adhesives

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    Ready mixed adhesives

    Newbie here - been using powdered adhesives up until now but have a small splashback job coming up and was thinking of using BAL's ready mixed adhesives (ie Green star) rather than go through the hassle of mixing up. Be interested to know what they are like to work with? Cheers
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    norcros adhesives

    been looking at this brand for a while any feed back good or bad would be appreciated :thumbsup:
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    Fired Earth adhesives and grouts...

    Hi squad, I'm looking at quite a luscious job where the customer has already bought a couple of pallets of Fired Earth materials, including Fired Earth adhesive and grout.... Before anyone says 'get them to take it back and swap for Mapei' - they can't:lol: Has anyone had any experience...
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    Mixing Adhesives

    Hi All More intrigued. Have a small amount of Mapei Keraquick and small amount of Mapei Keraflex maxi left. Would there be any reaction if i mixed the 2 together or both been Mapei would they still be fine? Cheers Kev
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    Slate adhesives sealers etc....

    Im after advice on what adhesives, sealers etc are required for tileing my wetroom in slate... + where I can buy them near Slough/High Wycombe. Floor substrate is Ply, aquadec and tilesafe mat. Wall is plaster, aquapanel and moisture resistant plasterbord. Whilst the plaster drys this...
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    Mapei powdered adhesives info.

    Hello all, Thought Id put some info up on the Mapei range of powder adhesives. Might help a few people out. :thumbsup: Kerabond T Cement based adhesive with no vertical slip, for fixing all types of ceramic tiles. Where to use : Fixing all types of ceramic tiles and mosaics to solid, dry...
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    Ever Build Adhesives?!

    Hello all, I have just looked at the poll ref most used adhesives in 2009 but the product I am enquiring about didn't feature in the Poll! I have just completed a kitchen floor for someone and used BAL products as they were available in the area I was in and the customer had requested them...
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    conflicts,sealants, adhesives

    Hello. This is my first post and am very hopeful. I have some 600mmx300mmx10mm floor & wall tiles which are to be used in a bathroom. Part of the wall are tiled and part have been pva sealed and bonded level to the existing tiles. Which sealant/s should be used on the bonding and which on the...
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    Worst adhesives

    Might be a good idea for us to list for each other the worst adhesives we've encountered, to save each other a bit of time and perhaps money, should we ever land on a job with it supplied. Worst I have used is anything made by 'Bond It'. Used to work with a squad doing a bit of commercial...
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    Benfer adhesives

    U:thumbsdown:Anyone know who is the main agent for benfer in uk ? Or know how I can buy direct !
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    Porcelain - Adhesives

    hi All I'm going to be laying some porcelain floor tiles. I've got two tiling shops near where I live (excluding the sheds), both selling quality products: Tile Giant selling Mapei and Topps selling Bal etc I have no preference for make as my experience is very limited. Now I am looking for...
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    Advice on adhesives after tanking shower, please

    Hi. I just joined the forum(s) this evening for some definitive advice and hope someone can help, please. I am installing a new shower cubicle and quadrant tray in the corner of a small bathroom. One wall is rendered and plastered; the other is battened out and covered with 12mm Hardie tile...
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    Advice needed please, adhesives

    This is my first post so hello everyone. I am not a tiler and would like some advice on what adhesive would be best for my bathroom. I am using 8mm ceramic tiles 300x450 onto new plasterboard walls. Two walls have been skimmed ( well over 4 weeks ago) and the two walls around the bath/shower are...
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    Palace Tilers Primer

    Hi, Just got some of Palaces Tilers Primer, from a new local tile shop. Just wondered if any of you have used it and if so is it any good? Also is it an acrylic based primer? Thanks. Vinnie.:thumbsup:
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    alternate adhesives

    I was recently asked to tile a kitchen worktop. When I arrived the customer refused to let me work with tile adhesive and insisted that if I was to do the job I must use silicon sealant (such as 'no more nails') to apply the tiles. Bewildered by this request i declined the job. I have only...
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    Gypsum Based Tile Adhesives

    I don't expect this to be a usy thread but does anyone know of any Gypsum Based tile adhesives. There are quite a few in France Germany and Holland but not for some reason in the UK. I know of GBTA01 from creative impressions and Benfergyps available through Benfer stockists. Not...
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    Why not to use tubbed adhesives and no tanking!

    Just thought I would share with you a pic I took this morning. Was asked if I would just re-grout the bottom course of tiles in a problem shower area. Had previously told customer that I thought problems were deeper than he anticipated. Having removed what was left of the grout on first...
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    What type of adhesives do I need for my project???

    Here go's......what type of adhesives do I need for my project??? I need an adhesive to fit 5sq m of warmup insulation board onto concrete floor I also need an adhesive to fit ceramic tiles (30cm sq) to the Mapei fibreplan I am laying on top of the UFH I also need an adhesive to fit wall...
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    Adhesives: Suggestions for my first purchase

    Got a couple of little tiling jobs coming up: 4m2 of 150x150 white ceramic over a bath/shower that has been part tiled already. I will be tiling the area that is just painted matt emulsion at present. 1 en suite and one bathroom in a flat that is carpeted and chipboarded (I am guessing)...
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    has dunlop adhesives changed

    was quoting for work on a customer house the other week and she offered to supply the materials,don't usually agree but she said it would be good stuff as she has a friend who works in a tile shop and accepted my qoute including mats,so turned up and found out everything was dunlop,got to say...

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