Grey Adhesive with light grey tiles?

[richardbell81]

Hi all,

Will I be ok using grey adhesive (Mapei Keraflex Maxi grey) to fix 10mm thick light-medium grey porcelain floor tiles? I will be using ultracolour plus 112 medium grey grout which is pretty much the same colour as the tiles. I obviously want to avoid any shadowing but i've been reading that white adhesive is better for lighter tiles and wondered if this applied in my case! I've attached a pic to show the tiles, any advice appreciated!

 

[White Room]

I'd use the grey adhesive for porcelain or ceramic with a grey grout....

 

[Tony73]

yes grey adhesive is ok .

 

[richardbell81]

cheers fellas, i was worried there for a sec! just bought a 20kg bag of the grey stuff! I'l leave plenty of time for it to go off before applying the grout though!!

 

[Tony73]

good luck

 

[bugs183]

It should be fine, but if you want to be 100% certain, trowel a thin skim of adhesive across the back of the tile with the flat edge of a trowel.

 

[richardbell81]

It should be fine, but if you want to be 100% certain, trowel a thin skim of adhesive across the back of the tile with the flat edge of a trowel.

Do you mean like back buttering? I was planning to do that anyway... Any tips on that? Guessing it's just nack you learn!

 

[bugs183]

Yea back buttering,get your notched trowel, turn it round and use that flat edge to skim the adhesive. Dead simple.

 

[richardbell81]

Yea back buttering,get your notched trowel, turn it round and use that flat edge to skim the adhesive. Dead simple.

Will do, thanks again!