Floor Adhesive Not Drying

I spread tile adhesive 2 hours ago and the recommendations say open time is 1 hour or until dry to the touch.

Floor adhesive not drying.

Make sure the installation area is well ventilated. All armstrong resilient tile adhesives require the adhesive be dry to the touch before installation may begin. You tile will dry in time but it may be a while and i can t say it want pop up later. Otherwise you do not have adequate working time.

Not fully at least. Probably still not set and that was 2005. If the vinyl is glued you have two options. The adhesive used should be specifically noted as being appropriate for the material substrate and environment of the project at hand.

After a full week it still is not dry. The problem is the premixed adhesive its great for 4x4 or 6x6. In some spots we had to put a thicker amount of cement to help level the floor. Dry to the touch means when you place your fingertips lightly on the adhesive ridges no adhesive transfers to them.

It cannot cure too fast. Jas xjr 11 309 posts. On a similar line i used wickes floor tile adhesive for wooden floors and scraped it off the tile 3 weeks later. We put it down on a cement floor.

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. Others seem to be dry. Take up peeling flooring to allow the surface of the subfloor to dry out. Some tiles sound squishy and move a little.

Tile adhesive is expected to hold the tile in place not just for years but for decades without fail. It must be easy to work with and it must adequately fill in gaps between the tile and the substrate. You can scrape it off with a floor scraper or you can cover it with plastic.