Plywood Primer Vinyl Tile

2 products we recommend for preparing your floor prior to installation of self adhesive floor tile.

Plywood primer vinyl tile. Our plywood is really old and cracked so i was concerned that it would be too absorbent so i chose not to mop the plywood but we always mop the concrete. Clean and heavily score area to where tiles are to be fixed it sounds like the adhesive does not have a rough surface in which to secure itself to. To be sure maybe drill up to 6 evenly spread out holes in the plywood at least 4mm deep or straight through in the areas to be tiled so the adhesive sinks into the holes and hardens hence creating a stronger fix. Bond enhancer helps improve the adhesion on dry dusty and porous substrates.

Primer will also help prevent discoloring of your floor caused by knots or stains in the wood. The henry 336 bond enhancer 1 qt. Before priming spread floor leveling compound over seams and screw hole depressions scraping off the. Latex primer similar to paint seals plywood and helps peel and stick tiles adhere better.

User friendly with improved handling characteristics. Floor primer helps improve adhesion on dry dusty and porous substrates. Apply with brush or roller. Bond enhancer helps improve henry 336 1gal.

It can also be used under hardwood laminate and carpet but this is much less common these days because subflooring is typically smooth enough for these materials many of which are installed with a different type of underlayment or pad. Roll on one or two layers of latex floor primer to fill small pores in plywood underlayment and to provide an optimal contact surface for installing the tiles. User friendly with improved characteristics. Peel and stick tiles installed on unprimed plywood may lift because the adhesive isn t bonding to the surface and air pockets may form.

Bond enhancer self stick tile primer henry 336 1gal. Henry floor primer is for indoor use only. Once traffic starts walking over it those stresses start moving the tiles and eventually they pop off the floor and get loose. The primer can be used on gypsum cement underlayment s and to prime soft wood floors including plywood.

How to lay self stick vinyl floor tiles. The thinset that was applied to glue down the tiles has been applied over a dirty surface and instead of adhering to the substrate it adhered to the dust and oils sitting on top of it. On quarter inch plywood underlayment primer seals the wood and provides a smoother surface for tiles to adhere to. Floor lever also known as floor patch or crack filler a.

Use the product recommended by the. Any tile installation can fail from a lack of using a tile adhesive primer.