pourable adhesive

[james]

pourable addy, do you just spread straight away or im sure i heard you leave it for 5 mins before spreading.
normally just use rapid and spf but thought id try it.

[GazTech]

pourable addy, do you just spread straight away or im sure i heard you leave it for 5 mins before spreading.
normally just use rapid and spf but thought id try it.

HI James,
Yes pour it into place and leave it to do it's magic for a few mins. Then trowel it up, this shocks it into place and after wiggling tile into position, it becomes live again and fills the whole back of the tile...Gaz

[LM Ceramics]

well i didnt know that i thought you spreaded it straight away.

[whitebeam]

That makes two of us

[pjc]

3 of us lol

[Fekin]

Make that 4

[grumpygrouter]

Yes pour it into place and leave it to do it's magic for a few mins. Then trowel it up, this shocks it into place and after wiggling tile into position, it becomes live again and fills the whole back of the tile...

I have to be a party pooper here. I knew that!

[redrex]

White or grey?

Just used white and it doesn't need to sit (says so on the label) grey does. although, as I have just found out it is a good idea to make a border so that the adhesive can't flow past the area you are trying to tile. It pours therefore it runs! I ended up having to back butter after the tiles had dropped 3 mm.

[GazTech]

White or grey?

Just used white and it doesn't need to sit (says so on the label) grey does. although, as I have just found out it is a good idea to make a border so that the adhesive can't flow past the area you are trying to tile. It pours therefore it runs! I ended up having to back butter after the tiles had dropped 3 mm.

It's critical to mix the adhesive to exact water proportions Ed, you may have had it a tad too runny....a Bal mixing bucket gives the correct amount per bag....Gaz

[whitebeam]

Seems recently that grouts and adhesive are a precise water content for mixing than ever before

[james]

cheers gaz, does it just take away the need to back butter or is it actually partially levelling the subfloor, then the spreading is to fix?

[pjc]

lol must be using it wrong only use 500 bags a week lol

[redrex]

Hi Gaz

I was using BAL mixing buckets(got them from Bristol Gaz for nufink-thanks for correcting me), problem was that I could only set 1 tile at a time because of the depth of addy-I was going from 15mm to 25mm deep setting 610x45mmx12mm strips and back buttering them when they dropped, very uneven floor. whatever I did in the mix there was always a bit of drop. I had to use 'feel' for the right amount of water versus addy(but always thinking off the 4 second rule) as I would have wasted lots if I mixed 20 kg at a time with 20mins usage time(a couple of tiles took 10 mins each to fix and set and didn't want 10kg going off at £20 a pop).But once i figured out what I needed, as usual PTB flexy came up trumps. all of the jobs I have had recently have been challenging to say the least but BAL and, I have to say Mapei, have made things easier not least cos they do what they say they will on the tin.

Ed