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What https://www.tilersforums.com/forums/tile-adhesive/ brand do you trust and use most?

ALL TILE https://www.tilersforums.com/forums/tile-adhesive/ POLLS - WHICH TILE ADHESIVE BRAND DO YOU USE THE MOST?
 
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tjsmiler

Re: Poll: What https://www.tilersforums.com/forums/tile-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.
 
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DHTiling

Re: Poll: What https://www.tilersforums.com/forums/tile-adhesive/ brand do you trust most?

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

Re: Poll: What https://www.tilersforums.com/forums/tile-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?!
 

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Re: Poll: What https://www.tilersforums.com/forums/tile-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 https://www.tilersforums.com/forums/tile-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 https://www.tilersforums.com/forums/tile-adhesive/ was only £10 a tub.
 
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GazTech

Re: Poll: What https://www.tilersforums.com/forums/tile-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
 

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Re: Poll: What https://www.tilersforums.com/forums/tile-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.
 
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DHTiling

Re: Poll: What https://www.tilersforums.com/forums/tile-adhesive/ brand do you trust most?

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...
 

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Re: Poll: What https://www.tilersforums.com/forums/tile-adhesive/ brand do you trust most?

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:
 
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MJSBathrooms

Re: What https://www.tilersforums.com/forums/tile-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
 
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quick draw macgraw

Re: What https://www.tilersforums.com/forums/tile-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.
 
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DHTiling

Re: Poll: What https://www.tilersforums.com/forums/tile-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]
 
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tjsmiler

Re: What https://www.tilersforums.com/forums/tile-adhesive/ brand do you trust most?

I was mixing Mapei keraquick with Palace https://www.tilersforums.com/forums/tile-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
 
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scrubmuncher

Re: What https://www.tilersforums.com/forums/tile-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.
 
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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
 

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