Variety of adhesives for ceramic tiles
It is important to understand that the composition of the glue mass directly depends on its performance characteristics. Therefore, all the compositions on the market are divided into types according to the components present:
- Adhesive mixtures based on cement .This species is one of the most popular. Ready dry mixture must be diluted in the proper proportion with water, and the glue is ready. The shortcomings of such mixtures include rapid drying in the open air, so when carrying out the work you will need a certain skill, but rather the availability of experience and skills. These formulations have a different degree of elasticity;
- Cement-based mixtures with the introduced plasticizer .This innovation allows you to work with the adhesive mixture for much longer, and also improves the elasticity;
- One-component adhesives are realized in the form of ready-to-paste pastes. This allows the consumer to use them immediately after purchase and not make errors in the proportions when mixing components. These pastes are quite elastic, they are applied to the surface easily, do not dry for a long time;
- Two-component adhesives , on the contrary, are sold in a disconnected composition, which must be mixed when performing the installation work on the cladding, they differ in elasticity. In addition, they can be used as a trowelling mass. These mixtures are recommended to be used for laying tiles in intensively exploited places, as well as in wet rooms.
Features of choosing and working with glue
When choosing a working mixture, in addition to its composition, it is also necessary to take into account several factors: the appearance and irregularities of the base under the lining, the size of the tile, the cladding site, etc. When buying glue for ceramic tiles, the consumption of which depends directly on the size of the material to be mounted, do not forget about such quality as elasticity.
This factor affects the deformation ability of the adhesive mass. When drying, the mixture creates a certain tension, if it is not sufficiently elastic, then this tension cleaves the ceramic tile, and cracks appear on it.
Therefore, if you are going to clay the PCG, cellular concrete, cinder block, floor heating, etc., it is advisable to use adhesive compounds with high elasticity.
Before talking about , how correctly to glue the ceramic tile , I would like to draw attention to some recommendations, the performance of which does not depend on the type of glue mixture or works.
- It is necessary to perform all work at t from +5 ˚С, you must prepare the mixture, strictly adhering to the manufacturer's instructions.
- The adhesive needs to cover at least 70% of the surface of the tile;if it is large, then all the tiles are covered.
- It is not necessary to grout joints and start operating the tile before the adhesive mass has dried.
How to glue ceramic tiles - short instruction
Before starting the installation, the working surface is leveled, cleaned of dust and dirt. From the dirt, the tiles themselves are washed away. For the performance of works, it is necessary to have spatulas, conventional and toothed, construction level, cross-dividers, tile cutters, and a rubber hammer.
To begin facing with a tile it is necessary from a far corner of a premise. We try to put the tile in such a way that the pruning is not very noticeable. We apply an adhesive spatula to the tile with an ordinary spatula, the optimum layer thickness is approximately 2.5 mm.
After that, we level this layer with a notched trowel( to obtain the required thickness, the height of the comb of the spatula should be twice as much as the adhesive layer) and press the tile to the working surface, check the correctness of the laying by the building level, if necessary, with a hammer.
In this way we stack the bottom row, not forgetting to use cross-dividers. To prevent deformation of the series, we let it dry out a little and continue laying along the same technology.
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