Mapei Mapestik adhesive

[Amtico]

hello all. i'm looking for a bit of advise . i'm an amtico and karndean vinyl tile floor fitter by trade so tiling is no problem for me so i thought i would do my own bathroom walls. its aprox 16 square meters .

ive used a black 33cm x 33cm floor tile 8mm thick.

ive also used mapei mapestik adhesive for the job

is this adhesive good for the job ? ive pulled a tile off the wall today that i fixed 4 days ago and the mapei mapestik adhesive is still soft ?

how long does it actually take to go fully off ?

 

[DHTiling]

Hello and welcome...

Sorry but totally wrong adhesive used, should be a cement based one.. So not that easy then..🙂🙂🙂 ( joke ).



Tubbed dispersion adhesive are really not good for large tiles as it dries by water evaporation into the substrate and through the joints and also if used thicker than 3mm then this will take ages to set.

 

[Gazzer]

Are these porcelain tiles ? You should have used a cement based adhesive for those tiles anyway.

 

[Amtico]

there a ceramic tile not porcelain ... the shop i bought them from said to use the mapei mapestik....

 

[Gazzer]

The shop is wrong then.

 

[DHTiling]

there a ceramic tile not porcelain ... the shop i bought them from said to use the mapei mapestik....

Then i'm afraid they were wrong..

 

[Amtico]

will it stick them tho ? they seem to be stuck very well. just worried when i took a tile off today that was done 4 days ago to find the adhesive still soft

 

[DHTiling]

What is the background ( substrate)..? and how deep did you use the adhesive.

 

[kilty55]

hello amtico,as above unfortunatley youve been mis informed by the shop

cement based addy needed im afraid....one saving grace however is you can probably remove all the tiles..clean them and re do it

 

[Gazzer]

will it stick them tho ? they seem to be stuck very well. just worried when i took a tile off today that was done 4 days ago to find the adhesive still soft

It does have a 7 day fully cured time but its all wrong IMO for that size tile.