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HI All

Thanks for the replies. Sorry for the delay.

Ardex NA is my method of choice but the customer does not have the money for it. Its about 55m2 first floor. Also the have not been able to take the skirting off (glued and screwed) even though this was agreed previously.

At the moment The customer and I used industrial gunk (I can't remember the name) paint and glue remover on the floor. God it stinks. Its been scraped to within an inch of its life. Looked like all the glue came off. Filled two B & Q orange buckets.

Went back this morning and floor is still sticky. No glue that can be scraped off on it but still sticky (cannot be walked or worked on). I have primed a section of it with mapei eco prim to see how it comes up. It has dried well and is much less sticky to the point It can be worked on but you can still feel a slight tackiness.

I have left it there for today.

Ardex NA is not an option even though I have pushed it.

Whats everyones thoughts now? Would you proceed with be happy with tile over mapei eco prim even tho it is very slightly tacky? Am I being over cautious?

I never got to try acetone unfortunately.

Customer says they are happy to take the risk (they are genuine) but they all say that till it goes wrong.

Thanks everyone for the replies.
 
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Personally I would be happy to go onto that. I have had one similar in the past so I understand your concern
 
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Dumbo

If you're worried and customer says they are happy to go against your advice send them an email to respond to saying that it is tiled at their liability
 
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Personally I would be happy to go onto that. I have had one similar in the past so I understand your concern

Glad someone has come across this before. Its a new one to me. I feel happy enough with it but its good to hear someone say they have had the same circumstances as well. Thank you.
 
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If you're worried and customer says they are happy to go against your advice send them an email to respond to saying that it is tiled at their liability

I have it in writing and it has been signed. Never sure if that will hold up if it went to court but it is always good to have.
 
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In my haste to post yesterday I have only just noticed I spelt Vinyl incorrectly. I can not edit the title for some reason. Surprised no one pointed it out :D

My tile is better than my spelling :D
 
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I think someone else mentioned it but in the past I have and will always cover the floor with a dusting of cement/slc dust ,sweep it about the floor and then unfortunately it'll be elbow grease with a bladed scraper or the "big mutt" until I feel happy that I've got a good proportion of it up. Then prime the floor and scim over with whatever slc that I'm using at the time.
 
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I think someone else mentioned it but in the past I have and will always cover the floor with a dusting of cement/slc dust ,sweep it about the floor and then unfortunately it'll be elbow grease with a bladed scraper or the "big mutt" until I feel happy that I've got a good proportion of it up. Then prime the floor and scim over with whatever slc that I'm using at the time.

Thanks for the reply mate. If it happens again I will use the dust method. SLC was not an option on this job. It left me with limited options unfortunately.
 
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I thought I would update this incase it helps someone else in the future.

I used mapei eco prim. Had to leave it on over night and applied two coats just to be safe. Dried fantastically well. Great surface to tile on and great product.
 

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