addy not setting

[Sean Kelly]

im tiling a concrete floor with 600*300 porcelain tiles. I noticed yesterday that the addy was taking ages to set. 36 hours later i find that a few of the tiles next to the patio door are moving. I pulled one up and find that the addy is as soft as it was when i first spread it. Do you think this is just down to the weather? Its currently snowing in Harrow! Where im currently working. Cheers Sean

 

[Perry]

What adhesive is it ? its snowing in High Wycome to

 

[diamondtiling]

Hope it not tubbed stuff..............

 

[Sean Kelly]

topfix rapid flex.

 

[Deleted member 9966]

Alan P was having trouble last week with addy not setting, if I remember correctly pjc?? More than likely, it's down to the cold temperatures. Most adhesives need the temperature to be above 5 degrees. Even if the room you have tiled is warm, just consider how cold the concrete must be underneath and next to the patio door. It might take a while longer for the stuff to go off properly.

 

[Sean Kelly]

thanks Girl Racer i half suspected that was the reason. Looks like ill now be grouting Sunday! Cheers sean

 

[hillhead]

Its not snowing here where i am in NI and having the opposite problem since monday.67m2 floor just finished tiling and i was using webber rapid set! And it sure is rapid! Cant wait to get back to keraquick this evening mixed with latex.lol.floor tiles were setting in addy within half an hour.bucket quicker.lol

 

[Perry]

it helps to be above 5 c lol but it should set after 24 hours might be a summer bag left over but still after 24 hours should set :yikes:

 

[Perry]

Its not snowing here where i am in NI and having the opposite problem since monday.67m2 floor just finished tiling and i was using webber rapid set! And it sure is rapid! Cant wait to get back to keraquick this evening mixed with latex.lol.floor tiles were setting in addy within half an hour.bucket quicker.lol

get them to change it joe and slow it down if you don't complain guys they don't know and wont take any notice if only one guy complains these chemists ain't as clever as some of them think :mad2:

 

[diamondtiling]

I had it a while back with Ultra, Paul their national sales manager kept insinuating it was my bucket or I was mixing it wrong and that really got my back up. I am sure I know how to do a mix after 20 years. It was only when they had another complaint that they found it was a bad mix, over 8 pallets were recalled. In fairness to them they did give me 16 bags buckshee but you cannot get all the lost time back.
The up side was that it was my friend's house so we went to the pub............nice.

:8::8:

 

[Keith]

I had the opposite too. Laid some porc tiles with Weber.set plus . I think they must have put rapid set in it because it set very quick. Great stuff though.

 

[Ajax123]

get them to change it joe and slow it down if you don't complain guys they don't know and wont take any notice if only one guy complains these chemists ain't as clever as some of them think :mad2:

Simply in the spirit of panto - Oooooh yes they are :hurray: Mind you thinking about it - some of these chemists aren't even chemists.....

 

[Alan.P]

Yep, as GRR said, I had problems last week with rapid not setting as per expectations, as pjc says, it may be the last of the summer mix pallets being sold, either way got a lot of m2 going down starting tomorrow, hope to heavens above it sets.......soon

 

[Perry]

Simply in the spirit of panto - Oooooh yes they are :hurray: Mind you thinking about it - some of these chemists aren't even chemists.....

oh no they aint :ban:

 

[Daz]

I think you've got some dodgy addy Sean. I had a bag of Everbuild that didn't set rapid last year and yet the next bag went off no probs, so deffo a dodgy bag. But the bad bag was still set after 24hrs.

i've been using Ardex S16 this week, no heating and loads of snow and that has still been setting within 3hrs.