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Have any of you guys worked with this product?
I am having an issue with the edges of the 16"x16" tiles not being held down tightly by the adhesive. It is a pressure sensitive adhesive not a wet set. I spread it with the required notch trowel and rolled obsessivley as I went.
It was spread over exsisting luan (I know yech). Origionally the salesguy wanted me to go over the 15 yo vinyl tile -so I ripped that out and skimmed the luan with Ardex Feather Finish. That dried via fan and a summer day in about 45 mins, then I spread the adhesive and let it tack clear for about an hour and had the field layed in approx an hour -with another 2 hours or so to do cuts.
The tiles are not coming up- in fact they are down well with only the edges(and not all of them) are loose enough for the tile to appear to be different thicknesses.
I put the job in on Fri and was back there today,Tues.
I used a hand roller and a little heat to roll the edges flat but there is an inner gremlin telling me that this may not be a permanent fix.
That and now that I am talking to other folks about this stuff I am hearing horror stories about it.
One person told me after the claim process they were told by an independant inspector that the product is not a solid vinyl so it is unstable for expanding and contracting, meaning ,I guess, that the layers move differently?
Another thing I find odd about it is that you dont put a finish on it because it has an aluminum oxide finish already.My question would be -How the hell are the tile joints suppose to be sealed to avoid moisture getting down in there?
Its unfortunate because the job looks awsome and the tile surface seems to be pretty durable.
I am having an issue with the edges of the 16"x16" tiles not being held down tightly by the adhesive. It is a pressure sensitive adhesive not a wet set. I spread it with the required notch trowel and rolled obsessivley as I went.
It was spread over exsisting luan (I know yech). Origionally the salesguy wanted me to go over the 15 yo vinyl tile -so I ripped that out and skimmed the luan with Ardex Feather Finish. That dried via fan and a summer day in about 45 mins, then I spread the adhesive and let it tack clear for about an hour and had the field layed in approx an hour -with another 2 hours or so to do cuts.
The tiles are not coming up- in fact they are down well with only the edges(and not all of them) are loose enough for the tile to appear to be different thicknesses.
I put the job in on Fri and was back there today,Tues.
I used a hand roller and a little heat to roll the edges flat but there is an inner gremlin telling me that this may not be a permanent fix.
That and now that I am talking to other folks about this stuff I am hearing horror stories about it.
Another thing I find odd about it is that you dont put a finish on it because it has an aluminum oxide finish already.My question would be -How the hell are the tile joints suppose to be sealed to avoid moisture getting down in there?
Its unfortunate because the job looks awsome and the tile surface seems to be pretty durable.