Taping joints and thinset motar

[Reit38]

I am taking for the first time and tackeling a shower surround. So far everything has went smooth. Now that I am ready for applying motar to my tape joints I'm wondering what consistency i need. I've read the directions on the bag bit it talks about mixing 1/2 bag at a time and that's it. I know I obviously don't need that much just for my tape joints.

I am using Tec ultimate large tile motar 383



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[csp]

Mix it to the consistency of peanut butter.

 

[scottydosnntkno]

If it's a 40-50lb bag, you can't fit a whole bag and it's water content in a 5 gallon bucket and still consistently mix is even with a mud mixer. So they recommend a half at a time for convenience sake.

At the end of the day, if you mix a quart to the same consistency it's still the same amount of dry product to water

 

[joe--h]

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If you've never built a shower before you need to go to THE tile forum.

If you do it wrong you'll be tearing it out to do it right.

A shower is not something you can fake, there's right & wrong & wrong don't work.

Joe H

 

[Kaizen]

Like joe says. Pay attention to waterproofing and drain seal. I have done maybe ten tile jobs in my life and every one could have been better. Even in public bathrooms I spot uneven joints. If done right no one will notice. One little thing and it jumps right out


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[pstnbly]

I set a lot of tile. Unless it was a large floor I would never mix half a 40# bag at a time. In a shower you'd be doing a hell of a stroke of work to use up a 1/4 bag before it went off. Start small, let your mud slake for 15 min, remix to the right consistency, and do not thin it again. Good luck

 

[engineer2]

After you mud your tape the next step is waterproofing before the tile goes up. HydroBan, RedGard or similar. Tile, grout and cement board are water resistant, not waterproof.