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Been laying some vinyl tiles (Polyflor) in kitchen using Ball F44 as recommended. 2 days later and I can still move them around! How long does this flippin' stuff take to dry?

Floor originally had vinyl tiles which I stripped off then removed old adhesive from floor before washing down and light sanding prior to laying new tiles.

Never mind. Just had another look and it is getting there after almost 3 days (supposed to take about 24 hours). I blame this flippin cold wet weather. But it is August, why am I surprised??

How thick was the adhesive laid?

Quite often the main thing that makes adhesive take a while to set is how thick the addy is, check the back of the bucket and see what its optimum laying depth is :)

Cheers

Thanks Matt

I applied the adhesive according to the directions, but it did seem a bit thick to me, the floor was pretty smooth and non-absorbant so i could probably have got away with a bit less. The tiles are pretty solid now so all is ok, I was just getting a bit sick of walking around on boards everytime I wanted to make a cup of tea!

long as it's all good in the end that's what matters!

If it's vinyl tiles, I'd never lay adhesive more than 2mm (use a mosaic trowel!) as it'll take ages to set!

Either that or use Ardex AF200, sticks like sh*t to a blanket!!


Cheers!