bal mircroflex white grout and Silicon

[ian158]

...used the Bal mircoflex grout..white..and it dries light grey..wont be using that again..and as for the Silicon.what a load of poo...would not stick to the porcelain...not matter how much I clean the tile it want having it..

 

[Ian]

Microflex is the whitest grout I've ever come across. Is there any chance it got contaminated somehow? I agree about the Silicon, overpriced and very poor.

 

[John Benton]

Don't use the grout but have found the silicon easy to work with, nice clean finish.

How much do you pay for the silicon Bri?

 

[ian158]

thats why i tried it as you guys swaer by it for whiteness...when it went in tub i thought it looked a bit dull..didnt dry any better !

 

[Rookery]

I've always felt Microflex to be a very bright white. Its the only BAL product I use. Dow 785 for Silicon.

 

[Ian]

Don't use the grout but have found the silicon easy to work with, nice clean finish.

How much do you pay for the silicon Bri?

Just under a tenner a tube, I'm using mapesil and tilemaster Silicon mostly now, much better products.

 

[John Benton]

I pay about £3.50 for Micromax, don't use it that often, prefer Mapei

 

[kilty55]

mapei siliocne we ll priced and started using mapei sf white dries a decent white colour

 

[Stef]

I went to tile giant & they charged me X, showed them ScrewFix price & they priced matched but stated that its not the same Silicon.

The stuff ScrewFix sell is not as good quality..

Anyone else heard this??

 

[Qwerty]

I went to tile giant & they charged me X, showed them ScrewFix price & they priced matched but stated that its not the same Silicon.

The stuff ScrewFix sell is not as good quality..

Anyone else heard this??

Absolute rubbish, it is exactly the same!

 

[Stef]

Absolute rubbish, it is exactly the same!

Mapei & Dow Corning are the only 2 silicones I use.

I have never found a difference between the silicones I've bought from TG or SF.

 

[John Benton]

Me neither, I'm pretty sure that Mapei wouldn't produce a lesser quality product in the same packaging for Screwfix.

 

[AliGage]

I've been using mapei a bit recently and absolutely loving it.

Used micromax grout a few times before they reformulated and found it awlful. The Silicon wasn't much better either.

 

[Ian]

The new micromax 2 is horrid, I'm glad someone else has said the don't like it, I thought I was going mad!

 

[AliGage]

I hated every second of using it Bri. Was getting the right grumps! I found it smelt awlful too. The Mapei geout on the other hand i'm strangely addicted to the smell