Rescued limestone from the skip, advice on whether to seal the back

[c james]

Re: Rescued limestone from the skip, advice on whether to seal the bac

Thanks for the advice Dan, was using on the extremities top or side bits.

Lesson learnt.

CJ

 

[White Room]

Re: Rescued limestone from the skip, advice on whether to seal the bac

I'd be using a rapid adhesive as well....

 

[mattle40]

I personally wouldn't seal the backs,
Just make sure as stated above, that you "back butter" the tiles, this will at least ensure no "shadowing" if you don't achieve 100% coverage everywhere which is of course what you should be aiming for

Good luck ;-)

 

[Tony73]

Re: Rescued limestone from the skip, advice on whether to seal the bac

I would also advice to take sharp edge off of tile, with 129 or 240 sand paper (if it's not done), looks so much better

 

[The D]

Re: Rescued limestone from the skip, advice on whether to seal the bac

There is anoter test i need to do and put on youtube I have done this for 20 years on light stone that is prone to bleed through. I have never had a problem with adhesion but I only do it because it is the way I was told to do it so I think a test is in order

 

[c james]

Re: Rescued limestone from the skip, advice on whether to seal the bac

thanks Mattle, good tip thanks Tony

Cheers all

CJ

 

[Tony73]

Re: Rescued limestone from the skip, advice on whether to seal the bac

no problem, and good luck with your project

 

[Tony73]

Re: Rescued limestone from the skip, advice on whether to seal the bac

Test is allways good , i only work with natural stone for about 10 years. But there is allways something new to learn

 

[c james]

Re: Rescued limestone from the skip, advice on whether to seal the bac

OMFG,

Just went to lay a few tiles, they are not square got a 3-4mm difference, I use the rubi batten stands with empire blue levels the super expensive ones.

Got my combination square out and yes not square.

I did buy a FLEX tile cutter with fence as thought I might need it, cost me £550 water fed and a great bit of kit.

Question is now how to salvage the tiles as too good to skip, I could go rustic and not care about the tile gaps but thought I would throw the problem out hoping for a wiser solution.

Many thanks again.

CJ

 

[c james]

Re: Rescued limestone from the skip, advice on whether to seal the bac

is it cool to say they are from fired earth and have the hand made look .....?

CJ

 

[Tony73]

Re: Rescued limestone from the skip, advice on whether to seal the bac

chek if they all out of square, or just few. Or even if most are out, you could recut. would not lay them as it is

 

[Tony73]

Re: Rescued limestone from the skip, advice on whether to seal the bac

can we see some pictures?

 

[White Room]

Re: Rescued limestone from the skip, advice on whether to seal the bac

Probably why they were skipped....

 

[c james]

Re: Rescued limestone from the skip, advice on whether to seal the bac

OK image here i hope,

I just did some mosiac tiles from fired earth a real headache as no lines ever matched, just checked with pregnant gf with her parents away all ok.

So at the end of the day another question is can skill make a crap tile look good to the friends visiting......?



Thanks

CJ

 

[c james]

Re: Rescued limestone from the skip, advice on whether to seal the bac

Dammit I dont think pound land would have sold these lol