Floor Adhesive Not Drying

It must be easy to work with and it must adequately fill in gaps between the tile and the substrate.

Floor adhesive not drying. All armstrong resilient tile adhesives require the adhesive be dry to the touch before installation may begin. Not fully at least. Dry to the touch means when you place your fingertips lightly on the adhesive ridges no adhesive transfers to them. Tile adhesive is expected to hold the tile in place not just for years but for decades without fail.

Make sure the installation area is well ventilated. In some spots we had to put a thicker amount of cement to help level the floor. I spread tile adhesive 2 hours ago and the recommendations say open time is 1 hour or until dry to the touch. Flooring adhesive precautions.

Probably still not set and that was 2005. After a full week it still is not dry. The adhesive used should be specifically noted as being appropriate for the material substrate and environment of the project at hand. We used the home depot pre mixed tile adhesive.

You tile will dry in time but it may be a while and i can t say it want pop up later. Some tiles sound squishy and move a little. If the vinyl is glued you have two options. But for the bigger tiles it will not dry it isn t getting enough air to dry always use thin set mortar for floor tile of any size use premixed for backsplashes that have 4x4 and 6x6 tiles.

Always follow all of the manufacturer s instructions when using a flooring adhesive. It cannot cure too fast. On a similar line i used wickes floor tile adhesive for wooden floors and scraped it off the tile 3 weeks later. Take up peeling flooring to allow the surface of the subfloor to dry out.

The problem is the premixed adhesive its great for 4x4 or 6x6. You can scrape it off with a floor scraper or you can cover it with plastic. Others seem to be dry.