Plaster drying times

[southlondont]

Evening gents. Looking for some advice on the following...I've put down a coat of bonding 1 week ago and then skimmed with multifinish another week further on. (Yes I know i should have dot n dabbed) To me it's completely dry no wet/dark patches. Can I now start tiling I've read elsewhere I need to wait a 4 weeks before even priming!!!
Thanks in advance Tim

 

[Bubblecraft]

Hi & welcome to TF. If it were just the multi you were waiting on then you could have tiled after a few days of it drying but due to the bonding coat, 4 weeks is the recommended drying time before tiling (ideal conditions)

What type of tile are you tiling with as you are limited to 20kg pm2? If you D&D'd, you could have increased this to 32kg pm2

 

[southlondont]

Thanks for your reply. That's the bad news I was half expecting. Assume that's because the bonding takes that long to fully dry? Ceramic tiles 12kg per sqm was thinking of using BAL tub after using a primer on the plaster

 

[White Room]

Hi and welcome.....you could have put the finish on the same day, make sure your finish has no crazing due to it drying out to quick on the dry bonding.

 

[southlondont]

Only waited a week due to work. Wish I'd boarded now, it's done never mind I need to apply a primer though before the actual tiling?

 

[southlondont]

Cheers gents I'll stick to your advice a couple of weeks won't kill me.