Just a thought. It seems that I don't have much of a choice with regard to adhesive, apart from BAL mosaic at around £30 inc vat. That's the price from CTD, with my discount!

However they are doing white star on promotion at the moment (Plymouth store only). As the mosaics are going to be in wet areas I felt that this was perhaps a good move.

i have used bal white star a few times on mosaics and had no issues at all i would say it should be fine

try topps i think bal mosaic fix is a little over £20 trade price

Hi
Tubbed - try Mapei Mapegrip plus or powder wise try Mapei Adesilex P10
It has been developed for bonding glass mosaic and it may be more cost effective.

Add Isolastic liquid if using glass mosaics in a swimming pool environment

dock

The P10 has been mentioned here before. I would love to consider Mapai but CTD in Plymouth don't stock it

What type of mosaics are they Hugo?

I only pay around £20 for BAL mosaic fix, what size bag were you quoted for Hugo?

This type Russ



We got them via e bay - 12 boxes IIRC

They are glass fronted.

Originally Posted by Captain Slow

I only pay around £20 for BAL mosaic fix, what size bag were you quoted for Hugo?

20kg was around £26 plus vat

I would prefer to use Mosaicfix if it was me Hugo. They look similar to some that I fixed that were from B&Q. Mosaic fix would deffo be set the next day, White star being air drying may take a little longer if the substrate isn't very porous. White Star is a pain to clean off anyway.

Originally Posted by cornish_crofter

20kg was around £26 plus vat

That still sounds a bit high, but I'll go check back through some old invoices.
I've got 2 borders around the bathroom that I'm doing this week with those exact same mosaics. Customer bought them off ebay! They're on a paper background and really thin compared to normal ceramics.

These are around 8mm thick, and yes they are on a paper background.

I don't know what your customer paid for them but they cost us £1.40 per sheet plus delivery. They may have bought them from the same seller we did.

Thanks for the tip about Topps David. I'll give them a bell.

use bal mosiac fix if there paper on the face wet the paper and you can peel it of in about an hour so the air can get to the tiles over night

Granfix do a tubbed product called Multifix for around £12 a tub -excellent, self priming, suitable for porcelain mosaic etc, onto plaster wood and more.
Have used in many times. Lovely to apply

where do you get that from Leatherface?

c.c.

try original style in plympton for your P10

dock

granfix multi fix is available from my local shops Bolton/ Preston and Manchester.sorry just realised its nowhere near you!