self levelling question, help requested

[Bartlett]

Stiff Little Fingers? I think Alpha meant slc "self levelling compound"

Ha ha, I even googled SLF and it came up with 'stiff little fingers' so I guessed it was probably a typo!

 

[doug boardley]

Ha ha, I even googled SLF and it came up with 'stiff little fingers' so I guessed it was probably a typo!

first band I ever saw, 30+ years ago lol

 

[Bartlett]

I would seal, I use mapei eco and find it extremly easy, spiked rollers are a good product to help wirh the smoothing out

This sounds good. Do Mapei do a good SLC too? Have you used it? What is is called?
(And while I'm asking lots of questions, wonder if you can you please tell me....what is the difference between 1. sealing 2.priming and 3.bonding)
Thanks.

 

[White Room]

Mapei do great slc compounds

Sealing and priming, To close up the surface to any suction/dust that may be on the surface for the adhesive
Bonding, To apply a liquid to bond/glue the adhesive/plaster to a surface

 

[Bartlett]

Mapei do great slc compounds

Sealing and priming, To close up the surface to any suction/dust that may be on the surface for the adhesive
Bonding, To apply a liquid to bond/glue the adhesive/plaster to a surface

Excellent, thanks. Very clear answer.
Getting away from the topic of SLC, I have read on the forum that some tilers bond a surface every time they tile a wall, whether it be plaster, plasterboard, tile over tile, ply, etc, etc. What is the general opinion on this?