Resin backed stone - adhesive

[cam_low]

I set one on the first job I did as I was dubious. Could I hell get it up. That contact epoxy stuff is well sticky stuff lol. Up toyou mate.
Belt n braces 2 part.

 

[Concrete guy]

They will both stick like poo to a blanket.

What you need to remember is the manufacturer cannot provide a guarantee for a product that isn't theirs.

In this case, the marble is glued to epoxy and mesh, the adhesive is attached to the epoxy and mesh. The manufacturer can guarantee their product will adhere to the epoxy and mesh but beyond that they can't reasonably offer anything.

When fitting this stuff you'll often find overlaps at some of the tile edges where epoxy and mesh have wrapped over a bit, if it's a devils job to clean these bits off even with a sharp stanley knife, then it's reasonable to think that it's likely to hold together once it's attached to the wall.

The flip side of this is when you find you can simply peel up a corner of backing mesh by hand, then strip the whole sheet off without much effort - that's the point you pack it all up and take it back to the shop as not fit for purpose.

In situations like these it's just a bit of common sense really.

 

[IHB]

The tiles all seem vey good to be honest. All square, same size, same thickness, all very regular and hold together when wet cut using a overhead saw.

Most of the mesh is well stuck. As you say there are parts where the epoxy hasn't taken that are easy to strip to the stone.

If the adhesive sticks to the epoxy mesh then it's all I ask. Weber printing "not recommended for resin backed" all over their tech sheets is what's made me pause. In reality it seems to stick extremely well so either they're being cautious (can't blame them) or the bond may fail in time.

Ian