Friday, February 26, 2010

Best ';adhesive'; for a loose ceramic floor tile?

Hello,





I'm in a rental apartment so I don't mind this being pretty quick %26amp; dirty, but a couple of the ceramic floor tiles (about 8'; x 8';) are loose. What's a simple material use to stick 'em back to the floor for a while?





Thanks!





OssBest ';adhesive'; for a loose ceramic floor tile?
Do not use premixed thinset or mastic or glue. That will not work, and the mastic and premixed will take forever to dry. All of those options will have you re-doing it again soon.





Buy thinset. it's not expensive. Tile section in home depot. $12 a bag versus 35 for a pail of mastic (never used on floors!) add water, set, grout the next day. Done. Good luck.Best ';adhesive'; for a loose ceramic floor tile?
Liquid latex modified is best. Lift the loose portion of the tile, and spread a thin coat of latex adhesive on the underside of it with a putty knife. If only a corner of a tile has come unstuck, loosen more of it until you can turn the tile back far enough spread the adhesive.
Mastic. You can get it at any hardware store. Don't use thinset for your application. Use mastic.
home depot has small containers of premixed thin set(tile cement).just smear on tile and replace
We have a product here called ';No More Nails';. Its magic for the renter

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