Tile On Stainless Steel Hot Tub

jarvis design

I thought I have seen everything!!

Local Hotel has a 3 1/2 year old hot tub that is fabricated from stainless steel - and then has mosaic tile - on some of it.

The floor, seat, step, and a row around the top are tiled, the rest is stainless steel.

The hot tub is an octaganal shape - about 7'

The pool company that installed it has been back numerous times to replace tiles and grout that keep popping off.

They have used sanded white grout - sometimes with widths of 1/2" - a lot of it is missing

From the tiles that were off, it looks like they used thinset - other than one spot which looks like mastic

My only thought on how to rectify this problem is such:

Remove all tile
Grind s.s. surface to scarcify
Use Laticrete latapoxy 300 adhesive
Use Laticrete latapoxy 2000 grout

I don't want to touch this unless I can "feel good" about it working!

Any comments or ideas would be appreciated

Thanks

Mike Jarvis

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cleveman

Yeah, they do list some steel as suitable to lay tile on when using the epoxy. But you might want to check closely. I can't imagine they want you laying on some stainless "skin". I guess that is what the tech support is for.

PrecisionFloors

I don't think you'd be able to do it without using epoxy....maybe Bud or Bill will be along shortly.

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cleveman

The more I think about it, they probably allow you to lay on steel treads, but this isn't some "skin", it's cold rolled steel. So this will let you do staircases.

jarvis design

A quick update

The laticrete rep agreed with the epoxy adhesive and epoxy grout (and also that spectralock would work just as well).

He did mention deflection, which I am going to have to look at a little closer.

Going back on Tuesday as we have this new "Family Day" holiday on Monday.

Going to kick back and try to beat my kids on the Wii!!

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