time it takes for plaster skim to cure before tiling

[Little5]

Can anyone advise the required time it takes to cure a repaired wall before tiling.
I have had to repair a wall with bonding and a plaster skim before tiling in a shower cubicle. The bonding is about 15mm and the skim 2mm.
What timescale should i leave it?
Thanks

 

[Scott]

Whats the addy instructions say?

 

[faithhealer]

Varys, especially in his weather, have you got any heat in the room? You can usually see when plasters dry. (standing by to be shot down on that on though)

 

[Scott]

It looks dry on the surface but at 15mm bonding not necessarily under the surface. The addy i used the other day, it WAS tubbed said 4 weeks!

I always leave the window open as well as heat if its available, the moving air will help loads.

I been thinking about investing in a damp meter for the same reasons.

 

[diamondtiling]

It looks dry on the surface but at 15mm bonding not necessarily under the surface. The addy i used the other day, it WAS tubbed
said 4 weeks!

I always leave the window open as well as heat if its available, the moving air will help loads.

I been thinking about investing in a damp meter for the same reasons.

Dont use tubbed addy
:ban::ban:

 

[Scott]

Dont use tubbed addy
:ban::ban:

I aint knocking up addy for 10 by 8's!

 

[Ajax123]

approx 17 days. I would leave it three weeks to make sure its dry.

or you could use gypsum based addy......

 

[Aston]

2-4 weeks for me, depending on the time of year and depending whether its skim over plasterboard or skim over backing plaster...

 

[shogun rua]

1 day per mm of bonding so 15 days then your good

 

[Little5]

Thanks for all contributers.
The area i'm talking about is 1/2 square metre, with 10 x 8 inch tiles. its a repair rather than a full wall, should i still wait a month?????

 

[Scott]

Thanks for all contributers.
The area i'm talking about is 1/2 square metre, with 10 x 8 inch tiles. its a repair rather than a full wall, should i still wait a month?????

If you dont want to repair it again then id wait!

 

[shogun rua]

Thanks for all contributers.
The area i'm talking about is 1/2 square metre, with 10 x 8 inch tiles. its a repair rather than a full wall, should i still wait a month?????

as i said 15 days and your good to go

 

[Aston]

Thanks for all contributers.
The area i'm talking about is 1/2 square metre, with 10 x 8 inch tiles. its a repair rather than a full wall, should i still wait a month?????

no mate but i would still give it 2 weeks
ed

 

[shogun rua]

Thanks for all contributers.
The area i'm talking about is 1/2 square metre, with 10 x 8 inch tiles. its a repair rather than a full wall, should i still wait a month?????

Thistle Hardwall


use hardwall

 

[Aston]

hi little

just read the depth of which you are patching...

right, heres some advice you should take note of.......
if you are putting on 15mm of bonding/hardwall, then because its designed to be applied by the book at 11mm and you are putting on 15mm
i would do a scratch coat of around 8mm, allow it to pick up (firm up and change to a darker colour approx 1 to 1 and a half hours and then put the 2nd 7mm coat on, then leave it to set a bit longer than normal (around 4-5 hours and then skim..

if you put too much on in one hit, it will shrink and crack!! so build up the layers and control the drying/setting/suction time...

any probs just fire away with the questions
ed