Permanently sticking "self-adhesive" floor tiles

[Clive]

Hi,

I have put down some cheap vinyl floor tiles on a cement floor surface. It's a temporary job - honest ! However, a few (thankfully few) tiles are lifting at the edges. What is the best adhesive to really stick them down?

I'm thinking:

"No nails" type adhesive Bathroon/kitchen mastic Contact / impact adhesive (can't remember if this has an "official" name) - the type used to stick "non-self-adhesive" vinyl floor tiles

Any other suggestions?

Thanks

Clive

[NT]

I tried everything bar conctact adhesive, and all failed except one. What worked was bitumen. Clean the adhesive off the tiles round the edges using loo roll and paraffin. Apply roofing bitumen adhesive and put weights on the tiles, leaving till set, which takes a couple of days iirc.

NT

[TheScullster]

"NT" wrote

I tried everything bar conctact adhesive, and all failed except one. What worked was bitumen. Clean the adhesive off the tiles round the edges using loo roll and paraffin. Apply roofing bitumen adhesive and put weights on the tiles, leaving till set, which takes a couple of days iirc.

NT

Don't forget the clothes' pegs .......... for your nose! If it's anything like the bitumen paint, that stuff stinks - particularly indoors where smell seems to concentrate.

Phil

[The Natural Philosopher]

you should have dried contact. That really DOES work

[bof]

In message , Clive writes

So long as the cement floor is solid my first choice would be contact adhesive

[NT]

I used wickes, no pong

NT

[Dave Liquorice]

Contact adhesive will work but will be a PITA when this "temporary" floor needs to be lifted. It will stick to the concrete and be a right begger to get off, depending on what the permenant floor will be this may or may not be a problem of course.

[RobertL]

one day you will want to take them off again.

Robert

[bof]

Well the thread subject is "Permanently sticking", and in this particular case it's just a "few" "lifting at the edges".