How to tile a container (2 mm wood over an iron bottom) ?

[werner]

Tomorrow I want to tile for a friend a container.

The container has an iron bottom, with an appr. 2 mm thin wood layer, fixed by screws and probably also pasted. Remove that wood isn't possible.

I want to know how to tile that good.

There is the problem that where I'm living don't have flexible past (only not-flexible)

The same friend long time ago let tile another container. This was done by putting a beton chap on the bottom, and then tiling. However I suppose that isn't a good way.

I would think on two almost opposite solutions:

1) Put under the cola something what improve pasting (like, if you put new tiles over old tiles). This would improve the tiles pasting on the wood.

2) But it's doubtful if the tiles should past on the wood. Perhaps (because of humidity and thermal expansion) it would be better if the wood (and iron) can move under the tiles. The wood itself is good for that the tiles aren't brake because of the termical expansion of the iron. Then it would be good to put oil or a plastic layer over the wood, and tiling over this

I want to get tips, specially by someone who tiled already such a container.

 

[werner]

Nobody answered yet. Pls give me urgently an advice if that's probably OK or wrong how I'm proceeding.

I started today to tile that container.

I cleaned and scratched the wood bottom. Then I apply an adhesion ( Sika Latex), and let it dry.

Now I'm putting the tiles with a flexible past , Cermiplus XL Flex.