Tile Over Old Vinyl Adhesive

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Tile over old vinyl adhesive.

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. No adhesive will stick to dirt and grease and even very small bits of dust or debris can cause a flaw in the. Prior to the installation of floor covering systems triseal will also seal floors in dusty conditions providing a clean. You can also tile over vinyl tiles that are glued down if none of the tiles are loose or curling up.

Not every form of resilient flooring is suitable for receiving tile directly. If you aren t removing the old floor you may be creating a new floor that is too thick for doors to open and shut or for thresholds to have clearance. 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. The best candidate is fully adhered glued down sheet vinyl flooring.

If the old floor has a rough texture or some indentations use a coat of embossing leveler. One of the biggest factors of installing a new floor over the old is thickness. Hi i m laying 300mm x 300mm porcelain tiles. The old vinyl tile you describe sounds like vct vinyl composition tile and it is tough stuff.

Sheet vinyl can be laid over old linoleum or vinyl flooring if the existing floor is in good condition. When not to tile over resilient flooring. You want to scrape off as much as possible using a razor scraper. If you are new to tiling the best thing for you to do is to remove the old plasterboard and replace it to give you a flatter surface to start on which will make it eaiser if you try and tile over old adhesive it can be a bit more tricky but it can be done tiling over painted walls can be done also all u need to do is to score the surface to give the adhesive something to stick to but make sure that any flaking paint is removed and then pva.

The black adhesive is called cutback and i installed ceramic tile over it without difficulty. Am i ok to scrape off any high points and tile down onto it using the norcros flexible adhesive after priming with sbr. The original flooring was vinyl over concrete. Linoleum or vinyl flooring.

The stuff has come up nicely but leaving a thin layer of soft and sticky glue that looks a lot like evostik on top of the concrete.