Hi,

I have put down some cheap vinyl floor tiles on a cement floor
surface. It's a temporary job - honest ! However, a few (thankfully
few) tiles are lifting at the edges. What is the best adhesive to
really stick them down?

I'm thinking:

"No nails" type adhesive
Bathroon/kitchen mastic
Contact / impact adhesive (can't remember if this has an "official"
name) - the type used to stick "non-self-adhesive" vinyl floor tiles

Any other suggestions?

Thanks

Clive

On Sep 23, 2:56*pm, Clive <clive_l...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have put down some cheap vinyl floor tiles on a cement floor
> surface. It's a temporary job - honest ! However, a few (thankfully
> few) tiles are lifting at the edges. What is the best adhesive to
> really stick them down?
>
> I'm thinking:
>
> "No nails" type adhesive
> Bathroon/kitchen mastic
> Contact / impact adhesive (can't remember if this has an "official"
> name) - the type used to stick "non-self-adhesive" vinyl floor tiles
>
> Any other suggestions?
>
> Thanks
>
> Clive

I tried everything bar conctact adhesive, and all failed except one.
What worked was bitumen. Clean the adhesive off the tiles round the
edges using loo roll and paraffin. Apply roofing bitumen adhesive and
put weights on the tiles, leaving till set, which takes a couple of
days iirc.


NT

NT wrote:
> On Sep 23, 2:56 pm, Clive <clive_l...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have put down some cheap vinyl floor tiles on a cement floor
>> surface. It's a temporary job - honest ! However, a few (thankfully
>> few) tiles are lifting at the edges. What is the best adhesive to
>> really stick them down?
>>
>> I'm thinking:
>>
>> "No nails" type adhesive
>> Bathroon/kitchen mastic
>> Contact / impact adhesive (can't remember if this has an "official"
>> name) - the type used to stick "non-self-adhesive" vinyl floor tiles
>>
>> Any other suggestions?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Clive
>
> I tried everything bar conctact adhesive, and all failed except one.
> What worked was bitumen. Clean the adhesive off the tiles round the
> edges using loo roll and paraffin. Apply roofing bitumen adhesive and
> put weights on the tiles, leaving till set, which takes a couple of
> days iirc.
>
>
> NT
you should have dried contact. That really DOES work

In message
<867810ab-9b17-4829-9051-(E-Mail Removed)>,
Clive <(E-Mail Removed)> writes
>Hi,
>
>I have put down some cheap vinyl floor tiles on a cement floor
>surface. It's a temporary job - honest ! However, a few (thankfully
>few) tiles are lifting at the edges. What is the best adhesive to
>really stick them down?
>
>I'm thinking:
>
>"No nails" type adhesive
>Bathroon/kitchen mastic
>Contact / impact adhesive (can't remember if this has an "official"
>name) - the type used to stick "non-self-adhesive" vinyl floor tiles

So long as the cement floor is solid my first choice would be contact
adhesive

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On Sep 23, 5:06*pm, "TheScullster" <p...@dropthespam.com> wrote:
> "NT" wrote
>
> I tried everything bar conctact adhesive, and all failed except one.
> What worked was bitumen. Clean the adhesive off the tiles round the
> edges using loo roll and paraffin. Apply roofing bitumen adhesive and
> put weights on the tiles, leaving till set, which takes a couple of
> days iirc.
>
> NT
>
> Don't forget the clothes' pegs .......... for your nose!
> If it's anything like the bitumen paint, that stuff stinks - particularly
> indoors where smell seems to concentrate.
>
> Phil

I used wickes, no pong


NT

On Wed, 23 Sep 2009 06:56:55 -0700 (PDT), Clive wrote:

> I have put down some cheap vinyl floor tiles on a cement floor
> surface. It's a temporary job - honest !

Contact adhesive will work but will be a PITA when this "temporary"
floor needs to be lifted. It will stick to the concrete and be a
right begger to get off, depending on what the permenant floor will
be this may or may not be a problem of course.

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Cheers
Dave.

On Sep 23, 10:18*pm, bof <nothingr...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> In message
> <867810ab-9b17-4829-9051-306a454bf...@o36g2000vbl.googlegroups.com>,
> Clive <clive_l...@yahoo.com> writes
>
> >Hi,
>
> >I have put down some cheap vinyl floor tiles on a cement floor
> >surface. It's a temporary job - honest ! However, a few (thankfully
> >few) tiles are lifting at the edges. What is the best adhesive to
> >really stick them down?
>
> >I'm thinking:
>
> >"No nails" type adhesive
> >Bathroon/kitchen mastic
> >Contact / impact adhesive (can't remember if this has an "official"
> >name) - the type used to stick "non-self-adhesive" vinyl floor tiles
>
> So long as the cement floor is solid my first choice would be contact
> adhesive


one day you will want to take them off again.

Robert

In message
<e2ca57be-6a39-42a4-8198-(E-Mail Removed)>,
RobertL <(E-Mail Removed)> writes
>On Sep 23, 10:18*pm, bof <nothingr...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> In message
>> <867810ab-9b17-4829-9051-306a454bf...@o36g2000vbl.googlegroups.com>,
>> Clive <clive_l...@yahoo.com> writes
>>
>> >Hi,
>>
>> >I have put down some cheap vinyl floor tiles on a cement floor
>> >surface. It's a temporary job - honest ! However, a few (thankfully
>> >few) tiles are lifting at the edges. What is the best adhesive to
>> >really stick them down?
>>
>> >I'm thinking:
>>
>> >"No nails" type adhesive
>> >Bathroon/kitchen mastic
>> >Contact / impact adhesive (can't remember if this has an "official"
>> >name) - the type used to stick "non-self-adhesive" vinyl floor tiles
>>
>> So long as the cement floor is solid my first choice would be contact
>> adhesive
>
>
>one day you will want to take them off again.

Well the thread subject is "Permanently sticking", and in this
particular case it's just a "few" "lifting at the edges".

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