Cove adhesive for tiles?

[bugs183]

You're right Anna, all the covings guys i knew used Bal Wall to fix coves, and it was fab for tiles too...
As for the above...who knows!

 

[ag1975]

Still cant understand why your the tiler but you dont have a choice to what you fix the tiles with, hope you realise you are responsable for any failures.

I'm working for a bloke that does renovations, he buys the materials and I help him do the work (allsorts). We ran out of tile adhesive and as the only thing left over was the ready mixed cove adhesive he told me to use that.

So is the stuff likely to be ok??

 

[bugs183]

I reckon you'll get away with it, i bet the tiles at that size are ceramic, and not porcelain.
Bear in mind its on a window sill and it will get hot and cold quickly with the sunlight etc, so it's a tough call.

 

[ag1975]

The opposite way round, but many years ago a decorator friend recommended I stuck my coving with tile adhesive - some 20 years later, it's still stuck solid so I imagine it's similar stuff (wouldn't endorse it though!)

I've heard of that before, but I started thinking the tile adhesive may be strong enough to hold coving up but the cove adhesive may not be strong enough or suitable enough for tiles. lol

 

[ag1975]

Yes, the tiles are ceramic.

 

[bugs183]

Well see what it's like in the morning, if you're not happy though swap it, it's not worth losing sleep over.

 

[ag1975]

I don't think I'm going to have a choice, unless theres an obvious problem in the morning they'll be staying there, not what I'd do but oh well.

 

[DHTiling]

Coving adhesive is sticking to paper and not tiles...

at the end of the day , cross your fingers and hope but we cannot condone what you have used.. simple as that really ... so many think tiling is easy..


As for mastic guys, just another name for dispersion tubbed adhesive , a term more used by americans.

 

[ag1975]

I've done a few tiling jobs now and I guess its like anything, it's as easy as you make it. To do it well is a different thing though 🙂

Definitely not an easy job, is there such a thing?

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I've done a few tiling jobs now and I guess its like anything, it's as easy as you make it. To do it well is a different thing though 🙂

Definitely not an easy job, is there such a thing?

 

[ag1975]

Went back in the day after fixing and they look ok, so far so good.