New Kitchen Concrete Floor

muskoka

I dont want to tile the floor for about 6 months (due to money saving), however will need to seal/paint it somehow?? to stop the concrete dust going everywhere.

Can someone advise please what is suitable and inexpensive for this job? I intend to lay ceramic tiles in about 6 months, so just need something as I say to stop the dust?

Gloomendoom

Cheapo floor paint?

Although, strictly speaking, you are not supposed to paint concrete until it has cured properly.

muskoka

ah lovely & cheapo. Thanks so much.

How long does it take please for a 70ml concrete screed to cure?? please.

vax2002

You can mix some PVA 1to3 with water and liberally apply it, it will seal the top few mm from dust and not harm the floor from curing, if it wears off, you can just do it again, but I doubt it will, anything else other than a latex screed will need to be removed before you can cover the floor with ceramics .

vax2002

muskoka wrote: »

ah lovely & cheapo. Thanks so much.

How long does it take please for a 70ml concrete screed to cure?? please.

depends on the mix, and to what level of RDH you require, for a total cure its around 75 years, for a partial cure to take floor covering from 2 weeks upwards depending on % rdh required

muskoka

ok thanks. Will therefore buy Unibond from & treat the floor just before the new carpets go down, which will leave the curing as long as possible. Thanks very much

vax2002

muskoka wrote: »

ok thanks. Will therefore buy Unibond from & treat the floor just before the new carpets go down, which will leave the curing as long as possible. Thanks very much

top tip use warm water, it will dissolve the pva easier

tpt

Hi there, if your intending to lay tiles then definately don't paint it, and dont unibond\pva it either. go with a good acrylic primer. such as

There is a lot of blurb around on why you should use pva as a primer for tiling -just have a search on google or i can point you to an article or two if you like.

PVA has been used for years but most tile adhesive manufacturers now specifically mention not using it.

chipotle_2

I'm interested in this topic too as I will also have to live on concrete floors for 6 months or so before we can afford to buy our natural stone floor. Would the acrylic primer be ok for that long or would it need re-applying say, after 3 months or so


Thanks

Chipotle

keystone

tpt wrote: »

..........go with a good acrylic primer. such as

??? SBR?

There is a lot of blurb around on why you should use pva as a primer for tiling

-There is a lot of blurb around on why you should not use pva as a primer for tiling.

Personally I think I'd suggest a cheap vinyl floorcovering that will do the job and which you will be happy to throw away when you come to tile.

Cheers

muskoka

Err, maybe this acrylic primer is an unknown commodity to me. Could someone clarify exactly if poss what I should be buying? Maybe a link?? (I was going PVA, but sounds like its not the way to go these days). Please??

TIP: If having to live on concrete floor for few months - I went to local carpet shop who gave me some brand new FREE offcuts of carpet which I'm going to use on floor (once sealed with something) until I put my ceramic floor down.
I NEED to seal the floor with (something?) until the ceramic floor is laid as I dont want concrete dust going onto new carpets in rest of house.