palace

[yoza 114]

has any 1 used palace adhesives before.I used the super grip 2 day for the first time found it good

 

[wivers]

I've used Topps fix, and i was told Palace make that. Is that correct?

 

[Leatherface]

Cheap crap in my opinion.:icon8:

 

[Concept PHT]

Thats correct wivers - thats what I got told too.

The topps by me in Cannock has re introduced BAL back onto its shelves, and no Toppfix.

 

[Concept PHT]

Toppfix is crap in my opinion....

 

[wivers]

Been using Bal Grip all week. Great grab on it, git to get off your hands! I gotta throw my new trowl away too coz i fogot to clean it before i rushed down the bakers for lunch, DOH!!

 

[Concept PHT]

Get back on the course mate, day 1 week 1. lol

 

[Dan]

Been using Bal Grip all week. Great grab on it, git to get off your hands! I gotta throw my new trowl away too coz i fogot to clean it before i rushed down the bakers for lunch, DOH!!

Rub it all off with your rubbing stone That'll teach you!

 

[Dan]

Heard a couple of people lately say that the palace tub adhesives have good grab etc etc. Have they changed anything recently?

 

[UKTT Darren]

I have used palace super grip class b adhesive for walls for ages now and find there is no stronger tub gear out there, and ive tried them all I used to do a demo in the training centre with a 9mm 30x30 floor tile, half fill the back, stick it on the wall, draw a line under it, leave in for 30 mins and bring everyone back to see if it had moved, same place on the line every time, payed £4.50 direct from palace, used their multi flex as well under a tenner done the job with no problems to date, Bal is obviously a great make but is getting on the expensive side and if your supplying materials can make the difference between getting the job or not, Bal best for grouts though

 

[Leatherface]

I have used palace super grip class b adhesive for walls for ages now and find there is no stronger tub gear out there, and ive tried them all I used to do a demo in the training centre with a 9mm 30x30 floor tile, half fill the back, stick it on the wall, draw a line under it, leave in for 30 mins and bring everyone back to see if it had moved, same place on the line every time, payed £4.50 direct from palace, used their multi flex as well under a tenner done the job with no problems to date, Bal is obviously a great make but is getting on the expensive side and if your supplying materials can make the difference between getting the job or not, Bal best for grouts though

Cheers Darren - would like to see more posts by people like you - forum can be a bit bleak sometimes - many newbies and not so many experienced.
Cheers

 

[UKTT Darren]

Palace used to have a bad name and sometimes names stick, there tub gear is quite stiff to trowel but you get used to it, its the no battens, non slip properties that make it exceptional, just stike up your level tile line half way up the wall and tile straight along it, level it off with your spirit level and then tile down to the floor

 

[wivers]

What size tile would you go up to with a tub adhesive. I've always worked on 1 sq ft?

 

[wivers]

Althought i did use Bal grip on a job with large format tiles. It held them fine, i let them dry for a couple of days on advice from some of the lads, after they had slapped my wrists.

 

[UKTT Darren]

Ive put ceramic tiles on plasterboard walls over 30x30 with tub stuff, because the walls are flat, if going on to uneven surfaces with any 45x45 or 60 x30, the descrepencies in the wall will require you to use a larger format trowel like a floor trowel on the wall, i would use a cement based as they are much stronger in this case, be sure to prime any new plastered surface if using cement adhesive as cement and plaster react together causing failures, use a good acrylic primer like BAL apd

 

[epoxy pete]

topp fix is good gear,made by palace chemicals,super grip in a different tub thats all....dont use BAL often,as i think its overated and overpriced !!!there blue star is too dry to spread ,green star is absolute crap!!!!!,white star's ok,bal grouts i feel dont have any body to them, and take ages to go off on certain tile joints,tiled a ensuite shower room in porcelain 600x 400 recently...the grout hadnt set enough to wash off 4 hours later !! we mixed it fairly stiff too....not impressed! i use ardex c2 grey floors or fs grey flexible,wall grout s gotta be ardex f 4 ...not much more in cost to bals grout range,but certainly a far superior quality of material and performance!

 

[DevonR]

Just used their Flexi gear on a floor this weekend and must say no issues what-so-ever and ready to grout in 3 hours too.
Job done.

 

[GazTech]

PC multiflex white and grey Rapid flex,great gear stopped using BAL when it came out.

 

[JamesR]

has any 1 used palace adhesives before.I used the super grip 2 day for the first time found it good

Yes Palace Super Grip is as good as Bal Grip was, can’t go wrong none slip adhesive joy to use, and no I don’t work for palace but did use the product for more than a decade.