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Sealing Mosaic Tiles

At the moment I am putting Mosaic Tiles around a newly fitted wash hand basin.

These tiles, we were told are very pourous, so they will need to be waterproofed. My question is, seeing that I have a quantity of UniBond PVA, would this be suitable to do the job ?

regards

Bob

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  • keystone
    keystone Posts: 10,916 Forumite
    No Bob it won't I'm afraid. First of all it will just sit on the surface and leave a sticky film. Secondly the moment it gets wet it will go "live " again.

    Lithofin Stainstop Plus or similar is what you want. Seal after tiling then seal again after grouting.

    Cheers
    The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has it's limits. - Einstein
  • BertieUK
    BertieUK Posts: 1,701 Forumite
    keystone Many thanks for your input.

    You make a valid point in that when it gets wet, as it would, it would become "live" again, and become sticky.

    I will follow your constructive advice, and again Many Thanks.

    regards

    Bob
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