tiling on existing floor tiles

[pjdtiling]

customer wants me to tile on existing floor tiles

what do i have to do in order to tile onto these - they are sound

cheers

pete

 

[DHTiling]

As long as they are sound and no cracks..wash floor with sugar soap to remove any contaminates......tile with a flexible adhesive to get a good bond to the existing tiles.......dave..

 

[GazTech]

Is sugar soap a mix of sugar and soap ? If not what is it DH?

 

[DHTiling]

Hi gaz mate ...just for you........dave....

Sugar soap is an industrial cleaning material, composed of sodium carbonate, sodium phosphate, and sometimes sodium silicate as an abrasive. The dry powder looks like table sugar, which gives it its name. The term appears to be used with regards to a cleaning material.
The solution is alkaline and is used for cleaning surfaces in preparation for painting and tiling..
The above mentioned substances attributed as being part of "sugar soap" resemble trisodium phosphate.

 

[brian c]

well done dh,pmsl

 

[grumpygrouter]

Hi gaz mate ...just for you........dave....

Sugar soap is an industrial cleaning material, composed of sodium carbonate, sodium phosphate, and sometimes sodium silicate as an abrasive. The dry powder looks like table sugar, which gives it its name. The term appears to be used with regards to a cleaning material.
The solution is alkaline and is used for cleaning surfaces in preparation for painting and tiling..
The above mentioned substances attributed as being part of "sugar soap" resemble trisodium phosphate.

Just mixing sugar and soap in water sounds much less technical to me. lol.

Grumpy

 

[pjdtiling]

thanks dave

going to quote tonight so it will sound like i know what i am talking about

cheers