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Adhesive Floor Tiles

What can I add to floor tile adhesive to make it set quicker on my old kitchen floor tiles.?

I have made one bad attempt to tile my kitchen floor. The old tiles were as I said very old and ugly. The old tiles were not coming up easily so I read the adhesive instructions and it said it could be used to tile directly onto the old tiles. I did this and left it for a day before I tried grouting. The tiles had not set. I left it longer and longer and after a week I gave in and decided to gout. Even now the tiles were still moving. I foolishly thought the grout would help hold them in place. It didn't and now they look worse. To make matters worse I now have a puppy who lives in that kitchen most of the day. I need to redo the tiles but I need them to set quickly before the puppy wee's on them. I was thinking of just doing sections at a time but I still need it to set quickly. Short of using super glue (joke) what can I use?

It's always the better option to remove old tiles first, prep the floor to make sure it's nice and level, then re-tile.

But if you want to tile over the old tiles then that isn't really a problem.
Always wash down the old tiles with sugar soap to rid them of any dirt, then use a flexible rapid setting cement adhesive "not ready mixed in a tub" and if the room is warm then you should find the adhesive drying enough to walk on them after a couple of hours.

If you had to mix the adhesive last time then you either used far too much water, and if it was ready mixed adhesive then it was either really cheap rubbish or was faulty.

Scrap off excess tile adhesive between tiles

Tile adhesive is a chemical that is responsible for the binding force between the tiles. It should be placed with perfection; otherwise the tile gets cracked after sometime. Sometimes, the adhesive remains trapped between the tiles leaving no place for the grout. This error ruins the look of the tiling project. Hence, it is important that you remove the excess adhesive between the adjacent tiles.

You can do this as follows:

If you are tiling a dry wall, then prefer mastic adhesive. This tile adhesive is ideal for the purpose. The mastic re-emulsifies as soon as you spray water on it. You can also buy a thin set. It is made up of a combination of chemicals and polymers.

Take a trowel and lay the thin set on the adhesive. Spread the thin set in an area that can be cleaned within 20-minutes, otherwise the chemicals will dry. Clean the excess thin set as soon as possible.

You should level the thin set completely. Even out the surface and ensure uniform thickness of the thin set. Prepare the thin set in adequate quantity so that you cover the surface with perfection. If the tiles got installed recently, then wait for 24hours before scrapping the tile adhesive.

Clear the excess adhesive between the grout lines. You can remove the adhesive with help of a putty knife. Use the knife carefully without producing scratches on the tile surface.

Make sure that you remove any kind of adhesive between the tiles. Ensure that the tiles don't get dislodged due to application of force on the surface. Hence, it’s apt to use a putty knife to scrap the adhesive.

So, use these tips and remove the tile adhesive properly, so that the tiles get installed with perfection. You can also ask the tiler to remove the adhesive for the grouting purpose.

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