Thick beds

[AndersonC]

Other than poor area coverage, are there any downfalls of having thick beds of adhesive on wall tiles?

The reason I ask is that I think I have been a bit generous with it!! Not quite got the hang of using the notched trowel and may have been mixing it a bit on the thick side.

Looks OK though, and I would think that more adhesive should be better than not enough?

 

[jefoss]

as long as it looks even and your happy with it, it will be fine

 

[gcol]

What makes you think you have poor coverage by applying it thickly? I hope we weren't dot and dabbing?

 

[AndersonC]

Dot and Dab - most serpently not!

By coverage I meant a reduced number of m^2 per bag. I think you got mixed up with coverage over the back of the tile.

What I was doing was not pressing on terribly hard with the notched trowel so the "furrows/troughs" of the notched pattern did not scrape right back to the substrate. After some reading it seems this is what I should have done. So by not doing so, I have possibly put more adhesive on the back of the tiles than required.

I was just wondering whether this is one of those "more isn't better" scenarios, and am likely to hear a crash from the bathroom at any point soon! Not a lot I could do about it though is there? Remove them and take a bit off ?

If this is OK the only impact will be on the wallet as I will need to purchase some more adhesive due to the reduced area coverage experienced.

Hope all this makes sense

 

[gcol]

Sounds fine, I wouldn't worry about it.

 

[AndersonC]

Thanks, nice to know that this one can be ticked off my "worry about" list.