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[Smithy153]

Afternoon all,

I've got a job tiling a toilet in the basement of a beauty salon :drool5: Its about 10m2 and ceramics. Trouble is the shop doesn't really have any where outside to mix up and i'm going to be working within trading hours. My first thought was just to go with some tubbed gear for ease but I do like using bagged stuff and the benefits of setting times. What would you guys do?

 

[Alan.P]

With only a small area like that and not being able to make a noise, I would just knock up the addy by hand, 3/4 bucket at a time, not too hard and only a couple of buckets needed so to speak.

 

[DHTiling]

Just mix where you are tiling......job needs to done after all...:smilewinkgrin:

 

[Smithy153]

Kl Kl. What do you guys use for ceramics on the walls. I've got some BAL rapidset. Can someone explain the benefits of white over grey stuff or is it just simply the colour to stop shadowing on natural stones etc

 

[DHTiling]

It's best to use an adhesive colour similar to grout...so thats grey for dark grouts and white for light grouts...this stops bleeding into grout ...but i always use white on walls anyway and keep the joints clean so no adhesive shows through..

I have switched over to mapei adhesives now as the bucket life is a lot longer IMHO.

 

[python]

i use cordless tools when noise is an issue., get a decent cordless drill and whisk up mate.

 

[White Room]

Mix up small amounts by hand, if using a power mixer turn the radio up they won't hear it then

 

[beanz]

I personally would just use tubbed gear, because i'm notoriously lazy... :lol:

But if you're set on cement addy, i'd go along with Whitebeam & Alan.. Small amounts by hand. I'd stear clear of rapid set, although i've never used the Mapei stuff. Yesterday i managed to get 6 tiles down, before the rapid set i was using (Granfix) went off. It cost me a perfectly good 99p bucket! :incazzato::lol:

 

[Smithy153]

What would be the equivalent mapei stuff to use?

 

[LM Ceramics]

personally i would use tubbed gear depending on the size of the tile if you prefer mapei then i think its mapei grip not sure dont use the stuff