Benferflex - Tile Advice

[M1d1]

Hi everyone

I am not at all certain about the adhesive u have been using. Its the white benferflex, I picked up a load at new years to bring back to Germany.

How long does it take to go off. I sure I used it last time and it was about twenty minutes or so. This seems to squirm about for hours. Could the adhesive have gone bad. It is I believe a couple of weeks out of date.

The stuff I laid on Saturday was good on Sunday. But I couldn't get the whole floor down because it was too wiggly. It doesn't have that normal tile adhesive smell if that makes sense.

I'm just worried about problems with failure in the future so will stop using it. I just want to know if this is how it normally is or is it just rubbish.

Cheers all

 

[White Room]

Benferflex would be the slow setting one, not that I use now, depends on storage over a time but if it was rapid it would say.

Also depends on the tiles your using, porcelain wouldn't absorb the moisture like a ceramic tile.

 

[M1d1]

Benferflex would be the slow setting one, not that I use now, depends on storage over a time but if it was rapid it would say.

Also depends on the tiles your using, porcelain wouldn't absorb the moisture like a ceramic tile.

I'm laying some villory & boch porcelain. They are absolute cack, think they are seconds. Not 100% straight on edges (I am a joiner so super anal on things being bang on). There is a slight belly here and there over the length. I left some adhesive in a flexi tub to see what its like in the morning. It seems to skin over a little but stay the same inside and stays like that for hours. I must have used the rapid sets in the past.

 

[White Room]

I'm laying some villory & boch porcelain. They are absolute cack, think they are seconds. Not 100% straight on edges (I am a joiner so super anal on things being bang on). There is a slight belly here and there over the length. I left some adhesive in a flexi tub to see what its like in the morning. It seems to skin over a little but stay the same inside and stays like that for hours. I must have used the rapid sets in the past.

I know a tiler who used(even still might) Benferflex and would leave it in a tub over night and continue using the next day

 

[M1d1]

I know a tiler who used(even still might) Benferflex and would leave it in a tub over night and continue using the next day

That's bonkers

 

[White Room]

That's bonkers

I know that but wasn't going tell a tiler of 30 years what to do

 

[M1d1]

I know that but wasn't going tell a tiler of 30 years what to do

How does the gear go off? Is it a chemical or anaerobic reaction?

 

[White Room]

How does the gear go off? Is it a chemical or anaerobic reaction?

Chemical reaction would be my thoughts.

 

[John Benton]

That will defo be the slow set you have there, you are right as you say the Rapidset you normally have 20-30 mins. I've left slow set in a tub overnight and its still not set next day but would never use it.

 

[Martyn Leeds]

Im thinking its the slow BenferGrip

 

[Unused Account 1]

I used some a few weeks ago on a kfc,its alright for ceramics,

 

[andyb1]

Benfergrip is 24hour set.