Whip clips or lash,lol

[bugs183]

Oh and believe me, i'm not conned by anything any sales assistant says!!

 

[Spud]

I used the raimondi lash clips on several jobs but mainly using large format thin porcelain they are a good product but wont make an uneven floor perfectly level and they do work out expensive, out of a bag of 250 clips expect 20-30 broken in the pack add to that you will lose another 10% over tightening,they slow the work up when you first start using them and you cant keep your work as clean
I do rate them but it will cost you £2 per m off your price to use them it will slow the job up slightly so it will cost you a bit there too
I think if you use them Joe you will like them but dont think a tiler as good as you needs them.

 

[hillhead]

Great review there Gary, costly buggers for sure.
I don't feel the need to use them as i'v put down some top class level floors lately and have pics to show,lol.
I will try them out for this company and they won't cost me luckily, this same company get me to try out different adhesives at times too.

 

[Alan M]

i used a few of these on a job lately. i only used a few for aquard places. very handy for narrow pieces that just want to sink down or lip up a bit. wouldnt want to use them for a whole floor thow

 

[nybor62]

why are they so expensive , maybe if they reduced the price more folk would give them a try , to be honest if i cant get a floor flat then its time to chuck my tools in a skip


ill order the skip 2 morro

 

[bugs183]

The Raimondi sound a bit pants if your getting that rate of failure before you even start fixing, the lashclips really do take some breaking during the fixing process,but break off nicely.

The downsides are the costs obviously, but you do reuse the pegs, so once you have a bucket full those last for ages. I did look into buying them in bulk from the States (at about half of the cost of them from the UK), as i had another huge format porcelain job to do, but luckily that didn't happen, sometimes some jobs really aren't worth knackering your back over.
Also it it isn't quicker, and it can be messier, what with not being able to fully wash the adhesive off the tile. And if you have to stop and halfway on a job and tile again later you need to leave the next run of clips in otherwise you won't get them to squeeze under the tile.
So yea, they are a bit of a faff, and not for everyday use, but on the odd job a couple of times a year the are a real help.
Now the Raimondi Pedalo... now that is a good piece of kit.......

 

[nybor62]

The Raimondi sound a bit pants if your getting that rate of failure before you even start fixing, the lashclips really do take some breaking during the fixing process,but break off nicely.

The downsides are the costs obviously, but you do reuse the pegs, so once you have a bucket full those last for ages. I did look into buying them in bulk from the States (at about half of the cost of them from the UK), as i had another huge format porcelain job to do, but luckily that didn't happen, sometimes some jobs really aren't worth knackering your back over.
Also it it isn't quicker, and it can be messier, what with not being able to fully wash the adhesive off the tile. And if you have to stop and halfway on a job and tile again later you need to leave the next run of clips in otherwise you won't get them to squeeze under the tile.
So yea, they are a bit of a faff, and not for everyday use, but on the odd job a couple of times a year the are a real help.
Now the Raimondi Pedalo... now that is a good piece of kit.......

i have the pedalo great bit of kit esp for larger floors

 

[hillhead]

I have a raimondi stockist close to me, great prices too Ceramic Tiling Tools, Raimondi Tools UK & Ireland

 

[charlie1]

wonder if there was a similar argument when the spirit level was invented?? If it works and makes you more efficient and ecconomicaly viable then it will be here to stay although most old timers will stick to what they know. New guys will be more inclined to embrace the technology! The sad thing is, these type of things remove the 'craft' from craftsman further automating the tiling process but generally will prob improve the industry overall. So to recap, IMO its good and bad, not something I would use though, I like the skill in tiling!

 

[hillhead]

Too right Charlie, it's the skill we have that gains us our reputation.
Every trade evolves though, the lash clips would help a DIY'er to no end i'd say.
If a DIY'er uses these clips to lay a floor and it turns out top notch will they look as good if not better than us??? oh dear. lol.
We'll have machines laying tiles soon enough.