Any other tile adhesive? besides tile mortar?
Question:I want to tile my dinning room, is there any other tile adhesive I can use besides "tile mortar ?"
Answers:
There are epoxys besides thinset mortar.I will warn you epoxy anything is difficult for even the pro's to work with.Stick with thinset and if your worried about bond make sure you do the necessery prep work backerboard over wood or removing paint and drywall residue before installing over concrete grinding if the concrete is overtroweled or a smooth finish.Use atleast a medium grade thinset c cure 914 or customs versa bond or equilivent.Mastic is garbage and takes a long time to dry chances are if you used it when you went to grout the moisture would loosen the tiles and ruin your work.I have seen this happen.I have also seen when mastic is used as a crack suppression and moisture comes up thru the crack the mastic turn to mush and the tile bond break.Just remember materials are expensive so getting it right is worth spending a little more than losing everything and having to tear it out and repurchase materials again.Good luck.
Nothing i would trust. Maybe mastic...
What you want to use is multi-purpose thinset. If you're looking for something different, you're asking for trouble.
depending on the size of the tile, if its smaller then 8x8 you can use mastic. otherwise mortar is all there is.
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