Primer for tile or how to ensure the reliability of finishing ?

Primer for tile - we offer the market?

Tile Primer is divided into two categories: for absorbent substrates (concrete, plaster, putty, brick) and for non-absorbent (ceramic tile, oil paint, metal).

Primer deep penetration for absorbent surfaces serves to strengthen the base and provides good adhesion of tile adhesive to the base.It is produced, usually in the form of a liquid concentrate.

primer for non-absorbent surfaces simply increases the adhesion of the base (smooth surfaces become rough).Produced in plastic buckets typically a pasty mass.

advantages of using such compositions lies in the fact that minimizes the time and complexity of preparing the base for laying tiles, increasing the adhesive properties, which increases the quality of work.

disadvantages are also the additional financial costs of the acquisition, as the performance of work by unskilled workers can backfire - peeling tile from the wall almost immediately after its installation.

Primer for tile - coating the surface of the absorbent

Before working surface sweeping, if necessary, the vacuum cleaner, the walls covered with oil paint, using a small steel spatula remove swollen easily loose areas.

For applying the composition, we need the following tools: roller, special roller tray that allows you to get rid of the excessive amount of primer on it, centrifugal brush.

For primer deep penetration on absorbent surface make the following steps:

• Bought concentrate was diluted according to the instructions on the packaging of ordinary water.Then pour the mixture into the tray.
• immersed in a container roller, then gently press it lightly and begin to put the top down the ground, watching closely so that it does not lay down on the base with a thick layer.A thick layer of risk that dries on the surface of the formed film, which is easily peeled away.
• then wait for the complete drying, followed by a hand against the wall, and if it is smeared, the gruntuem surface again, and if not, then prepare itself to laying tiles.

sure to pay attention to money-roller and thorough bath immediately after priming, because without it they, and especially the roller, will be ruined.

Handle non-absorbent surface

primer for tiles that will be placed on non-absorbent grounds, must be applied as follows:

• After opening the bucket primer must be carefully moved, as it consists of a polymer component and a silica sand thatmay delaminate, which is unacceptable.
• then centrifugal brush applied evenly to the base composition.The process is fairly simple and does not require highly skilled workers.Again, after the completion of the brush should be washed thoroughly, otherwise, after the soil has dried it can only be thrown out.

This type of soil is used rarely, and since it is sold in a rather bulky banks, most of the material, as a rule, remains and disappears.Therefore, many builders advanced as a primer used the following mixture: take the tile adhesive, to be laid tile, and kneaded in a conventional primer deep penetration to the consistency of liquid sour cream.

The resulting mixture is applied as well to the floor brush and successfully replaces the expensive polymer primer with quartz filler.