How do I get peel and stick tile to adhere to cement floor in laundry room?

Question

How do I get peel and stick tile to adhere to cement floor in laundry room?

Answer 1

The concrete is too porous and the tile will not stick. If you want to use this type of flooring product, you need to seal the concrete first. Several options available to accomplish that.

Answer 2

If you go to any "big box" home improvement store or a local flooring supply house, you can find a floor primer for peel and stick tile.  it is watery and slightly milky, but you use a paint roller to apply it to the floor and then you let it dry according to the bottle directions.  This will make the concrete more adherent to the floor tiles.  Hope this helps.

Answer 3

You usually can't. First, clean the floor of all debris then wash it, making sure anything that has been spilled on it throught the years is cleaned up. Then get a good primer sealer from Home Depot. Two coats with a sponge mop will do.

     After you've laid out your lines then start the "peel and stick" I have at times had to use "Henry's No.5 glue"

Answer 4

as the above person said you can do that and it acts almost like a glue to hold them down...and also put heavy books on them after you lay them will help them get a good stick

Answer 5

I've been tiling a room with peel and stick tile this week. It's not cement but I've found that the most important thing is to wash the floor right before laying tiles so that there isn't any dust or grease otherwise the adhesive sticks to that and not the actual floor and they peel up.