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Plastic ply by N&C Nicobond!!
Had two bathrooms to tile walls and floors well the owner had supplied everything!
The floors were 22mm tongue and grooved floor boards, there was no deflection or movement in the floor so i screwed the boards down and then applied acrylic sealer,
Right then onto the plastic ply peeled of the backing and layed onto floor in brickbond as per the instructions, boy is it sticky!!
Cutting the mat with a pair of large scissors not to bad as long as you dont have to cut threw the logo on it, this is quite tuff stuff!
First thing i realised is that the plastic ply has the sticky backing all over and there is no holes in it between the plastic to allow the adhesive to pass threw and stick to the actual floor. the adhesive just sticks to the actual sticky sheet!
plastic ply down lazer level on and cant see the red line the plastic just reflects the line and it bounces off! argh..
Chalk line out cant see that either,:incazzato:Had to scribe a line using chinagraph marker to follow!
Any way tiled the floor with granfix ultimate flex adhesive and returned the next day to grout! Then the owner told me that they were hanging the door on the outside this time not as it was before argh have to remove two tiles and put in new ones!
Removing tiles was really hard was suprised how well the adhesive had stuck to the plastic ply! It had stuck really well, i looked at the adhesive and tiles as i was removing them you could see where the adhesive had sunk into the ply impressions and had really gripped onto it, but on the other hand you could see where the sticky back sheet had been in contact with the adhesive! and the adhesive doesn't actually stick to the floor itself! But while lifting the tiles and cleaning off the adhesive the plastic ply did remain totally stuck to the floor!
Any hows im not sure about it as the adhesive doesent actually make contact with the floor, But then again everything does stick togeather very well!
And it is difficult to mark out prior to tiling, maybe the colour needs to be changed to make it easier or for the finish to be matt rather then glossy?
But on the other hand it is quick and easy to lay.
Has anyone else used it and what did you think of it?
steve....
Had two bathrooms to tile walls and floors well the owner had supplied everything!
The floors were 22mm tongue and grooved floor boards, there was no deflection or movement in the floor so i screwed the boards down and then applied acrylic sealer,
Right then onto the plastic ply peeled of the backing and layed onto floor in brickbond as per the instructions, boy is it sticky!!
Cutting the mat with a pair of large scissors not to bad as long as you dont have to cut threw the logo on it, this is quite tuff stuff!
First thing i realised is that the plastic ply has the sticky backing all over and there is no holes in it between the plastic to allow the adhesive to pass threw and stick to the actual floor. the adhesive just sticks to the actual sticky sheet!
plastic ply down lazer level on and cant see the red line the plastic just reflects the line and it bounces off! argh..
Chalk line out cant see that either,:incazzato:Had to scribe a line using chinagraph marker to follow!
Any way tiled the floor with granfix ultimate flex adhesive and returned the next day to grout! Then the owner told me that they were hanging the door on the outside this time not as it was before argh have to remove two tiles and put in new ones!
Removing tiles was really hard was suprised how well the adhesive had stuck to the plastic ply! It had stuck really well, i looked at the adhesive and tiles as i was removing them you could see where the adhesive had sunk into the ply impressions and had really gripped onto it, but on the other hand you could see where the sticky back sheet had been in contact with the adhesive! and the adhesive doesn't actually stick to the floor itself! But while lifting the tiles and cleaning off the adhesive the plastic ply did remain totally stuck to the floor!
Any hows im not sure about it as the adhesive doesent actually make contact with the floor, But then again everything does stick togeather very well!
And it is difficult to mark out prior to tiling, maybe the colour needs to be changed to make it easier or for the finish to be matt rather then glossy?
But on the other hand it is quick and easy to lay.
Has anyone else used it and what did you think of it?
steve....
