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Author Re: adhesives - 'sticking down' ceramic tile TO existing linoleum? "new type" stuff?
Charles Spitzer

2005-07-19, 6:25 pm


"dave" <tool_box@weirdstuffcox.net> wrote in message
news:n_9De.79491$Fv.39599@lakeread01...
quote:

> what type of adhesive is 'ordinarily' used these days to 'stick down'
> ceramic tile on TOP of linoleum? this is in a small residential kitchen
> and front hallway, each of those areas roughly 55 sq feet....
>
> I already tested all over (both areas) with a toilet plunger, and the
> linoleum is "stuck down GOOD'n'TIGHT" everywhere to the slab, central
> areas included, wall TO wall, *NOT* just along the edges...
>
> is the adhesive I'm seeking something similar to "liquid nails
> construction adhesive" or something? I'd like it to be spreadable with a
> normal tile adhesive "square notched" trowel....
>
> also, is there some type of 'linoleum softener' or 'pre-primer' involved?
> plan is to grout -between- the tiles 'in the normal manner' afterward...is
> special grout involved too? or just using some type of 'additive' to
> everyday normal grout, or?
>
> thanks for smartening me up some,
>
> toolie


acrylic modified thinset. you don't have to do anything to the linoleum, and
you use normal grout. the linoleum will act as an antifracture barrier.


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