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Help with my Cement Board (post #189146)

Kelly Moran on Tue, 05/18/2010 - 14:59
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Having gutted an old 1930's bath, I've rebuilt it bigger and included a glass shower. I've done the tile floor and marble in the shower and on top of the soaking tub deck. Here is my question:  I used cement board under the entire box that holds the soaking tub, including the side that runs down to the floor. I like that cement board is waterproof. I want to put wood beadboard on top of the cement board to give the bathroom a nice vintage look - I tried Liquid Nails but it won't hold the beadboard to the cement board - any suggestions for a product that will work?

 

Thanks

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PL Premium (post #189146, reply #1 of 2)

by calvin in reply to Kelly Moran [original] on Tue, 05/18/2010 - 15:41

A high quality construction adhesive that can glue itself into your gun if you don't pull the tube out.  Will glue the whole shebang to the side of your van, if you don't remove the tube and cover the end.  Will glue wood to concrete.  I do believe it'll glue anything to anything.

However, the method might have been your problem with the liquid nails.  Did you just gun it random like a caulk bead?  If yes, not good enough.  Use blobs on the surface you're gluing to or on the beadbd itself.  Some adhesives recommend placement of the pc, then pulling back enough to "string it out" so there's some release of the solvent, thus really activating the glue.  While you can try this with the PL, I'm not so sure it' is necessary.

Best of luck.

And by the way, I'm not so sure I'd call cement board water proof.

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Liquid nails is not (post #189146, reply #2 of 2)

by Geoffrey in reply to Kelly Moran [original] on Thu, 08/05/2010 - 09:04

Liquid nails is not necessarily appropriate for cement board, read the tube to find the proper adhesive, PL poly may or may not be. 

Cement board is NOT waterproof at all !!

Geoff