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[Fred]

I'm on a job at a dog kennel. I used this gear to level concrete the labourer who tried to level of with battens. It all went off, except 1.5 m2, where it is like putty! wet, very slippery. Did I mix it up to wet? I used an acrilic bond on the cencrete before laying the SLC, between 40 mm to 10 mm.

 

[DHTiling]

yep.. sounds like too much water..

 

[Spud]

normally 6-7 litres of water per bag is a good guide line

 

[DHTiling]

Depends on the SLC.. Weber flex is only 5.2 ltrs and that is runny..

 

[doug boardley]

we used 2 pallets of butech slc last week, I think that was 5.5 - 6 litres, it ran like hell, I was well impressed

 

[White Room]

I used the ultra 1 but can laid upto 50mm and only needed 4.5 ltrs of water

 

[Spud]

we stock the palace leveller at our yard and whenever i use it i knock up a bag with 6 litres of water ,works fine for me every time

 

[The Legend; Phil Hobson RIP]

I really like this Level-flex fibre stuff, 5ltrs water, flows like oil. Does from 0mm to 50mm

 

[Fred]

re done the 1.5 m2 that didn't set, measured out the water etc, around 30 mm deep, and was again still wet 5 hours later! :mad2:I am starting to think there is some thing wrong with that particular floor area!

 

[Spud]

just resized some pictures of a job I did using the palace thick bed leveller ,there was a ridge in the floor and a few dips ,I usually use a 2m straight edge when levelling or if the floor is very badly out of level use tile slips as height guages and level up to these ,Using the straight edge method i find the high point of the floor and screw 2 screws either end of my straight edge,
I always mix with a whisk and then pour out the slc and screed back with the straight edge,I always get messy when levelling as I always end up getting back into the area I have just done to pull the straight edge at right angles to pull out any unevenness in the floor ,I suppose a pair of spiked shoes would be heplful and keep my clothes cleaner but never mind ,using the straight edge method takes out any guess work and also stops you from over pouring an area and adding to bumps in the floor. using slc is not easy and takes practice but the water based fibre reinforced levellers are really good and are far better than the levelling compunds of old .