Permanently sticking "self-adhesive" floor tiles
 

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

Permanently sticking "self-adhesive" floor tiles
 

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

Permanently sticking "self-adhesive" floor tiles
 

"NT" wrote

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

Don't forget the clothes' pegs .......... for your nose!
If it's anything like the bitumen paint, that stuff stinks - particularly
indoors where smell seems to concentrate.

Phil

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

Permanently sticking "self-adhesive" floor tiles
 

In message
,
Clive writes
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

So long as the cement floor is solid my first choice would be contact
adhesive

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bof at bof dot me dot uk

Permanently sticking "self-adhesive" floor tiles
 

On Sep 23, 5:06*pm, "TheScullster" wrote:
"NT" wrote

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

Don't forget the clothes' pegs .......... for your nose!
If it's anything like the bitumen paint, that stuff stinks - particularly
indoors where smell seems to concentrate.

Phil

I used wickes, no pong


NT

Permanently sticking "self-adhesive" floor tiles
 

On Wed, 23 Sep 2009 06:56:55 -0700 (PDT), Clive wrote:

I have put down some cheap vinyl floor tiles on a cement floor
surface. It's a temporary job - honest !

Contact adhesive will work but will be a PITA when this "temporary"
floor needs to be lifted. It will stick to the concrete and be a
right begger to get off, depending on what the permenant floor will
be this may or may not be a problem of course.

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Cheers
Dave.

Permanently sticking "self-adhesive" floor tiles
 

On Sep 23, 10:18*pm, bof wrote:
In message
,
Clive writes

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

So long as the cement floor is solid my first choice would be contact
adhesive


one day you will want to take them off again.

Robert

Permanently sticking "self-adhesive" floor tiles
 

In message
,
RobertL writes
On Sep 23, 10:18*pm, bof wrote:
In message
,
Clive writes

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

So long as the cement floor is solid my first choice would be contact
adhesive


one day you will want to take them off again.

Well the thread subject is "Permanently sticking", and in this
particular case it's just a "few" "lifting at the edges".

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bof at bof dot me dot uk