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Adhesive colour for floor tiles?
Hi all
I have just bought some ceramic floor tiles, sandstone (or limestone? can't remember) grout and adhesive. The adhesive is grey. My tiler (sorry, no time to DIY this one...) tells me the adhesive should be white or it will show through. This sounds strange to me, but is he right? TIA Greg |
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Adhesive colour for floor tiles?
Greg wrote:
Hi all I have just bought some ceramic floor tiles, sandstone (or limestone? can't remember) grout and adhesive. The adhesive is grey. My tiler (sorry, no time to DIY this one...) tells me the adhesive should be white or it will show through. This sounds strange to me, but is he right? TIA Greg Sounds ******** to me. Hold a tile up to the light - can you see through it? |
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Simon Avery wrote:
(Greg) wrote: Hello Greg G| I have just bought some ceramic floor tiles, sandstone (or G| limestone? can't remember) grout and adhesive. The adhesive G| is grey. My tiler (sorry, no time to DIY this one...) tells G| me the adhesive should be white or it will show through. G| This sounds strange to me, but is he right? Huh? Combined adhesive/grout products (crap, btw - don't use as a grout, they're too sticky and are far harder to clean off the tiles) would obviously show, but adhesive is hidden unless you have a really messy tiler. UNLESS, it's because it's real Sandstone, which is absorbant and might, concievably, suck the adhesive up (can't think it would, just mooting possibilities) but even then, if that happens then your tiles are ruined anyway. No, sorry, really can't figure out what he means. I think he means he wants to use the white stuff he nicked off the last job, and charge you 15% over the retail for it actually :-) |
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Adhesive colour for floor tiles?
"Greg" wrote in message m... Hi all I have just bought some ceramic floor tiles, sandstone (or limestone? can't remember) grout and adhesive. The adhesive is grey. My tiler (sorry, no time to DIY this one...) tells me the adhesive should be white or it will show through. This sounds strange to me, but is he right? TIA Greg Marble can be translucent and will show adhesive especially near to the top of the grout joint. If a serrated trowel is used to spread adhesive then the tiles can appear to be striped later on With sandstone it's very hard to remove traces of adhesive residue. If only a small bit is accidentally put on the surface it is near impossible to remove (can be sanded off). White adhesive is not so noticeable in this situation. A good policy is to pre seal the stone surface. David www.tradetiler.com |
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The Natural Philosopher wrote:
Hello The TNP| I think he means he wants to use the white stuff he nicked TNP| off the last job, and charge you 15% over the retail for it TNP| actually :-) Ahhh.... -- Simon Avery, Dartmoor, UK uk.d-i-y FAQ: http://www.diyfaq.org.uk/ |
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Adhesive colour for floor tiles?
Thanks all. Just for clarity, the tiles are ceramic (and I can't see
the light through them), and it's the grout which is sandstone in colour. Cheers again Greg |
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Adhesive colour for floor tiles?
David wrote:
"Greg" wrote in message m... Hi all I have just bought some ceramic floor tiles, sandstone (or limestone? can't remember) grout and adhesive. The adhesive is grey. My tiler (sorry, no time to DIY this one...) tells me the adhesive should be white or it will show through. This sounds strange to me, but is he right? TIA Greg Marble can be translucent and will show adhesive especially near to the top of the grout joint. If a serrated trowel is used to spread adhesive then the tiles can appear to be striped later on With sandstone it's very hard to remove traces of adhesive residue. If only a small bit is accidentally put on the surface it is near impossible to remove (can be sanded off). White adhesive is not so noticeable in this situation. A good policy is to pre seal the stone surface. Brick acid will get it off sandstone and slate, but will attack marble. David www.tradetiler.com |
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