Discuss Caspari Antiqued Silver, how would you fix them? in the Specialist Tile -Stone, Porcelain, Glass area at TilersForums. The USA and UK Tiling Forum (Also now Aus, Canada, ROI, and more)
Did you read what I said .resin backed marble is a new thing .what's wrong with the marble fixed without resin back .that has been stuck for 100s of years .it's all the new ideas I'm talking about .that need another new product and way of fixing .Why complicate the trade further and further
Did you read what I said .resin backed marble is a new thing .what's wrong with the marble fixed without resin back .that has been stuck for 100s of years .it's all the new ideas I'm talking about .that need another new product and way of fixing .Why complicate the trade further and further
Marble tiles are becoming thinker and of worse quality so they need the resin and mess backing to get though the transport and fixing without falling apart.
Omg it's quite funny watching the trade that so simple for 1000s of years become so complicated with only 20 years of technology in adhesives and grout .best way is sand cement .neat cement slurry to stick .there is no product that matches that strength and longevity .I do Victorian mosaics .I daily have to break up 100 year old paths .the tiles are still stuck to 6 inches of screed
In vienna and I'm sure other places in Europe most of the old encaustic tiles are just floating now, bond completely gone. Also I've seen plenty of thickbed on walls where tiles just fall off leaving the motar on the walls.
The technology changed when tiles changed. A few decades ago ceramics were common now it's porcelain. Try laying a tile with a absorption of <0.5% in the old thick bed method. See how you get on.
I know how I'd get on .porcelain was made to save money for manufacturers .and as you quoted all those old tiles now floating etc .have you retired a new build tiled in last 20 years .tiles fall off .grout badly dicoloured if not cracked or washed out .I fix Victorian mosaics for a living and to be competitive can only give 10 year guarantees as no adhesive can last much more than that outside .as opposed to doing it properly and it lasts 50 to 150 years .it's just getting silly with all the new products now .I know that times have changed and we got to move with them .but those times are changing because of greed and cost cutting.and not for ease of tiling and finished product .
In reply to how I'd fix them is just ring supplier and ask them. Get an email sent with what their specification is .and do that to the letter .then your covered
Just looked on web .you need to find out what type of resin is on back there is 3 types all need different types of adhesive Good luck.
Didn't tell me .but you did you were going to remove mesh that was put on for a reason. The tiles are weak they need the mesh .you need to find out what stuck the mesh then find right adhesive
that's an old article, you can tell by the smell quite easily the difference between epoxy and polyester .
I believe the tta recommend to not fix them but allowed corporate member to sell them to the public. Another reason the tta is two faced and not fit for purpose
I know how I'd get on .porcelain was made to save money for manufacturers .and as you quoted all those old tiles now floating etc .have you retired a new build tiled in last 20 years .tiles fall off .grout badly dicoloured if not cracked or washed out .I fix Victorian mosaics for a living and to be competitive can only give 10 year guarantees as no adhesive can last much more than that outside .as opposed to doing it properly and it lasts 50 to 150 years .it's just getting silly with all the new products now .I know that times have changed and we got to move with them .but those times are changing because of greed and cost cutting.and not for ease of tiling and finished product .
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