A few months ago, I laid down a cork floor in a small kitchen. I used 12″ tiles, Dap Weldwood General Purpose Floor Adhesive (OK for cork per directions), a 1/16 1/16 1/16 trowel, and a 100 lbs floor roller. Looked great when finished! Now the corners of some of the tiles are peeling up. What the heck?
After I put the floor down, I put down base cabinets, appliances, and shoe molding. So I’m looking for the magic fix to this problem that doesn’t involve ripping this all out. What if I carefully lifted the offending tiles, put some ___??? down on the corners, put them back, and put the heaviest thing I can imagine on top of it while it cured?
Any ideas about what caused this, any suggestions for adhesive, or other ideas much appreciated. If you really think I need to rip this all out I respect you, but I will probably buy a rug instead.
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you had dirty hands or someone did when the tiles were handled and the dirt/oils are causing a bond break...
look into Henry or Bostick mastics for cork...
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what type underlayment did you glue it to?