dunlop!? - Tile Advice

[mattyh]

hiya my stockist has just started selling dunlop and mapei products, i have always used bal but mapei seems a bit cheaper and dunlop much much cheaper is it even worth going there!? i cant imagine the dunlop adhesive being much good but the do a cheap primer anybody used it??
thanks matt

 

[White Room]

I'd be using the mapei adhesive if there was one near me

 

[mikethetile]

I was given Dunlop tub to use by a builder, I didnt like it it was very sticky but had very little grab, I wouldnt use it through choice

I understand that it is made by bal but it seems to be a different formulation to green star and imo is not as good

 

[Rich]

Mapei is the way forward IMO. I used BAL for years until I changed to Mapei, never looked back.

Better product at a better price.

 

[diamondtiling]

I was given Dunlop tub to use by a builder, I didnt like it it was very sticky but had very little grab, I wouldnt use it through choice

I understand that it is made by bal but it seems to be a different formulation to green star and imo is not as good

Sellotape is a better adhesive than green star.

:ban:tubbed addy.

 

[The Legend; Phil Hobson RIP]

Mapei man here

 

[mikethetile]

Sellotape is a better adhesive than green star.

:ban:tubbed addy.

I cant argue with that one Dom

this is the same builder that asked me to d&d a wall with plasterboard he bought cheap from wickes as it was broken across each corner and then to make things worse he stacked up against the wall of the garage so they bowed

:mad2:

 

[Aston]

Sellotape is a better adhesive than green star.

:ban:tubbed addy.

:lol::lol::lol:

thats a good one!

yes mapei for me too.....

 

[Time's Ran Out]

:welcome:Matt - If you are given the choice it should be Mapei every time.
Remember the types of adhesive for different tile sizes and play it safe with powdered rather than tubbed.
Bal and Dunlop are part of the same group. Not sure of the formulation in the tubs but Dunlop I believe have/are branded products for the shed markets.

 

[mattyh]

thanks for all the replies chaps ,mapei it is then!

 

[Ajax123]

Dunlop is made by BAL.

 

[hillhead]

i have 13 tiles to replace on a big floor i tiled last year,i used flexi rapid set from Dunlop !!! floor was well primed etc,i'v also heard of other guys having trouble with it,its very cheap too so for me that says it all.

 

[Rich]

NOTE TO SELF... Stay clear of Dunlop

 

[White Room]

The only Dunlop you should using is the tyres

 

[diamondtiling]

The only Dunlop you should using is the tyres

And Dunlop dont make tyres anymore. They were bought out years ago.