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[Brody29]

I have a 5x5 metre floor to tile with 60x20 porcelain tiles, I am using the levelling type spacers with the wedges for the first time. Is the best way to apply the adhesive with a 10 mm trowel onto floor and also back butter the tiles with same trowel?
Thanks for any advice

 

[Andy Allen]

Yes ......but use the flat of the trowel to back butter the tile you just need a skimmed of adhesive on it.

 

[White Room]

Make sure your ribs of the trowel run the same way....

 

[Time's Ran Out]

Make sure your ribs of the trowel run the same way....

Why?

 

[mma]

Why?

Better coverage

 

[Flintstone]

Why?

Oh Come on John!

 

[Time's Ran Out]

So I've been doing it wrong!

 

[LM]

So I've been doing it wrong!

To allow the air to escape therefore allowing the notches to compress for a more solid bed. Swirled like spreading patterns cause the air to be trapped and the compression resistance won't allow the tile to fully colapse the notch and in turn prevents a true solid bed.

 

[White Room]

So I've been doing it wrong!

Explain where we are all going wrong then John.

 

[Brody29]

Thanks for the responses chaps, so the General consensus is, spread the floor with 10mm notched trowel, then also back butter tile with notched side also, and make sure notches of floor and back of tile run in the same direction to allow air to escape for maximum compression?