For rooms such as freezers, refrigerating rooms and other objects whose average temperature is below 0 C, it is necessary to use special frost-resistant tile adhesive compositions. Only frost-resistant glue can preserve the necessary properties and ensure the durability of the finished masonry made of tiles, granite, marble or other finishing materials. Despite the fact that the glue is frost–resistant, laying work should be carried out at a plus temperature - from 5 C on a dry surface.
Features of frost-resistant glue
The glue is enriched with special impurities that provide high resistance to low temperatures. Due to its features, the finished work will be protected from deformation and delamination. It will withstand not only low temperature, but also its possible fluctuations. Finished products fit snugly to the base and serve for a long time.
Such glue can be used when fixing tiles, marble or granite on a cement or brick base. Copes well when performing work and with a concrete surface. Frost-resistant glue is used both for laying tiles on the floor and on the walls - it does not matter. When choosing high-quality glue, fixed products can last for decades.
Characteristics of frost-resistant tile adhesive
The main characteristics and main indicators of high-quality and reliable glue, which will last for more than one year, include:
Frost resistance. Based on the features, such glue should withstand low temperatures up to -50 degrees. At the same time, the strength of the mixture should not fail in any way. It is very important that the frost-resistant glue can cope with temperature changes, because the durability of work depends on them.
Elasticity. The mixture must necessarily have additional additives so that the glue does not lag behind the tile and the base of the surface. Thanks to such additives - plasticizers, the glue becomes resistant to dynamics, and contributes to the strength of the work performed.
Adhesion of surfaces. Adhesion is very important for frost-resistant glue, because it is extremely important that the tile, glue and the base have a strong bond between them.
Fixation. When laying, any tile has the property of sliding, which slows down the work and it is impossible to perform a large amount of work at once. It is important that the mixture, as we have already said, is elastic and promotes fast and accurate fixation.
What kind of tile adhesive is frost-resistant?
The white adhesive solution Teknofay EX C2TE copes well with work in frost-resistant conditions. It is characterized by high adhesion, which is suitable for materials such as porcelain, ceramics, granite, marble and others. Based on the materials, it can be concluded that the range of work performed with its help is quite wide.
The basic rules for the use of such glue are:
- clean surface
- smooth surface
- operation at plus temperature
- before complete drying, it is necessary to cover the repair work with thermal insulation material.
The use of frost-resistant glue Teknofay EX C2TE will make it possible to lay tiles in various conditions.
