Choosing the best most robust mortar or adhesive for your tiling project will depend in part on the kind of tile you are using and more importantly on where you plan to use it.
Tile mortar over vinyl glue.
So i pulled up the old tile in my bedroom and it was installed over vinyl flooring.
Here s how to go about it.
While when you use adhesive to glue your vinyl floor tile on the subfloor the excess may leak to the surface.
Excess glue can be difficult to remove from vinyl floor tiles but there are a few ways to do it without damaging your new vinyl plank flooring.
I ve use these for severals years over old vinyl and carpet glue residue with no problems.
Apply a layer of thin set tile adhesive to the vinyl using a notched trowel.
Sometimes you will get glue marks on your floor which ruins the effect.
Installing ceramic tile over vinyl or linoleum surfaces can be more complicated than expected and probably should be avoided whenever possible.
Hi all i m going to put ceramic tiles down over a concrete floor which has previously had clear looking vinyl flooring glued down onto it as can be seen in the attachment.
Tile can be laid directly over vinyl flooring on a concrete slab if the vinyl in good condition and glued down securely.
Exposed areas between ridges of adhesive should expose the vinyl flooring.
To do this scoop a small amount of thin set adhesive onto the floor then drag the edge of the trowel over it to cover the floor.
While thinset mortar could hold vinyl tile in place it is not necessary.
Installing over existing vinyl.
Set ceramic tile over vinyl title adhesive residue on basement concrete floor frank the two products i use that are rated for use over vinyl adhesive are laticrete 317 thinset with 333 additive and summitville 777 thinset with 810 additive.
Xl brands triseal adhesive residue encapsulator triseal is a light colored high strength acrylic polymer compound formulated to isolate cutback and other types of old adhesive residues that would affect the bond of the new floor adhesive over concrete substrates.
Prior to the installation of floor covering systems triseal will also seal floors in dusty conditions providing a clean.
Apply thin set adhesive to the vinyl flooring with a notched trowel.
However if you can t remove the old surface or otherwise decide to install over it lay a backer board with thin set over the old surface to serve as your new subfloor material.
We are talking old school 1960 s thick vinyl floor 12 x 12 s and the ceramic floor stuck just fine but now there is black glue on the concrete and it is real thin but and is sticking very well to the con.
The cementlike consistency of thinset is important with heavy tiles such as ceramic and stone but with vinyl which is.
Am i ok to scrape off any high points and tile down onto it using the norcros flexible adhesive after priming with sbr.