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Default Permanently sticking "self-adhesive" floor tiles

NT wrote:
On Sep 23, 2:56 pm, Clive wrote:
Hi,

I have put down some cheap vinyl floor tiles on a cement floor
surface. It's a temporary job - honest ! However, a few (thankfully
few) tiles are lifting at the edges. What is the best adhesive to
really stick them down?

I'm thinking:

"No nails" type adhesive
Bathroon/kitchen mastic
Contact / impact adhesive (can't remember if this has an "official"
name) - the type used to stick "non-self-adhesive" vinyl floor tiles

Any other suggestions?

Thanks

Clive


I tried everything bar conctact adhesive, and all failed except one.
What worked was bitumen. Clean the adhesive off the tiles round the
edges using loo roll and paraffin. Apply roofing bitumen adhesive and
put weights on the tiles, leaving till set, which takes a couple of
days iirc.


NT

you should have dried contact. That really DOES work