Liquid Nails A Tile Mastic

TinMan1332

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Jul 28, 1998, 3:00:00 AM7/28/98

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>I'm about to use Liquid Nails to attach 8" floor tiles to a sheetrock
>wall. I'll standby and wait for the reasons I shouldn't do it this
>way.

Just right off the top of my head... you can buy a bucket of mastic for the
cost of about 3 or 4 tubes of construction adhesive. The mastic can be spread
with a trowel to get the right amount at the right thickness... and has a
longer open time than construction adhesive. The liquid nails type stuff works
like a contact cement and troweling it would be a mess.

J.P.

DGobis

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Jul 28, 1998, 3:00:00 AM7/28/98

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It would not provide the required coverage on the back which is 75% except for
wet areas which is 95 %.unless it was troweled on which would allow a very
short setting time.If gunned on, additionally grout will probably not be
properly bedded.On top of all that as the previous post noted it would be very
expensive.
Dave Gobis CTC
National Tile Contractors Assoc
www.tile-assn.com
Director Region 6

TinMan1332

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Jul 28, 1998, 3:00:00 AM7/28/98

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>additionally grout will probably not be properly bedded.

Thanks Dave... this reminds me that the construction adhesive is generally high
in VOCs, as they cure the fumes (which have to go somewhere) could possibly
cause early grout failure.

J.P.

Byron Matthews

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Jul 28, 1998, 3:00:00 AM7/28/98

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jim evans wrote:
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> I'm about to use Liquid Nails to attach 8" floor tiles to a sheetrock
> wall. I'll standby and wait for the reasons I shouldn't do it this
> way.
>

> jim
> ___
> Have a home upkeep question? Try my help page. It's sort of an alt.home.repair FAQ. http://www.ghgcorp.com/jevans/HomeRepair.htm

If you want to do it this way, don't try to trowel the LN as you would a
mastic. Just glob it on the back of each tile and stick them up. I've
done this thousands of times on horizontal Hardibacker (I manufacture
tile-top tables; you may have a problem with tiles tending to slide down
your vertical wall, though). I've never had a grout failure with tiles
attached with LN, using Custom Polyblend.

Byron

woof

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Jul 29, 1998, 3:00:00 AM7/29/98

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jim evans wrote in message <35c46783...@news.newsguy.com>...

>I'm about to use Liquid Nails to attach 8" floor tiles to a sheetrock
>wall. I'll standby and wait for the reasons I shouldn't do it this
>way.
>
>jim

Jim, Why ya gonna put floor tile on a wall?

DGobis

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Jul 29, 1998, 3:00:00 AM7/29/98

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Byron,
I think for table tops LN is fine. If all Jim is doing is sticking 8 tiles for
decorative purposes as opposed to functional thats fine too. For a functional
work surface be it floor or wall odds are against a long term sucessful
installation. We have one project we are working on locally today where 3/8
granite tile was "dotted " to the floor. Its 4 years old and mail carts and
high heels have done in a good portion of it.Everything has its place.Just
thought I would mention this before someone goes and dot mounts a foyer.

TinMan1332

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Jul 29, 1998, 3:00:00 AM7/29/98

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>It's only about 8 tiles. It's purely decorative. I'm using floor
>tiles so they'll be exactly the same as the floor (and I have the
>extras).

Well heck... whay didn't ya say that to begin with <G>. Polyseamseal sould work
good to.

J.P.