How Thick Thinset For Wall Tile. Other names for thinset are dryset mortar, drybond mortar spread the mixture using a notched trowel whose notch size matches the thickness of the tiles. I'm setting an interior travertine tile floor over a concrete slab.
The videos which suggest lifting a tile to check the thinset coverage on the back are right.
I'm getting the slab perfectly level with some laticrete 84 or 86 self leveling compound and then going over that with hydraban. Tiling a wall is a surprisingly simple diy project most homeowners can master in just a weekend. Typically, thinset isn't laid more than 3/16 of an inch thick. Porcelain is denser and next, he mixed the thinset in a bucket with a mixing paddle, and he mixed it thick enough that it wouldn't slide down the wall.