be going to get it sun as have a wedding to go to tmoz.... but shouldn't the tile shop have told me this was going to happen? I didn't leave it any longer than any other tiles I have laid before. cheers

 

[Sean SML Tiling]

How long did you wait before buffing?

 

[Mr Tiler]

roughly 45 mins.... I just kept going back until the glaze was all over tiles... the grout in the joints was still wet

 

[Ian]

hi martyb heres the link... DAR35114 RAKO HOME cheers bri and pr and nah I havnt got those products but will be going to get it sun as have a wedding to go to tmoz.... but shouldn't the tile shop have told me this was going to happen? I didn't leave it any longer than any other tiles I have laid before. cheers

I'm afraid mate this is just a case of lack of experience, it's not the tile shop staffs job to tell you how long to leave the grout before washing off. There are 100's of different tile types, all of which need to be treated in different ways, cut differently, fitted differently, grouted differently, it's just a learning curve. It can be sorted so don't panic.

 

[Mr Tiler]

ok bri thanks for the reply mate.... but how long should this type of tile have been left? and is it ceramic I don't even know I thought all ceramic had the orange underside to them lol