Tile Adhesive Poll 2007 - Best Tile Adhesive For Floors And Walls?

[quick draw macgraw]

Re: What adhesive brand do you trust most?

Only done three jobs ever and used bal white star no problems but on last job ran out so quickly got some unibond and it wasn't as good kept slipping off the trowel, just not as sticky.

 

[DHTiling]

Re: Poll: What adhesive brand do you trust most?

They also produce ardex mate...........

yo TJ mate... bal/dunlop/weber are all part of the saint gobain group..... as far as i'm aware ardex are an independant manufacturer.......check there site it say's nothing of being connected to saint gobain group.....cheers ..dave...



[DLMURL="http://www.ardex.co.uk/faqs.asp#4"]General FAQ's from ARDEX UK[/DLMURL]

 

[tjsmiler]

Re: What adhesive brand do you trust most?

I was mixing Mapei keraquick with Palace adhesive to lay a porcalain floor the other day and it was perfect, all mixed by hand to a perfect consistency..... mix em all up it's great fun and it's so dirty

TJ

 

[scrubmuncher]

Re: What adhesive brand do you trust most?

Used Bal for ages until out of convienience ran into Mapei, found it much easier to work with for some reason, covers with alot less effort (does what I want it to do, control it easier, it wants to look pretty n uniform before the tile goes on). I find the grouts take a bit more cleaning up but hey, maybe I should work a bit less messy, but a brill colour selection.
More expensive for me but worth the extra few pennies to make my life easier on a monday morning.

 

[tjsmiler]

Re: What adhesive brand do you trust most?

Cheers Dave....... i have always thought that either Bal owned Ardex Or Ardex owned Bal.......oh well you live and learn

TJ

 

[McP77]

Re: What adhesive brand do you trust most?

Going to throw hat in the ring and say Dunlop adhesive. It is one of the brands that Building Adhesive sells (the other being BAL) so it has good heritage. Can't really tell the difference between flexible rapid set (BAL) and set fast plus (Dunlop).

 

[McP77]

Re: What adhesive brand do you trust most?

With regards to the ownership question Building Adhesives, the company that sells BAL and Dunlop, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Ardex GmbH. It's on the BAL website in the section 'about building adhesives'

 

[TonyJ]

Re: What adhesive brand do you trust most?

Gaz @ topps,
looking back at tjsmilers reply (Futher down the page) of the list of what he uses (very helpful for newbies may I add) My local Topps tiles says they only stock the bal blue star & grip, but don't stock white star (although they will order it) I get the impression that not all topps tile stores stock the same items. Is this correct? why is this? It's just that tjsmiler uses white star for showers & blue star for kitchens. Could blue star not be used for both?

TonyJ

 

[DHTiling]

Re: What adhesive brand do you trust most?

hi tony i'm sure gaz will reply aswell....topps have swapped selling whitestar for bal grip instead.....blue star is ok for bathrooms but white star or bal grip is better.......dave..

 

[GazTech]

Re: What adhesive brand do you trust most?

Gaz @ topps,
looking back at tjsmilers reply (Futher down the page) of the list of what he uses (very helpful for newbies may I add) My local Topps tiles says they only stock the bal blue star & grip, but don't stock white star (although they will order it) I get the impression that not all topps tile stores stock the same items. Is this correct? why is this? It's just that tjsmiler uses white star for showers & blue star for kitchens. Could blue star not be used for both?

TonyJ

Tony,Blue star and Bal Grip are fine for showers,but if it is a power shower White star is recommended.All Topps stores can get any product in the Topps range,but certain stores are not large enough to carry stock of everything,Preston is large and we do stock White star. IMO white star is the best tub adhesive on the planet.