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Permanently sticking "self-adhesive" floor tiles
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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 |
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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 |
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"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 |
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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 |
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, 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 -- bof at bof dot me dot uk |
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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 |
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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. -- Cheers Dave. |
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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 |
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, 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". -- bof at bof dot me dot uk |
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