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timeone:
The glue is a multi purpose glue made by FLOORWISE  F555 cost about £35 for 15ltrs but it goes along way ive done a good 30 sq mtrs and only used just over half of the tub.
its pretty thick like thick yougart you can spread it with a serated spreader or i just brushed it on, its ideal for slightly uneven surface as you just add more or use less

I just bruahed an area on the floor then the backs of the blocks left them for 20mins then laid them, tapping them down. if i found one a bit hollow sound when tapping id lift it and put more glue in. working with it wet the blcks tended to move before setting so was told best leave them for 20mins-30mins before you lay that way they are tacky and bond without moving.
I had an area id put the glue down but didnt have enough blcoks ready to lay so i left it till the following day it was still tacky so didnt need any more as i said it doesnt harden at all a bit like chewing gum. 

AdeV:
Ta muchly :)

Does your friend think that glue would adhere to pitch? That's the stuff that's under my floor, and I'm fairly sure that it's just sand under that (no concrete slabs in 1922!), so it'd be handy not to disturb the under layer too much.

TIA!

timeone:
Ade
I reckon it will for sure,
ive done a test at home for you so give me a few days and ill tell you the result

Ive glued 2 blocks togeter theat have tar on them. so we will see

timeone:
Done the test and gave the glue plenty of time to go off and it works fine it took a lot of effort to even move the 2 glued blocks so id say yes it glues to tar well
hope that helps

my floor ive managed to get 2 coats of varnish on and pleased with it so far depending on how it looks over the next few weeks ill decide whether to put on any more
I found the easiest way to apply was a small foam roller,
The first pic shows the difference, the varnish has a tint of beech colour





job done as they say

AdeV:

--- Quote from: timeone on July 04, 2011, 05:50:28 PM ---Done the test and gave the glue plenty of time to go off and it works fine it took a lot of effort to even move the 2 glued blocks so id say yes it glues to tar well
hope that helps

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Thank you very much for taking the time out to do that test; I appreciate it very much! Now it seems I can add another task to the seemingly endless list... fix the floor!  :poke:

It will be interesting to see how yours reacts to the central heating; you might find the blocks shrink a bit over time; unless, that is, they're already thoroughly dry from the place they came from.

Must admit, that varnish really does make the difference. I forget what we used on our floor, but it came up a really lovely golden colour which has darkened appreciably over the years. Other than the shrinking block problem, I reckon my floor would come up looking just like yours with just a bit of a polish with a floor buffer (or lots of elbow grease but, in all honesty, I'm clean out of elbow grease).

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