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View Poll Results: whata dhesive do you use most.?
Only dispersion adhesive 0 0%
Only powdered adhesive 18 38.30%
Both.. 29 61.70%
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Who uses dispersion adhesives and who uses only bagged( powdered) adhesives,.? or maybe even both...
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Default Re: Your prefered adhesive.

If you use disperson adhesives , can i ask your preference using these to bagged gear.?
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Default Re: Your prefered adhesive.

powder by choice for me, but if I'm doing a kitchen splashie and customer has got a reputable tubbed stuff and walls are good, I'll use itI've voted for powder, 'cos that's my preferred addy
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The same as doug..................
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Default Re: Your prefered adhesive.

Used power for so long now, Just dont see the point in using something that takes an age to dry, I used a tub of granfix about 4 years ago just to see if it had improved, went to drill a hole the next day and the tile was still moving!!

that was the last time everrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!!!!
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Default Re: Your prefered adhesive.

powered addy for me....but i do use tubbed bal or mapei for small jobs ie small splashbacks.
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Default Re: Your prefered adhesive.

Bagged all the way here,again the tubbed not reliable enough for me.Takes too long and even had tiles pop off before 24hours after being put on !! just aswell i hadn't grouted so they were put back on with bagged and the rest of room checked throughly.
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So you didn't stick it back on with the tubbed gear and quickly grout it?..............................are you sure..................???

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used only cement based for the last 25years
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used only cement based for the last 25years
you still using pci Pete?Hope you are well buddy.
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you still using pci Pete?Hope you are well buddy.
use both dispersion (sontex acrylic)and powdered(keraquick)
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Default Re: Your prefered adhesive.

Also use both. just started to use keraquick white brill stuff.
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Powdered for me also
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