I made a chess table and the top is 2″ bur oak. I routered out the area for the chess board and glued in black and white ceramic tiles using some PVC flooring adhesive I had left over. It looked like construction adhesive, but thinner. Now 4 of the tiles have lifted up. Is it my wood moving or should I have used a different adhesive?
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>>Is it my wood moving or should I have used a different adhesive?"
Yes.
To both questions.
Adhesive designed for tile floors would probably work if the base was stable, such as a plywood panel floating in grooves in the solid-wood base. Otherwise, I think you'd have to assume the burl is going to move over time. A dot of adhesive in the center of each tile might allow for the movement, but would require some spacing between the tiles, I'd think. Otherwise, you might end up with the "Clash of the Tiletons" when the underlying wood expands or contracts. ;-)
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