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A few years ago some of the plumbing had to be replaced in the bathroom
of the house I grew up in, and part of this was to remove some mosaic
tiles that were put down about 1974 using a mastic. Man, getting those
babies up was a great deal of hard work, and now that ceramic tile has
entered a project of my own, I find everyone pushing thinset. Is it
really better?

I prefer thinset on a concrete-like surface. That includes concrete floors,
wood floors with a mortar base preparation, and concrete tile backer board.

For applying tiles on a drywall surface, I prefer mastic. The only exception
to this is when applying a tile "base board", I will usually use thinset
since I am already using it for the floor.

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