Best wall tile adhesive out there

[Dan]

What's the best wall tile adhesive out there in your opinion? Obviously there's diffferent types for different applications but I mean generally.

Recommended: [DLMURL]http://www.mapei.co.uk[/DLMURL] - Wall and floor tile adhesive.

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[toots tiling]

Any BAL products wouldnt use anything else, there is a lot of crap out there palace is one of the s*!t ones not to fond of that mapei stuff.

 

[Dan]

Tried the new Johnsons Professional range?

 

[Matty A]

As you know i am new to tiling
and on my first job my customer supplied all materials including palace mutli-flex rapid set for the floor i started using it and there was somthing about it that i didnt like but topps tiles recommended it to him they also recommended he buy topps fix (topps own adh') so i checked with topps and the store i went in said they had never heard if it good comunication there then I told him to take back the topps fix tub gear and i used BAL sgl part flex for the walls as i was fixing 400 by 400.

So BAL all the way for me

 

[toots tiling]

As they are new to the adhesives range I think they may have a few problems (H&R Johnsons)

 

[Dan]

They're actually not new to the tile adhesives industry at all, they used to own BAL / Norcros & Dunlop before Ardex got involved. We had a technical bod reply to my post about it on these forums some time ago, the post is here http://www.tilersforums.com/tile-adhesives/70-johnsons-ahdesives.html

 

[Deleted member 15]

larsen cement based adhesives, dont use ready mixed paste.

 

[Smiths]

As they are new to the adhesives range I think they may have a few problems (H&R Johnsons)

Not even close, mate.

 

[Smiths]

Any BAL products wouldnt use anything else, there is a lot of crap out there palace is one of the s*!t ones not to fond of that mapei stuff.

Rubbish, Mapei is top gear, beats the pants off Bal. That's from experience, toots.

 

[Dan]

Mapei are also well established, they've made some unique ranges too, seen some of their stands at exhibitions and they are MASSIVE so they certainly have a good place in the market. Never really used them for long periods of time nor have I used some of their unique adhesives, like the one that sticks to tongue and groove floors, like the BAL fastflex and the likes. So I suppose I can't really say. I've heard palace isn't too professional, and things like evostick etc