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adhesive
Adhesive, also known as glue, cement, mucilage, or paste, is any non-metallic substance applied to one or both surfaces of two separate items that binds them together and resists their separation.The use of adhesives offers certain advantages over other binding techniques such as sewing, mechanical fastenings, or welding. These include the ability to bind different materials together, the more efficient distribution of stress across a joint, the cost-effectiveness of an easily mechanized process, and greater flexibility in design. Disadvantages of adhesive use include decreased stability at high temperatures, relative weakness in bonding large objects with a small bonding surface area, and greater difficulty in separating objects during testing. Adhesives are typically organized by the method of adhesion followed by reactive or non-reactive, a term which refers to whether the adhesive chemically reacts in order to harden. Alternatively, they can be organized either by their starting physical phase or whether their raw stock is of natural or synthetic origin.
Adhesives may be found naturally or produced synthetically. The earliest human use of adhesive-like substances was approximately 200,000 years ago, when Neanderthals produced tar from the dry distillation of birch bark for use in binding stone tools to wooden handles. The first references to adhesives in literature appeared in approximately 2000 BC. The Greeks and Romans made great contributions to the development of adhesives. In Europe, glue was not widely used until the period AD 1500–1700. From then until the 1900s increases in adhesive use and discovery were relatively gradual. Only since the last century has the development of synthetic adhesives accelerated rapidly, and innovation in the field continues to the present.
Hi all,
I'm part re-tiling/plastering a bathroom, which as the pictures show, has masonary to one wall above the old bath (pic 3), waterproof-board on the back wall where the loo and shower were (pic 1 & 2), and plasterboard on the remianing wall (pic 4). I plan to re-tile where the original...
I plan to lay a circa 8m x 4m patio using a concrete slab and fixing with tile adhesive. The porcelain tiles will be 1200 x 600 or 900 x 450, I want to use a half bond with the longest edge parallel to the 8m length of the slab.
I'm looking for recomendations on adhesive and a levelling system...
Which tile adhesive have you most used during 2021?
Reply with the make, and upvote if you've used that one also.
We'll see who gets the most upvotes. And I'll mark that adhesive make the winner.
I wont be disallowing new members from getting involved, unlike previous years, so just...
Hi All. Ive done some research which has confused me more than when I started reading. So thought id post for some advice.
I have a poured concrete screed floor with UFH, its been down 18 months with UFH on low. The surface has been sanded as it had a sheen when it first cured. Im wanting to...
I am about to try tiling a splashback, having only tiled once before (10+ years ago)
I've watched a few YT videos so think I know what to do, but there are so many brands of adhesive available, from well-known names to own brand names.
I'll be using 200 x 100 ceramic tiles and think ready...
Hi all,
I am hoping to find some help. A false wall has been constructed in my bathroom and two niches have been put into it. The 'wall' has been boarded over with aquapanel cement board and the niches have been constructed with the same. I need to tile the entire bathroom now, but taking it...
Hi, I've been a frequent visitor to this site and found the info useful in getting me to the stage i am at now in my shower project.
Have tanked tray to ceiling onto moisture resistant plasterboard, and 10m2 of 12x4 inch tiles are due tomorrow. Just hoping for some advice on the best adhesive...
Hi there everyone. What a fantastic forum. I have taken out the bathroom in our 1930s bungalow. The floor was tiled, and well stuck down. Removing the tiles has revealed a layer of bitumen painted onto concrete. The floor is solid and isn't likely to move. My question is this...what kind of...
Hi all,
Got some 1sqm 6mm tiles to lay and the subfloor is 18mm T&G ply on top of joists. On this is 6mm hardie board (was used to build up height to match landing) and ditra mat.
Underneath this is wet UFH.
As the ply is straight onto joists the floor is not exactly 100% flat and level. It's...
I just got a new bathroom done through a plumber, who managed the whole process (I had no dealings with the electrician or tiler). I didn't choose the tiles, they were supplied (I chose just chose a tile out of a choice of 3). The tiles were installed on Monday, all adhesive and grouting done on...
Hi all I will be installing an uncoupling membrane on a 100sqm floor ( concrete )
Which I have now releveled
But I was wondering do I have to use a rapid set or can I use normal set S1?
Thanks
This was mentioned in another thread, so I thought I'd ask the question to others to get a feel for it.
Larsen rep "blamed everything but their products and said their report was final".
Anybody has any larsen tile adhesive fails recently? Perhaps a bad batch they're not pulling?
I'm hoping to get some opinions on how acceptable the adhesive coverage is on my new floor tiles.
The tiles are about 5ish cm hexagons and we recently had to take some up to get the electric UFH fixed. After this I put some tile adhesive in to replace the screed which the repair person dig out...
I’ve just had my bathroom renovated by a chap recommended by my neighbour.Firstly he quoted by day abs said it would take 10 days! It took 22 so labour cost was £4000I’ve had him come back because the floor tiles are moving and grout cracked. He re grouted using silicone
Now a tile has fallen...
I am just about to have a bathroom renovation done and have been reading about different plasterboards. My first question is what board would be suitable for larger tiles 120 x 60 and should it just be cement board or although more expensive, marine ply? Or do you have a better suggestion? The...
Hi guys, in regards to adhesive - is there any advantages of having the adhesive a bit wetter than what is advised on the bag as I am still having problems with coverage. The bag recommended mix seems a bit too stiff in my opinion. I am using maximum trowel size and also back buttering with...
Hi everyone, hope you are all well.
Two questions:
I want to tile over electric underfloor heating cables / Ditra Heat with 600x600mm large format tiles (9.5mm depth tile). My question is the adhesive that I have got which is the correct one for underfloor heating is 8 months old but on the...
Hi everyone,
I am planning to perform my first tile DIY project and I have few questions regarding adhesive thickness, three to be exact:
1. I will attach 6mm backboards to a masonry wall, how thick should the adhesive be?
2. The tiles that will be attached to the backboards will be...
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