[Shop-talk] Gorilla gluing tile
Brian Kemp
bk13 at earthlink.net
Sat Nov 7 13:40:17 MST 2015
Bob - I'd stay with a good thinset instead of glue. You don't need to
clean the old thinset out of the squares of the Ditra. You just need to
the the stuff above the surface. If the old thinset in the membrane is
still solid, the new thinset can adhere to it and you don't need to get
it all out.
I would try some coarse sandpaper in a palm sander to remove all the
thinset above the top of the Ditra. It will eat the sandpaper quickly,
but should work.
You need a solid base for the tile. If the Gorilla glue has any flex,
your grout will quickly fail.
You may want to try your question at http://www.johnbridge.com/ which is
all about tile.
Lots of very helpful tile information in their forum.
If you do try the Gorilla glue or plaything else that works well, please
let me know how it goes. My kitchen has a loose tile I need to address
one of these days. It doesn't have a proper base and I have very
energetic kids.
Brian
On 11/7/2015 9:12 AM, Robert nogueira wrote:
> I've got a ceramic tile floor which has a could of loose tiles. Under the
> tile is Ditra membrane. I've put off doing a repair because cleaning out the
> old thin set from the Ditra is a messy pain not to mention mixing the new
> thin set.
> The other day I saw where some one used Gorilla glue to replace a loose tile.
> My experience with gorilla glue leads me to believe that it might work very
> well to hold a ceramic floor tile in place.
> Anyone tried this.? Any thoughts on how it might work out?
>
> Bob
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