Ⓩ-Ⓐ-Ⓜ-Ⓞ-Ⓡ-Ⓐ
Hove / Παρος
Dear fountain of all knowledge,
I'm having some problems tiling a small kitchen counter and backsplash.
I cut all the tiles to size, mixed up the adhesive and set to work. Finished everything in a half hour or so. The problem was that as the adhesive dried it became apparent that the tiles weren't going to stick - there was basically no bond between the back of the tile and the adhesive.
Now I should say that the backsplash and counter are built from plywood. It seems that the plywood absorbed the water out of the adhesive too fast and no proper bond could form.
A pain in the ass I thought, stripped all the tiles off and cleaned the adhesive off ready to go again.
I thought if I PVAed the plywood that would solve the problem but after browsing the web I'm reading conflicting opinions.
Just wondering if anyone has any experience tiling on to plywood? Was thinking maybe I should just use Mo More Nails or similar...
Any advice appreciated.
I'm having some problems tiling a small kitchen counter and backsplash.
I cut all the tiles to size, mixed up the adhesive and set to work. Finished everything in a half hour or so. The problem was that as the adhesive dried it became apparent that the tiles weren't going to stick - there was basically no bond between the back of the tile and the adhesive.
Now I should say that the backsplash and counter are built from plywood. It seems that the plywood absorbed the water out of the adhesive too fast and no proper bond could form.
A pain in the ass I thought, stripped all the tiles off and cleaned the adhesive off ready to go again.
I thought if I PVAed the plywood that would solve the problem but after browsing the web I'm reading conflicting opinions.
Just wondering if anyone has any experience tiling on to plywood? Was thinking maybe I should just use Mo More Nails or similar...
Any advice appreciated.