VASA® Tile Adhesive - Econ 010 affordable ceramic tiles adhesive, developed for cementing indoor ordinary glazed tiles only, is made of high-quality cement as inorganic cementitious materials, refined sand as aggregate, and a variety of polymers and functional additives. It is ready for use with water.
The adhesive overcomes the disadvantages of traditional cement mortar as bonding material. The glazed tiles can be directly pasted without water immersion. It has the advantages of high bonding strength and easy to use, etc.
Affordable
High bonding strength
Easy to use
Environmental protection
Applications
Suitable for paving interior ordinary glazed tiles, and the specific application scope of the vitrified tile is as follows:
Interior application | Unsuitable for exterior application | ||
Substrate | Tile | Dimension of tile | |
Stable substrate, such as cement mortar, concrete and bricks | Highly absorbent tiles.(Water absorption ≥6%, the back is obviously absorbing after dripped) | ≤600*600mm |
Technical Specifications
The adhesive complying with the requirements of type I dry-mixed bonding mortar for ceramic tiles (indoor) in GB/T25181-2019 Ready-Mixed Mortar for model. The main specifications are as follows:
Testing items | Indicators | |
Tensile adhesive strength, MPa | Ambient temperature | ≥0.5 |
Open time, 20min | ≥0.5 | |
Water resistance | ≥0.5 |
Construction Techniques
Preparation and tools: Check the back of ceramic tiles, and clean any release agents and impurities. The application tools mainly include mechanical agitator, mixing barrel, measuring cup, notched trowel, putty knife, rubber hammer, horizontal ruler, tape measure, ink box or laser level, ceramic tile cutter, sponge, cross rubber particles, etc.
Substrate treatment:The substrate must be flat and true, clean, and free of oil, grease, wax stains, concrete curing agent or any loose materials. The flatness deviation of the substrate should be less than 3mm/2m.
Preparation of the tile adhesive:Volume of water is given in Certificate. Add water to the mixing bucket, and then slowly add the powders while mixing with mechanical agitator until a homogeneous paste without lumps is obtained. Wait 3 to 5 minutes prior to mixing again for 15-30 seconds. Finally, it is ready for use. The mixed adhesive should be used up in 2 hours.
Tiles paving:Apply forcefully a thin layer of the tile adhesive on the surface of substrate with spatula to enhance the bonding strength between the adhesive and substrate. And then apply a thick layer, and process the adhesive layer with notched trowel. Make sure that each coating area is not more than 1 square meter. Then press the tiles on the processed adhesive layer before drying. Under unfavorable weather condition (such as high temperature and wind) or for high water-absorbing substrate, tiles paving should be done as soon as possible. Before tiles paving, touch the adhesive layer with your fingers to check whether it is dried. If it is not dried yet, tiles paving can be conducted. Otherwise, adhesive layer should be applied again. The choice of trowel should be governed by the depth of the grooves or ridges on the back of each tile and the evenness of the substrate.
If the grooves at the back surface of tile is very deep, or the dimension of the tile is more than or equal to 300 * 300 mm, combined application methods should be used, i.e. applying a layer of adhesive both on the surface of the substrate and on the back surface of the tile, and then pasting the tiles over the processed adhesive layer. And then give an appropriate kneading and pressing on the tile.
Announcements
This product contains cement, which may cause skin and eye irritation. So please wear the necessary protective equipment during construction. If it touches your eyes, remove contact lenses and keep eyelids open. Rinse open eye immediately with plenty of running water. Seek medical advice if complaint continues.