number-1
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| posted on 27/9/24 at 04:54 PM |
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floor self leveling compound
Evening All
I am going to use self leveling compound on a timber (woodchip i think) floor and am using a fairly decent primer. Its Bostik Cempolay universal
primer. Does anyone know if i can prime the floor tonight and then lay the self leveling compound tomorrow afternoon? Or do i need to prime, wait an
hour or two till its tacky and then lay the self leveling?
Thanks
N1
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JoelP
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| posted on 27/9/24 at 06:56 PM |
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It's fine with the primer dry. However, personally I'd not put self levelling straight on to chipboard. I'd add a layer of 6mm ply or
artificial equivalent, to protect the chipboard.
Remember, it's actually self smoothing, not self levelling. You still need to move it roughly right. A spiked roller help move it and get rid of
bubbles.
What are you putting over it?
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number-1
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| posted on 27/9/24 at 07:41 PM |
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Hi mate
The self leveling is going on to chipboard that has had tiles on top which were straight onto the chipboard (or whatever was used in 1980)
The adhesive is hard to remove and needs self leveling to get a decent base to hardboard and then lay a decent vinyl floor. I know pictures would be
better than words but i cant remember howto post them lol
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JoelP
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| posted on 28/9/24 at 05:23 PM |
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No worries, if the chipboard is already ruined you've got nothing to loose by screeding it, so all good!
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number-1
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| posted on 1/10/24 at 07:12 PM |
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Exactly my thoughts.
I self leveled it at the weekend and went pretty well. No cracks yet despite me building a new kitchen on it so hopefully it stays that way
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