Tile Adhesive Poll 2007 - Best Tile Adhesive For Floors And Walls?

[tjsmiler]

Re: Poll: What adhesive brand do you trust most?

They also produce ardex mate...........

Pursedog, if your new to it all go for the top brand like Bal and you cant go wrong you can relax that you know your using something that will work.....Once your confidence has grown and a bit of experience comes your way then start experimenting with some others and eventually you will just stick with one or two.

Personally i only really use Bal White star or Blue star (ie White star in showers and bathrooms and blue star for kitchen splashbacks etc....

for floors i use Bal single part flexible if on plywood or other floors that may have slight movement..

Bal Rapidset Maxibag for concrete floors or other solid surfaces like screeds and stuff

Grouting i use Bal or Ardex.

If you just stick to this mate i am pretty certain you wont get any problems.

TJ

I also know that Mapei and Granfix are supposed to be great so if in your area it's easier to get hold of these brands then you can't go wrong with these, i ain't used them but many of the more experienced tilers on here have and they swear by it so thats good enough for me.

 

[DHTiling]

Re: Poll: What adhesive brand do you trust most?

BAL all the way for me.................

 

[pursedog]

Re: Poll: What adhesive brand do you trust most?

cheers tjsmiler,

thanx for the advice mate. as i said before lots to take on but guess its a marathon and not a sprint eh?!

 

[Alan.P]

Re: Poll: What adhesive brand do you trust most?

Looking at the poll, I see that Palace scores high, I am on with a bathroom for a frien, he has supplied ther adhesive, a 'no name' type but when I was reading the label it has " Palace product " on it, when asked where he got it he replied Aldi ??????

Anyone else know of any other major brands trading under different names ?

P.S. This adhesive was only £10 a tub.

 

[GazTech]

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Palace is also available under the Toppfix banner,rapid,rapid flexible,screed comp,waterproof and standard tub gear,two part flexible etc only available to the trade very good and very cheap

 

[Alan.P]

Re: Poll: What adhesive brand do you trust most?

Palace is also available under the Toppfix banner,rapid,rapid flexible,screed comp,waterproof and standard tub gear,two part flexible etc only available to the trade very good and very cheap

Thanks for the info mate, tried to find your place in Stockton the other day, didn't have time to look to hard, I'll find it next time and have a look see.

Thanks again.

 

[DHTiling]

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Thanks for the info mate, tried to find your place in Stockton the other day, didn't have time to look to hard, I'll find it next time and have a look see.

Thanks again.

alright alan mate... topps is on the same side as B&Q wharehouse but i bit closer to A19...

 

[Alan.P]

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alright alan mate... topps is on the same side as B&Q wharehouse but i bit closer to A19...

Thanks for that mate, I was looking in the totally wrong place, 'kin multimap for ya :wink_smile:

 

[GazTech]

Re: Poll: What adhesive brand do you trust most?

Bal produce Dunlop according to Topps don't they ? Whats all that about.

Yes Dunlop is made by Building Adhesives.

 

[MJSBathrooms]

Re: What adhesive brand do you trust most?

Mapei products are what i use. Very easy to work with and a good price trade too from Tile Giant

 

[quick draw macgraw]

Re: What adhesive brand do you trust most?

Only done three jobs ever and used bal white star no problems but on last job ran out so quickly got some unibond and it wasn't as good kept slipping off the trowel, just not as sticky.

 

[DHTiling]

Re: Poll: What adhesive brand do you trust most?

They also produce ardex mate...........

yo TJ mate... bal/dunlop/weber are all part of the saint gobain group..... as far as i'm aware ardex are an independant manufacturer.......check there site it say's nothing of being connected to saint gobain group.....cheers ..dave...



[DLMURL="http://www.ardex.co.uk/faqs.asp#4"]General FAQ's from ARDEX UK[/DLMURL]

 

[tjsmiler]

Re: What adhesive brand do you trust most?

I was mixing Mapei keraquick with Palace adhesive to lay a porcalain floor the other day and it was perfect, all mixed by hand to a perfect consistency..... mix em all up it's great fun and it's so dirty

TJ

 

[scrubmuncher]

Re: What adhesive brand do you trust most?

Used Bal for ages until out of convienience ran into Mapei, found it much easier to work with for some reason, covers with alot less effort (does what I want it to do, control it easier, it wants to look pretty n uniform before the tile goes on). I find the grouts take a bit more cleaning up but hey, maybe I should work a bit less messy, but a brill colour selection.
More expensive for me but worth the extra few pennies to make my life easier on a monday morning.

 

[tjsmiler]

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Cheers Dave....... i have always thought that either Bal owned Ardex Or Ardex owned Bal.......oh well you live and learn

TJ

 

[McP77]

Re: What adhesive brand do you trust most?

Going to throw hat in the ring and say Dunlop adhesive. It is one of the brands that Building Adhesive sells (the other being BAL) so it has good heritage. Can't really tell the difference between flexible rapid set (BAL) and set fast plus (Dunlop).

 

[McP77]

Re: What adhesive brand do you trust most?

With regards to the ownership question Building Adhesives, the company that sells BAL and Dunlop, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Ardex GmbH. It's on the BAL website in the section 'about building adhesives'

 

[TonyJ]

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Gaz @ topps,
looking back at tjsmilers reply (Futher down the page) of the list of what he uses (very helpful for newbies may I add) My local Topps tiles says they only stock the bal blue star & grip, but don't stock white star (although they will order it) I get the impression that not all topps tile stores stock the same items. Is this correct? why is this? It's just that tjsmiler uses white star for showers & blue star for kitchens. Could blue star not be used for both?

TonyJ

 

[DHTiling]

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hi tony i'm sure gaz will reply aswell....topps have swapped selling whitestar for bal grip instead.....blue star is ok for bathrooms but white star or bal grip is better.......dave..

 

[GazTech]

Re: What adhesive brand do you trust most?

Gaz @ topps,
looking back at tjsmilers reply (Futher down the page) of the list of what he uses (very helpful for newbies may I add) My local Topps tiles says they only stock the bal blue star & grip, but don't stock white star (although they will order it) I get the impression that not all topps tile stores stock the same items. Is this correct? why is this? It's just that tjsmiler uses white star for showers & blue star for kitchens. Could blue star not be used for both?

TonyJ

Tony,Blue star and Bal Grip are fine for showers,but if it is a power shower White star is recommended.All Topps stores can get any product in the Topps range,but certain stores are not large enough to carry stock of everything,Preston is large and we do stock White star. IMO white star is the best tub adhesive on the planet.

 

[jabba]

Re: What adhesive brand do you trust most?

Its MAPEI for me, easy to use when mixing for floors and the tubs have a good grab so no need for battons upto about the 20cm size, the tubs are about £7.50, i could get cheaper stuff but prefer to have peace of mind. ( i still dont know why white kerraquick is 25% more expensive than grey kerraquick:icon8:

cheers, jabba

 

[Cliff Anger]

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Just to clear up the confusion ...Ardex bought BAL 3 years ago. Bal own the brandname Dunlop. Staff from Bal left and formed Norcros Adhesives which is now a seperate adhesive company. Howtex was bought by Webber and Broutin and then swallowed up by St Gobain group which includes CTD.
Mapei are the largest in the world and still a privately owned family company

 

[rossy]

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hi has anyone ever tried excelbond got a splashback in kitchen to do customer already bought it hope it good any advise....

 

[Cliff Anger]

Re: What adhesive brand do you trust most?

Keraquick white / keraquick grey - the price difference is simply down to the costs of aggregate. White cement and white quartz sand are around 25% more expensive than the grey equivalent - hence the price hike.

 

[webby]

Re: What adhesive brand do you trust most?

Have used Ardex for nearly 30 years.Occassionaly I use Bal.Both their adhesives and grouts are excellent.I get a very good regular user price on Ardex from my supplier.

 

[yrag1964]

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No-one has mentioned Sovereign, I use the their tubbed adhesive sovereign gripmaster, buy it straight from sovereign by the pallet load and think it it spot on (not to mention I also make over 200 squids on a pallet full)

 

[len]

Had heard that Ultra produce one of the other well known brands. Makes you wonder how many primary producers supply the market ?

Gave up on BAL after twenty five years. Too big a range of products,leading to overlapping products and indecision as to which product to use.
No problem with Ultra. Very small range. One primer does all. Change the setting time of their cement based adhesives to suit the season!

 

[scottish tiler]

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i loved nicobonds adhesive it was great but for about maybe 2years now my company use mapie wich is good to use as u can spread lots of it without worrying about it taken a set and it dosnt set fast on the tile either you get a good bit movement with it and it dosnt realy slip that much wich is great

 

[elliesdad224]

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i buy granfix in bulk, two pallets of 53 bags each ,price is so low compared to what you are paying leatherface, bulk buying means massive discounts,

 

[len]

Re: What adhesive brand do you trust most?

Just to clear up the confusion ...Ardex bought BAL 3 years ago. Bal own the brandname Dunlop. Staff from Bal left and formed Norcros Adhesives which is now a seperate adhesive company. Howtex was bought by Webber and Broutin and then swallowed up by St Gobain group which includes CTD.
Mapei are the largest in the world and still a privately owned family company

I swear that Norcros 'went back' to using the Bal name a year or two ago ????