No More Nails! ...and the like... any good or gimick?

[asterix]

You could always try Skyhooks. Just ask at B&Q. Bags of 10.

Make sure they are European standard. The Chinese copies are upside down, you can imagine the results.

 

[tyred]

No good at all. A nail works better for replacing a blown fuse

 

[Beebo]

I glued some shelves in place with No More Nails in our previous house. They were good for light stuff, I do hope the new owner didnt put anything too heavy on them!

 

[sazzaa]

Do the job properly and stop looking for shortcuts. It will look shoot otherwise.

 

[BAtoo]

as the title says.... are these adhesives any good?

*other 'super strength' adhesives are available.

...or are more traditional adhesives such as Evo stick, tile/coving adhesive preferable?

I've got some horrible wall tiles to cover (with white faced hardboard or MDF)... removing the tiles means I'd have to re plaster, so the cheap/quick fix is to cover them. So a glue that'll bond a glazed surface to a porous surface is required .

These are OK for things like skirting boards or lightweight bit & pieces BUT if the wall you intend to cover is in the house I'd be inclined to do the job properly buy removing the tiles and dot&dab some plasterboard over the old wall. The PB can then be painted directly, plastered or wall-papered.

 

[MontyVeda]

I glued some shelves in place with No More Nails in our previous house. They were good for light stuff, I do hope the new owner didnt put anything too heavy on them!

 

[MontyVeda]

cheers for the replies guys
@Adam4868... is this the type of 'board adhesive' you mention?

* other DIY suppliers are available

I'll either give that or slowmo's Gripfill a try.

To those who are telling me to 'do it properly and remove the tiles'... you're welcome to come and do it for me, for free of course

 

[Mark Grant]

If you are going over ceramic tiles then a tile adhesive may be your best bet. It sticks well to the face of tiles as well as the back.

 

[Adam4868]

Yep that the one,depending what you plan to do ! You could also tile straight over the old tiles.Ive got faith in you !

 

[MontyVeda]

think i'm going to go the Evostick Gripfill route.... nice price and the 2 poor reviews out of 82 reviews on the screwfix site don't scare me.

 

[BAtoo]

As Ayceejay says I'm sure you can successfully stick something onto the existing tiles but if they are poorly stuck on so is your new surface. If/when you sell the property it will be a fairly obvious bodge which won't help......

 

[MontyVeda]

I rent. The house is full of bodges. Some of them are truly truly shocking.

 

[Stringy Bob]

 

[Melonfish]

MTFU and rip off the tiles.
why? well frankly you'll thank yourself in years to come, just go easy on the tiles and skim the wall once done, plastering isn't rocket science and years later when you want to re-do the walls you'll not appreciate taking the boards off and finding dodgy old tiling under there.
if you're going to do a job do it proper.

pete

 

[MontyVeda]

MTFU and rip off the tiles.
why? well frankly you'll thank yourself in years to come, just go easy on the tiles and skim the wall once done, plastering isn't rocket science and years later when you want to re-do the walls you'll not appreciate taking the boards off and finding dodgy old tiling under there.
if you're going to do a job do it proper.

pete

I'm covering old tiles with new splashbacks... if that bothers you so much, come on over and remove the tiles and re-plaster the wall for me. Once you've done that, I'll glue up the splashbacks, and it'll look exactly the same with or without old tiles behind them.