Which brand of primer do you use..??

[El Mariachi]

PCI Primer G for walls and floors:hurray:

 

[cp3147]

i always stick to bal, got a local stockist and fair prices :yes:

 

[medlar]

BAL for me

 

[John the tile]

Hello,

I have a few questions regarding primers. Can you use one brand name primer with another brand name adhesive. Or is this a total nono, and why??

How much primer do you give an absorbent surface, how do you know what enough is, is it just one coat?

How long after applying the primer can you tile?

Thanks for any advice - im a total newbie.
Ta

 

[loaderman]

Bal for me. I just follow the instructions to the letter. So far so good. Just hope none of my early PVA JOBS

 

[loaderman]

Oops. computer threw a wobbly. I was trying to say I just hope none of my early PVA jobs come back to haunt me (last one was nearly a year ago so I should be in the clear!).

The tutor on the course I went on over 12m ago was not a believer in primer. The place I went to is now closed I understand and the tutor is no longer tiling due to knee problems (he didn't like knee pads!)

However, having read around this forum I now ONLY use primer and not PVA.

 

[kmstiling]

I use the primer which is the same product as the adhesive. Any probs I can then go back to the manufacture.

 

[Peter]

Just use whatever I have. Managed to aquire a few gallons of Mapei S, so use it quite a bit. Ironically, one of the few Mapei products I'd rate. Depending on the substrate, either that or Technik 918 or Biscem Flexibond.

 

[tilerjay]

you should always match your primer to your adhesive (same manufacturer) if ever you had a failure of some sort and you got the manufacturer involved ,they would test everything.they all put different additives in there respected products they would know for example if you used a bal primer and a mapei adhesive. you would not have a leg to stand on . could be very costly................................

 

[The Legend; Phil Hobson RIP]

I'm with tilerjay, always use same primer as adhesive. I use Mapei primer G on cement based ( bagged ie: Mapei Keraquik) But my prefered readymix is Biscem. For that I use flexibond primer. I think I voted other, but 1st choice is Mapei.