How To Make Choice Between Tile Adhesive And Cement Mortar

There are a lot of Adhesive and adhesive materials for tiling, from the initial clay to the current adhesive. After a long period of development, the mixture of cement and sand is the most widely used, and the tiles are sticky. Mixture of cement and sand is indeed the latest popular product. However, ceramic tile adhesive is easy to use it. And how to make choice between tile adhesive and cement mortar ?

1. Is the tile adhesive easy to use?

Tile adhesives, as the name suggested, are adhesive materials used for paving tiles. Their function are equivalent to that of cement and sand. It is particularly suitable for using on various kinds of walls and floors. It is also suitable for wet places such as bathrooms and kitchens. The reason why it is popular is that its performance is very good.

It`s strong adhesion, not only saving materials, saving time, effort, and construction convenience, it is also an environmental friendly non-toxic composite bond material. To a great extent, the viscosity is very good for bonding between the decorative materials and the substrate. The cohesive strength is less when using ceramic tile, and the consumption is smaller than the same kind of products and is environmental friendly and non-polluting.

When laying tiles, we need to choose the appropriate adhesive according to the specific type and size of the tiles. In particular, if the size is large and the water absorption rate is low, tile adhesives with high quality should be used.

If it has wood or silicic acid on the base surface, we should also need use better adhesives. In general, the worse the external conditions, the better choice is to use the adhesive.

When mixing tile adhesives, you should pay attention to the ratio of water, usually 1:0.25-0.3. Water can not be too much, and then stir evenly, you can tile directly. When using adhesive bonding tiles ,there is no need to dip bricks and stick them directly, but make sure that the binder covers most of the tile surface.

2. Choose a good choice of adhesive or cement mortar

a, grassroots requirements

The cement mortar paving wall tiles can be directly applied on the wall surface of the napped layer. If tile adhesive is used to tile the tiles, it is necessary to level the wall base layer before construction.

b, Bonding Strength

Cement mortar pavement requires proper mixing ratio of cement and sand. Poor control, too high or too low cement content may affect the strength of bonding. But tile adhesives do not have to consider the issue of proportion mixing, because it can be used directly to reconcile water.

c. Cost

Tile adhesives and construction methods, compared with cement mortar paving, generally have higher costs. One will increase the leveling cost of the wall, and the second is that materials and construction costs are higher than the cost of cement mortar and construction costs.

Editor's Note: The above is about the use of tile adhesives as well as the selection of adhesives for laying tiles or the better use of cement mortar.