Before you purchase tile adhesive, you should determine where the cladding will be laid - inside or outside the house. It is also important to know the size of the tile. It can be large or regular. All this will affect the results of the selection. For ceramics, you can use the simplest compositions. As an exception, there are cases when the lining of flexible surfaces is carried out like plywood or drywall.
How to choose a tile adhesive
Before you visit the building materials store, you need to solve several issues. For example, inspect the base. If the substrate is subject to temperature changes, this should also be taken into account. As for the facade decoration, it is better for him to purchase a frost-resistant composition. The characteristics of such glue will be determined by a set of additives. To finish the pools you need to choose frost and moisture resistant mixtures. If moisture gets under the tile, then the effect on separation during freezing increases several times. Among the other offers on the market, Bergauf tile adhesive can be distinguished. It will be discussed in the article.
Description
The above composition is a highly elastic adhesive for standard and large ceramic tiles. The mixture is also suitable for stone. The glue is recommended for outdoors and interior cladding. The mixture prevents displacement of the material from a horizontal surface. Glue can be used for installing underfloor heating, decorating loggias, facade parts, showers and socles.
Specifications
Bergauf tile glue is prepared using cement, which acts as a binder. It determines the primary color. He is gray. For one square meter of surface to be trimmed, 2.5 kg of dry mix will be enough. This is true if the layer thickness is 3 mm. Recommended thickness is a limit of 2 to 6 mm. Tile adhesive "Bergauf" after mixing maintains viability for 3 hours in an open container. After application, the open time is 20 minutes. You can correct the tile after installation within 10 minutes. A full set of strength should be expected in 28 days, and after 48 hours it will be possible to walk along the surface to be trimmed. Grouting is allowed after 24 hours.
Tile adhesive "Bergauf" can be applied at a substrate temperature of + 5 to + 25 ° C. Brand strength is M 100 or higher. You may be interested in compressive or flexural strength. These indicators are 10 and 2.5 MPa, respectively. The adhesion strength to concrete after 28 days is 0.8 MPa. Operation is possible with a wide range from -50 to + 70 ° C. Tile adhesive "Bergauf Ceramics" has frost resistance equal to F 35.
Areas of use
The described adhesive can be used by laying ceramic tiles, the area of which is 900 cm 2 . Installation can be done on walls and floors. Insufficient tiles or porcelain stoneware can only be laid on the floor, walls are excluded. The same applies to natural stone. Do not use mosaic, transparent tiles and marble with the Bergauf Pro tile adhesive.
The base may be deformable or durable. Masonry can be done on underfloor heating. Critical grounds should not be. The room may be normal or high humidity, masonry in the pools is excluded. The coating layer should not exceed 10 mm. The composition is reinforced and suitable for porcelain stoneware and tiles. It is manufactured according to GOST R 56387-2015. For the bag you will pay 236 rubles.
Conditions for work
The surface to be trimmed should be cleaned of oil, dirt and dust, as well as various peeling. Particles should not interfere with the adhesion of the base. The surface is primed by the same manufacturer. In order to achieve the desired result and preserve the properties of the solution, you should follow the instructions. For example, it is important to keep the air temperature when applying the Bergauf Ceramic Pro tile adhesive. This indicator should vary from + 5 to + 25 ˚.
The required water consumption per 1 kg of the mixture is 0, 19 liters. This value can be increased to 0, 22 liters. 4, 75 liters of water will be enough for a 25-kilogram bag, this volume can be increased to 5, 5 liters. The resulting mass must be mixed until it acquires a homogeneous composition. It is important to exclude contact of the solution with the respiratory and visual organs.
Additional recommendations for preparing the foundation. Reviews
The base before starting work must comply with SNiP 3.04.01-87 and have sufficient bearing capacity. The described adhesive can be used for laying tile, ceramic tile and porcelain stoneware exclusively on the floor on cement, concrete substrates and surfaces made of waterproofing cement coatings, as well as cellular concrete. The base may be cement-lime, plastered or coated with putty.
From the reviews of the Bergauf tile adhesive, you can understand that the material is recommended for work on the facade, balcony and basement. During the work, you should turn off the surface heating for two days. Inclusion of a floor is possible in a week. The base of the wizard is recommended to clean, remove peeling old coating. For bumps up to 5 millimeters, glue should be used to seal local bumps. You need to do this a day before gluing the tiles. If bumps are more than 5 mm and do not exceed 15 mm, plaster or putty should be used. You need to do this a day before gluing the tiles.
Reinforced tile adhesive “Bergauf”, as consumers emphasize, should be applied to the prepared base, which is treated with a primer and dried for 4 hours. If the surface has strong absorbency, then the primer should be applied twice. Reinforced concrete, concrete and low absorbent substrates should be treated with "Concrete contact" and dried within 4 hours. Consumers emphasize that in the absence of a primed layer, it is possible to encounter a low adhesion strength of the finish to the base and a decrease in the open time.
Finally
The reinforced tile adhesive described in the article should be prepared using clean tools and in the same containers. Product properties can only be guaranteed by observing mixing proportions, as well as the order of preparation of the mixture. So, 0.22 liters of water will be enough for 1 kg. For 5 kg of the mixture will take about 1.1 liters of water. For a 20- and 25-kg bag, you will need 4.4 and 5.5 liters of water, respectively.
The mixture is then mixed to a homogeneous mass and left for 5 minutes until the chemical reactions are complete. After that, the solution is mixed again using a special mixer for dry mixes. You can use a conventional drill with a nozzle. However, the number of revolutions should not be more than 800 per minute.