Thanks for the explanation Max. Did you apply the glue with a roller, or a brush or what? Thanks.
Bill Stephan Kansas Citty MO Email: wstep...@everestkc.net Phone: (816)803-2469 ----- Original Message ----- From: Max Robinson <m...@maxsmusicplace.com> Date: Thursday, August 20, 2009 2:27 pm Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Shop floor, that's a wrap. > The shop floor is finished and both Sue and I like it very much. > It took us > time to put it down because of the nature of the glue. In the > container it > has the consistency of thin paint. It goes on with a brush and is > evidently > formulated to stick to the tiles. The instructions do not say to > apply it > to both surfaces. They do say to let it tack up for about 30 > minutes. It > is white going on and turns almost clear after tacking. It feels > a lot like > contact cement and like it you only get one chance to put the tile > down > right. If you just set it down and haven't pushed down on it you > can move > it a little if you have to. Now here's the catch. If you painted > the > entire floor you wouldn't be able to walk across the glue to put > down the > tiles. We painted a row, let it tack up and then put down the row > of tiles. > It took about 15 minutes to paint a row, then wait for 30 minutes, > then > another 15 minutes to lay the row of tiles. At the rate of one > hour per row > and 29 rows to do it took us a while to do the job. But it is > done and done > right so we are happy. It's a very nice floor to walk on and it > takes > kindly to heavy things on casters being rolled over it. If > someone were to > ask me for a recommendation for flooring that could be applied by > a blind > person with good results I would recommend this kind of flooring. > BTW, we > put it down over a plywood subfloor. > > Regards. > > Max. K 4 O D S. > > Email: m...@maxsmusicplace.com > > Transistor site http://www.funwithtransistors.net > Vacuum tube site: http://www.funwithtubes.net > Music site: http://www.maxsmusicplace.com > > To subscribe to the fun with tubes group send an email to, > funwithtubes-subscr...@yahoogroups.com > >
