dunlop!?

[mattyh]

hiya my stockist has just started selling dunlop and mapei products, i have always used bal but mapei seems a bit cheaper and dunlop much much cheaper is it even worth going there!? i cant imagine the dunlop adhesive being much good but the do a cheap primer anybody used it??
thanks matt

 

[White Room]

I'd be using the mapei adhesive if there was one near me

 

[mikethetile]

I was given Dunlop tub to use by a builder, I didnt like it it was very sticky but had very little grab, I wouldnt use it through choice

I understand that it is made by bal but it seems to be a different formulation to green star and imo is not as good

 

[Rich]

Mapei is the way forward IMO. I used BAL for years until I changed to Mapei, never looked back.

Better product at a better price.

 

[diamondtiling]

I was given Dunlop tub to use by a builder, I didnt like it it was very sticky but had very little grab, I wouldnt use it through choice

I understand that it is made by bal but it seems to be a different formulation to green star and imo is not as good

Sellotape is a better adhesive than green star.

:ban:tubbed addy.

 

[The Legend; Phil Hobson RIP]

Mapei man here

 

[mikethetile]

Sellotape is a better adhesive than green star.

:ban:tubbed addy.

I cant argue with that one Dom

this is the same builder that asked me to d&d a wall with plasterboard he bought cheap from wickes as it was broken across each corner and then to make things worse he stacked up against the wall of the garage so they bowed

:mad2:

 

[Aston]

Sellotape is a better adhesive than green star.

:ban:tubbed addy.

:lol::lol::lol:

thats a good one!

yes mapei for me too.....

 

[Time's Ran Out]

:welcome:Matt - If you are given the choice it should be Mapei every time.
Remember the types of adhesive for different tile sizes and play it safe with powdered rather than tubbed.
Bal and Dunlop are part of the same group. Not sure of the formulation in the tubs but Dunlop I believe have/are branded products for the shed markets.

 

[mattyh]

thanks for all the replies chaps ,mapei it is then!

 

[Ajax123]

Dunlop is made by BAL.

 

[hillhead]

i have 13 tiles to replace on a big floor i tiled last year,i used flexi rapid set from Dunlop !!! floor was well primed etc,i'v also heard of other guys having trouble with it,its very cheap too so for me that says it all.

 

[Rich]

NOTE TO SELF... Stay clear of Dunlop

 

[White Room]

The only Dunlop you should using is the tyres

 

[diamondtiling]

The only Dunlop you should using is the tyres

And Dunlop dont make tyres anymore. They were bought out years ago.

 

[TheWrightTiler]

actually used dunlop set fast plus for whole of last year, found it great gear to work with and no problems, would recommend it if couldnt get mapei

 

[White Room]

Proves what I know:lol:

 

[Ajax123]

I know a few people who use Dunlop and swear by it. I know a few more who have used it and swear at it. Horses for courses IMO

 

[davy_G]

I'll stick my neck on the line here. Used alot of Dunlop bagged gear, never had a problem and good prices. Rapid set goes off a bit quick in hot weather. Find their wall grouts lovely to work with (only make white in flexi though) better than Bal IMO.
Their tubbed gear is pretty pants, i avoid it as much as poss. If i use tubbed, its Ardex D20 or creamy D30, Mmmmm.
Just my opionions.

 

[cafceramics]

We have been selling Dunlop for two years now and have never had a reported failure. Our customers give us excellent feed back on all the range. Used to sell mapei ten years ago and had to drop it because of all the problems...good colour range though:smilewinkgrin:

 

[mikethetile]

We have been selling Dunlop for two years now and have never had a reported failure. Our customers give us excellent feed back on all the range. Used to sell mapei ten years ago and had to drop it because of all the problems...good colour range though:smilewinkgrin:

this is not my experiance of dunlop or mapei, the only problem I have had with mapei is with their white grout

 

[nybor62]

i have two agree with davy g not impressed with the tub addy

 

[mikethetile]

ive only ever used tubbed from dunlop and its awfull stuff, for that reason ive never used their other products

 

[Gazzer]

Its called Dunslop around these parts :smilewinkgrin:

 

[The Legend; Phil Hobson RIP]

Never had a problem with Mapei, if it ain't broke, dont fix it imo.

 

[garretridge]

im using it at the minute dunlop fast set plus 100 sq mtrs customer bought it with tiles 20 x 20kg bags seems fine to work with to me.wouldnt use tubbed gear of any kind anymore :ban:it!

 

[Dan]

Dunlop is the cheaper side of BAL. Out of the annual polls we run to vote for the best adhesive brand for each year, Dunlop have never even come close to 5th. BAL and Mapei are always the winners, and BAL is even getting less and less attention due to their overpricing.

Please don't dig up old threads for the sake of selling your stock.

 

[doug boardley]

Its called Dunslop around these parts :smilewinkgrin:

dungplop around here:lol:

 

[Gazzer]

dungplop around here:lol:

That would be the country air then ? :smilewinkgrin:

 

[Ken Bruty]

I've used 2 products from dunlop, 1 was their flexi which I was supplied with by a builder for marble tiles on underfloor heating, and I found it very good, the other was a pourable adhesive, again supplied by a builder for an uneven subfloor, which you just pour out and trowel as normal, it was brilliant, no need for slc, and from memory, I think you can thick bed it as well.