Tiling Over Vinyl Glue

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Tiling over vinyl glue.

The stuff has come up nicely but leaving a thin layer of soft and sticky glue that looks a lot like evostik on top of the concrete. The black adhesive is called cutback and i installed ceramic tile over it without difficulty. Replacing carpet with tile can give your home an exciting new look. The old vinyl tile you describe sounds like vct vinyl composition tile and it is tough stuff.

You can t tile over old carpet glue but it s not hard to remove carpet adhesive before tiling. You want to scrape off as much as possible using a razor scraper. Don t worry it looks a lot worse than it is. The original flooring was vinyl over concrete.

As with laying tile over vinyl as long as the subfloor and joists provide a firm foundation the linoleum is well glued down in good shape and clean. You should be able to lay tile or marble over the linoleum. Am i ok to scrape off any high points and tile down onto it using the norcros flexible adhesive after priming with sbr. No adhesive will stick to dirt and grease and even very small bits of dust or debris can cause a flaw in the way your vinyl tile adheres to the existing vinyl floor.