BAL Whitestar dicontinued?

[Varley]

My local Topps guy told me Bal are no longer making Whitestar, it is to be replaced with BAL grip or BAL white-grip, can't remember exactly what he said. Any one else heard of this?

The guy said this new stuff is supposed to be better, not sure how as Whitestar is the dogs!

 

[GazLC81]

I used Whitestar for the first time today and have to agree! It's far better than the cheap brands I am used to using!

 

[DHTiling]

will check this out t/moz martin mate... dave...

 

[GazTech]

My local Topps guy told me Bal are no longer making Whitestar, it is to be replaced with BAL grip or BAL white-grip, can't remember exactly what he said. Any one else heard of this?

The guy said this new stuff is supposed to be better, not sure how as Whitestar is the dogs!

Unfortunately it's true,White star should no longer be stocked by Topps,however I still order it and am still getting it until production finishes,I have friends at Bal and will get it from the horses mouth.Watch this space!

 

[DHTiling]

interesting, fancy stopping production of the best tub adhesive on the market, SILLY TWOCKS....

 

[Varley]

interesting, fancy stopping production of the best tub adhesive on the market, SILLY TWOCKS....

I agree...why fix something that isn't broke?

If this BAL Grip is supposed to be better than the Whitestar it is replacing then it must be some heavy duty s**t!

 

[DHTiling]

whitestar is hear to stay.....................thank god...

 

[GazTech]

I have it straight from my freindly BAL techno boys and area manager WHITE STAR IS HERE TO STAY its the number one best selling tub adhesive BAL make and that is official,three cheers for BAL hip hip,hip hip,hip hip,

 

[DHTiling]

hooray...hooray....hooray....

 

[Sean Garford]

Is whitestar flexible? I have never used it? cheers Sean

 

[guy1976]

yes flexable to a certain degree ,you cant use it on floors though

 

[Dave-T]

yeah, its flexible and waterproof. Fantastic if you have to tile on wooden or plasterboard walls. I pretty much only use white star these days, in my opinion, its the best tub adhesive. More expensive, but anyone who's had to strip off tiles in a room thats been tiled in whitestar will know what quality stuff it is.

 

[GazTech]

here here

 

[Sean Garford]

Cheers guys, I have been using bal grip as thats all they sell at Derby. Thanks again, s

 

[GazTech]

how do you rate the BAL grip Sean???

 

[CJ]

Wot do u lot use to clean your tools after using white star/Grip.

I hate that bit at the end of the day.........scraping the ****e out of my trowels:icon9:

 

[GazTech]

I always had a bucket of fairly hot water handy all day and cleaned at the end of each application
get those green pan scourers,very handy to have for cleaning empty adh buckets for re-use

 

[DHTiling]

I always had a bucket of fairly hot water handy all day and cleaned at the end of each application
get those green pan scourers,very handy to have for cleaning empty adh buckets for re-use

me too.......lol:wink_smile:

 

[GazTech]

me too.......lol:wink_smile::wink_smile:

Finally beat you to it LMAO:wink_smile:

 

[DHTiling]

calm down gazza mate , you know you have to watch your blood pressure....lol

 

[GazTech]

blood pressure off the scale from last night lol,this is the colour of my face ATM

LMAO

 

[jocky102]

Wot do u lot use to clean your tools after using white star/Grip.

I hate that bit at the end of the day.........scraping the ****e out of my trowels:icon9:

lol i know its a late entry to this subject cuz its been open a while but my apprentice is the best tool cleaner in the world, i remember getting £27.50 a week on a yts, they get payed at 16 years old £129, i had £10 digs, £10 bus fares and i smoked so £7.50 for **** and irn bru... they have it soo easy now lol

 

[larmar]

I was told it was the end of the road for white star and the replacement bas Bal Grip , used Two tubs and it was as dry as a mouthful sand, had to butter each tile as the addy was just about impossible to bed the wall with ,, Crap,, never again

 

[bugs183]

Bal Grip used to absolutely stink of ammonia, it killed you in shower area and was hell with a hang over, but...
Boy did it stick! If you dropped on anything and left it a couple of hours it was a nightmare to get off. Great to work with.

They replaced it with the new grip about 12 years ago i'm guessing, and as above it was too dry and in my opinion doesn't actually stick that well.

I think White Star came out not long after the new Grip was introduced and we switched immediately to it, its a brilliant adhesive.
It was around the time they ditched our beloved Bal Wall
They also introduced the junk Green Star and another even worse and cheaper adhesive called 'Gold Fix' or something like that, it was total poo and we point blank refused to use it.
Glad White Star its still available.

 

[Bubblecraft]

They replaced it with the new grip about 12 years ago i'm guessing...

About as old as this thread. Lol