rapid

Hi all, Just wondering if anyone uses a slow set SPF when tiling walls & floors? I tend to use rapid set on everything but I find that sometimes it sets to early in the bucket that I mix up and I end up wasting a lot.

Hi, When tiling large 30x60cm porcelain tiles onto primed skimmed plaster would it be better to use rapid set or normal adhesive? Obviously there is the time advantage but any downsides to rapid set? Sorry, am clueless! Thank you.

not sure if anyone has mentioned this but thought i'd say a few words on webers latest addition to it's line of adhesives. the weber rep was at the ctd trade week at maidstone last week and was promoting this which he told me is suitable for large format porcelaine and stone too. so not to be...

This addy has been specced on a job I have to quote for. What's it like to use and who stocks it at the best price.

Tiling a bathroom with porcelain 600 x 300 using toppfix rapid this morning got to work and notice a tile had a bit of lippage so decided to remove it and in the process two tiles came away clean from the render the walls were plastered about 10 weeks ago and they were primed.The customer...

Just done 34 metres of floor 60 x 30 porcelain using topps rapid flexi [green bag]. ABSOLUTE GARBAGE!!!!! THIS PRODUCT DOES DRY IN THE TIME IT SAYS under normal conditions. Product supplied by builder. STILL GREEN AFTER 48 HOURS!!!! I am here to be proven wrong but this is the second time i...

A big part of my job is response maintenance for social housing so i often get jobs of fallen, defected or cracked tiles. I can travel up to 50 miles to refit 3 tiles behind a cooker or wash hand basin. (Hey its not my diesel or time). So often the surveyor will want it completed on one visit...

Can you lay Ditra with Flexi Rapid???? :D

Hi guys , so i go into tile shop this morning still half asleep to pick up my adhesive for the day ive got 400 x 200 wickes ceramic tiles to fit to skimmed plaster board in a bathroom, shower area has been tanked and all area's primed with sbr, so im after a rapid set for said job. The chap in...

Mapei introduce Ultralite Rapid Flex S1; a lightweight, flexible (S1), low dust and high yield adhesive that is ideal for the installation of ‘thin’ porcelain tiles. Click here for the full article.. RSS feed from For tiles, tilers, tiling and the tiles industry: The Tile Association.

Hello all, anyone finding the low temperatures affecting setting times this week and last? We're using a pallet of keraquick white and it's damn slow in a cold house,lol. No doubt into double figures setting time, it is setting well though when done.

Hello, can anyone shed any help on this I've used UniBond Rapid Set Wall & Floor Tile Grout to grout my outside tiles, it says it's for internal and external use Did it 2 days ago, just come to polish up the tiles, and the grout is rubbing off on the cloth, you can even do it with your...

Use this in grey today... well what a nice adhesive to use and 30 mins pot life.. i got more than that.. and the bond to porcs was awesome..:thumbsup: The more Weber i use the more and more i like it..

hi allim new to the trade so find it reasuring to get advise here too. im tiling onto plasterboard on 1 wall and concrete on others. ply on floor. 500 x 300 ceramic. is wall and floor flexy ok to use on all these surfaces. it does say this is ok according to the tile shop but kust want to check...

I am taking on a shop floor 80m2. The shop owner wants it done in two days ready to walk on (3man team i think). He insisted on tiling on top of tiles which is a no no but he insisted he can't afford the store to be closed any longer then 2days. I dont think we will get it done in that time...

Just had a phone call from my wifes cousin, hes doing a floor in newmarket. he told me he layed the ceramic tiles on concrete with rapid set, then two dayss later he went back to grout it and tiles still moving

With reference to Gonners thread it has made me think of something... Do you ever use rapid and standard set on the same job? Not as in mixing the two together or even on the same job but different tiling areas, but would you ever maybe use standard set and rapid set on say the same floor? lets...

I am using bal ptb which says can be grouted after 3 hrs. Does this mean that I can walk on the tiles after 3 hrs so that I can do the edge cuts?

I have a professional tiler coming to do a job, but will be buying the adhesive myself. It is ceramic tile onto plasterboard and ply on the floor. Should I be buying Rapid set as a Pro will be doing the work or should it be Slow set? PS (I'd ask him directly but waiting on one more...

I've had major issues with Weber.set Rapid SPF on a series of jobs that were installed from December 2009 through to February 2010 that only started showing up 6-12 months after installation. I have already started to collect some info from other people who have had the same issue and would...