Addy going off too fast

[Andy Allen]

Thanks to everyone who posted, very amusing/informative!

One earlier reply mentioned adding a little water to a mix just to loosen it up as it gets close to going off - is this ok to do? I've always understood it wasn't a good idea...This would help me immensely at the moment given the problems I'm having. I've got half a bag left so I'm mixing very small batches. Looks like I'm going to be one tile short due to my fun and games with my cutter (see other post), how annoying is that?!

Adding more water to the mix as its going off will just make it go lumpy . Not something i would advise doing. .

 

[Stef]

don't think I was being argumentative,just didn't agree with the practice,stef thought it was ok I didnt,we move on
That's the beauty of a public forum we are all allowed a say wether you agree or not
Just to clarify I didn't agree [emoji106]
Who's Brian btw

Agreed we all have our own opinions & that's the way it should be.
Brian's ok, we had a small "Discussion" a long while back. [emoji1][emoji1]

 

[Lithofin BOB]

Can you check manufacturing dates on your bags, if their out of date/ gone past , would this effect the hardening times,
perhaps the stock wasn't rotated or they were returns mix up and sold out. Sure I heard this somewhere that this can effect.

 

[cone]

Can you check manufacturing dates on your bags, if their out of date/ gone past , would this effect the hardening times,
perhaps the stock wasn't rotated or they were returns mix up and sold out. Sure I heard this somewhere that this can effect.

I've used out of date bags before and never had this problem or fail thou bags of skim sets quick when out of date

 

[ttt tiling]

Work for a contractor who was a technical adviser for years , he regually supplies adhesive 2 or 3 years out of date , never had a problem with it.
Did try Granfix once , very high sand content to keep cost down , Biscem used to be the same

 

[Diggy]

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