In the process of pasting ceramic tiles, a series of auxiliary tools and spare parts are used, which complement each other to install the ceramic tiles reasonably while ensuring solidity, safety and reliable performance. What I recommend to you today are suggestions on how to use ceramic tile adhesive and the purchase process. Interested friends can consider the following and make a detailed classification based on the material and size of the ceramic tiles in your home and the installation location. I believe that with the help of This can achieve a satisfactory final result without the hassle of later repairs.
1. What is tile adhesive?
Tile adhesive is a mixture of high-quality cement, fine aggregates, fillers, special admixtures and dry powder polymers. An organic-inorganic composite tile bonding material that is green, environmentally friendly, non-toxic and harmless, and is the best choice to replace traditional cement mortar for tile bonding.
The construction thickness of ceramic tile adhesive is only 2-4MM, while the thickness of traditional cement mortar pasting is usually 15-30MM. Therefore, as long as the construction base surface is flat, the overall cost of thin-layer pasting construction is lower than that of Traditional cement mortar has lower adhesion and more reliable bonding quality. The bagged powder can be used immediately after adding water, making construction faster.
2. How to use tile adhesive
There are three ways to use tile adhesive, which are divided into back bonding method, trowel method and combination method. The back-bonding method is to apply tile adhesive on the back of the tile, and then stick it to the base layer. This is the most common method and the simplest method for tile adhesive construction; the trowel method is to use a toothed trowel to pre-stick the tile. The adhesive is scraped onto the surface of the base layer to be tiled, and then combed with a toothed knife to make it have raised stripes and a uniform thickness, and then the tiles are covered; the combination method is to apply tile adhesive on both the back and the base layer of the tiles agent.
The most important thing is the ratio of adhesive to water. Generally, a ratio of 1:0.25-0.3 is used, and only a little water is enough. After mixing it evenly, you can proceed to the next step, which is construction. When using tile adhesive, you don't need to soak the tiles like cement. You only need to paste it on the wall/floor in sequence and compact it. However, during the bonding process, make sure that the adhesive covers most of the tile surface.
3. Precautions for using ceramic tile adhesive
1. Workers generally do not add water and stir according to the instructions, resulting in the adhesive being too thick or too thin and not reaching the required Good construction and pasting effect. This will cause quality problems, so be sure to use it in accordance with the manufacturer's product instructions. Some engineering experts once told the staff that some workers secretly added cement, sand, and rubber powder to the adhesive, which destroyed the proportion of the original formula and caused the adhesive to fail or fail to achieve the original bonding effect.
2. When the flatness of the wall does not meet the requirements, the workers do not level it in advance, but directly add the amount of adhesive to "thickly paste" it. Uneven walls will lead to empty ceramic tiles. One of the reasons for drums. The correct method is to level the wall. The flatness should be less than 3mm. The best thickness for the tile adhesive is 3-8mm. Do not exceed the thickness of 8mm.
3. When workers use the thin-laying method to lay the tiles, they often don’t knead and press the tiles hard. They think that only the surface of the tiles is neat. This can easily lead to the back of the tiles not being fully tiled. The correct approach is to check the degree of adhesive sticking on the back at any time, and use a spatula and combing angle appropriately.
If troublesome problems such as falling off or water leakage are found in the tiles later, it is probably not just because we did not pay more attention during the selection and purchase process, but because we did not combine the actual conditions during the installation process. Considering the consequences, what I recommend to you today is the usage method and precautions of an adhesive that must be used in the process of bonding ceramic tiles. From this, we can find that the appropriate ceramic tile adhesive has a certain degree of viscosity. Moreover, the design is relatively reliable, and it can be used with ceramic tiles of various materials to ensure that the product is as strong and reliable as possible.