tiling on wet pink

[Mike]

hi all. i know its not ideal but is it possible to tile onto wet new plaster walls? the plasters been on about 5 to 6 days but room is really dark, i.e. only one small window so not drying well. internal walls are fine but external are still dark. i thought maybe i could tile but leave grouting for as long as possible. there is a small dehumidifier in the room but still very slow drying walls. thanks in advance

[Rich]

Im afraid not mate. They have come up with adhesives that can cope on fresh screeds but nothing for walls that Im aware of. If its not totally dry, dont tile it. Leaving the grouting wont help as the problem is that the plaster will shrink as it drys out, breaking the bond of the adhesive. Sorry, thats not what you wanted to hear was it?

[mikethetile]

[Mike]

Im afraid not mate. They have come up with adhesives that can cope on fresh screeds but nothing for walls that Im aware of. If its not totally dry, dont tile it. Leaving the grouting wont help as the problem is that the plaster will shrink as it drys out, breaking the bond of the adhesive. Sorry, thats not what you wanted top hear was it?

i thought as much dylante, i'll finish off the dry wall this afternoon then move to another job, try again in a few days. thanks very much for that

[Tecnik2000]

Hi Mike...

[chrisroe]

28 days to fully cure

[Mike]

Hi Mike...

Hi there teknik, im not completely new to the forum, just not posted for a while

[jamie B]

unfortunately this thread wasn't at all what I first thought it would be from the title...damn

[whitebeam]

As mentioned leave for a couple of days if it's not drying out get a dehumidifier

[Ken Bruty]

unfortunately this thread wasn't at all what I first thought it would be from the title...damn

Yeah, you wouldn't want it dryin' out in 28 days would ya.