Adhesive advice for a complete newbie

studmuffin · Post by **studmuffin** » Tue Jan 05, 2021 10:05 am

Hi !

Lockdown project...

Downstairs toilet...floor, 2.1m in a 450x450x9.5, porcelain black eddision tile with small white pattern

Walls....3.5m in a 200x100, ceramic white metro crackled finish tile
All finished with grey grout..

Im a complete newbie to tiling, but im a average diyer , What is the preferred adhesive to do this job, was planning on using ready mix, but have read, that you cannot use readymix on a floor, due to drying procedure vs powder.

Also read info that's its best to use a grey adhesive on black tiles and white on white tiles ! Will i have to buy 2 different adhesive's or can i just use 1 colour ?

Would also be great if someone could tell me what quantity of adhesive i will need

Will be back soon for advice on, setting out, cutting, grouting etc, etc,lol !

Many thanks

studmuffin · Post by **studmuffin** » Tue Jan 05, 2021 12:53 pm

Should be 5.2m of wall tiling, not 3.5m !

Jon_Hall · Post by **Jon_Hall** » Wed Jan 06, 2021 11:39 am

Hi, if you are new to tiling I would use a one part flexible cement based adhesive for the floor tiles as you may find a rapid set goes off too quickly. Use a minimum 10mm notch trowel and also blade adhesive over the back of the tile to fill in any patterns. One bag should do the floor. You can use a readymix adhesive with the metro tiles, a 6mm notch trowel should be sufficient. A 15kg tub should be enough adhesive. Adhesive colour doesn't really matter as long as you clean out your grout joints as you're tiling.