Premixed Ready-To-Use (RTU) Adhesive

A method of bonding tile to a substrate comprising:

• providing a ready-to-use (RTU) tile adhesive comprising:
• a first binder material comprising a low-medium Tg acrylic-styrene latex binder;
• a second binder material comprising a high Tg acrylic-styrene latex binder;
• a third binder material comprising a high temperature resistant acrylic-styrene latex binder;
• a fourth binder material comprising a liquid hydraulic cement binder;
• and
• one or more additional ingredients, wherein the adhesive formulation is a one-part formulation requiring no mixing prior to use;
• applying the RTU tile adhesive to a substrate;
• providing an alkaline activator solution comprising one or more alkaline compositions in an aqueous diluent;
• depositing the alkaline activator solution to an exposed surface of the RTU tile adhesive to induce a hydraulic reaction between the liquid hydraulic cement binder and the alkaline activator solution;
• laying the tile over the hydraulically induced RTU tile adhesive to attach the tile to the RTU tile adhesive;
• and
• curing the hydraulically induced RTU tile adhesive to bond the tile to the RTU tile adhesive.

A tile bonding system for adhering tile to a substrate comprising:

• a ready-to-use (RTU) tile adhesive comprising;
• a first binder material comprising a low-medium Tg acrylic-styrene latex binder present in an amount ranging from 12 wt. % to 20 wt. %;
• a second binder material comprising a high Tg acrylic-styrene latex binder present in an amount ranging from 1 wt. % to 3 wt. %;
• a third binder material comprising a high temperature resistant acrylic-styrene latex binder present in an amount ranging from 2 wt. % to 8 wt. %;
• a fourth binder material comprising a liquid hydraulic cement binder present in an amount ranging from 3 wt. % to 12 wt. %;
• one or more additional ingredients, wherein the adhesive formulation is a one-part formulation requiring no mixing prior to use;
• and
• an alkaline activator solution comprising one or more alkaline compositions in an aqueous diluent,
• wherein the RTU tile adhesive and the alkaline activator solution are separate distinct components, with the RTU tile adhesive being deposited on the substrate surface first followed by depositing the alkaline activator solution over the deposited RTU tile adhesive to induce a reaction therewith.