glass tile adhesive.

[davey-j]

hi all, been looking through some old threads on glass tile adhesive.Been doing a kitchen which envolves glass border tiles which have a painted back.Have been using weber fix adhesive to fix the ceramic tiles but just wondered if this would also be suitable to fix the glass ones too.If not what problems would occur if i did? many thanks.

 

[top tiler]

i would use bal mosiac fix ,tub addy will take aweek to go of

 

[DHTiling]

If they have painted backs then you need to be using an expoxy adhesive or something like mirror mate....this should be applied to the tiles and not the substrate and pressed into place....normal adhesives can bleed through the paint finish..

 

[Branty]

They don't all need epoxy. I know the craft ceramics glass tiles are now ok with a high polymer cement based adhesive such as mosaicfix, or ctf3 and ad1.
on some of the glass tiles, the paint reacts with moisture and changes colour.

 

[DHTiling]

Nice to hear that danny......but as with all special tiles...read the info slip or check with supplier etc....

 

[Branty]

Nice to hear that danny......but as with all special tiles...read the info slip or check with supplier etc....

Good point Dave.
If there's no info slip in the box, give the manufacturers a call.

 

[davey-j]

cheers guys for the advice

 

[groucho]

If they have painted backs then you need to be using an expoxy adhesive or something like mirror mate....this should be applied to the tiles and not the substrate and pressed into place....normal adhesives can bleed through the paint finish..

just been reading some threads on glass tiles. got to fix some this week. tiles are from B&Q 10x10 im sure they have a kind of greyish back to them. If these tiles need epoxy going to cost a lot more to do the job. so whats best for the customer? whats mirror mate and how much? they want the tiles set in diamond (splashbacks kitchen) will this be acheivable with the cutting. Or will the corners keep chipping? If you use epoxy and spread on with a 4mm trowel will this show through? walls are painted white havnt done a tape test yet on them. do you need to prime before using epoxy? thanks