Platinum Tile Adhesives
Features and Benefits:
- Polymer modified - ideal for internal and exterior attaching of large format tiles, vitreous tiles, and natural stones; provides high bond strength and great adhesion to all types of porous and non-porous tiles and stone.
- Extremely powerful bonds and resistance to slumping
- Repositioning takes a long time, giving you more time to put tiles or real stone in the right place.
- Flexible materials can accommodate growth caused by temperature variations.
- Waterproofing is great, thus it may be used in damp areas
Applications:
- Platinum Tile Adhesive can be used indoors and outdoors, on walls and floors.
- Tiles can be adhered to concrete, cement plaster, block, and brick with Platinum Tile Adhesive.
- Thin and thick bed fixing of ceramic, mosaic, vitrified, porcelain, terracotta, slate, quarry, natural stone, granite, and marble tiles are all possible using Platinum Tile Adhesive.
Surface Preparation:
- All surfaces must be stable, clean, and devoid of any movable debris, oil, grease, wax, curing agents, or other contaminating items.
- Boards used in construction must be level and securely fastened.
- In order to see the underlying surface, the paint must be scraped off.
- A wood float finish must be applied after the rendered or screeded surface has cured for at least 24 hours.
- A wood float finish is required for tiling over previously rendered or screeded surfaces.
- A wood float finish should be applied after the concrete has cured for a full week.
- Before tiling, acid etch or mechanically abrade concrete that was completed with a steel trowel.
- Before tiling, old concrete must be cleaned completely
- It is imperative that all release agents be cleaned off of concrete surfaces, including tilt-up slabs in particular
Technical Specifications :
- FORM: Powder, COLOR: Gray
- POT LIFE: Approx. 30 min @ 25°C, Water Mixing: 28% to 30%
- Final setting Time 990 Minutes, Adjustability: 10 Min.
- OPEN TIME: 30 minutes@ 20°C, COVERAGE: 4-5 m2 / 20kg bag @3mm bed
- Tensile Adhesion Dry: 2250.0 N (IS 15477: 2004, 750 N)
- Tensile Adhesion Wet: 2083.0 N (IS 15477: 2004, 450 N)
- Shear Strength : 24 hrs. 0.5 KN (IS 15477: 2004, 2.5 KN)
- 7 + 7 days Heat Aging 5.43 KN (IS 15477: 2004, 4.0 KN)
Dosage :
- The dosage differs according to the actual condition of the project.
- About 3~5kg/m2 if the 6 X 6mm scraper is used.
- About 5~7kg/m2 if the 10 X 10mm scraper is used. (Less dosages for even surfaces.)
Clean Up :
- Wipe the tiles' fronts with a moist cloth to remove any glue that has dried while the adhesive is still wet.
- Before the adhesive dries, rinse all tools and machinery in water.
Mixing:
- Add Platinum Tile Adhesive to clean water mixing constantly with electric mixer until a thick creamy consistency is achieved.
- The mixing ratio is 20 kg of Platinum Tile Adhesive to approximately 5 to 7 liters of water.
- Allow the mixture to stand for 10 minutes, remix, and then use the adhesive.(the ratio can be fine tuned as per the application)
Precautions :
- Do not expose the adhesive to flesh prior to installing the tiles.
- Wait 24 hours for curing before exposing to traffic. In the event that the glue develops a skin, remove it, throw it away, and apply new adhesive.
- You can't use Platinum Tile Adhesive to adhere tiles to a wooden floor.
- Platinum Tile Adhesive is not recommended for use in wet environments (such as pools, spas, and showers). Contact our office if you want to use Platinum Tile Adhesive for something outside what is specified here.
- Platinum Tile Adhesive is alkaline because cement is an alkaline material.
- Wearing PVC or equivalent gloves and safety goggles is advised when applying Platinum Tile Adhesive.
- Usable up to a thickness of 6 mm; 12 mm with extreme caution, a tiny work area, and very thin tiles, and a high degree of accuracy.
- Do not use it on tiles that are larger in size.