ADHESIVES & GROUTS MAGIC NUMBER ce its unique three-in-one adhesive, BAL Rapid XP Plus.
As it is highly water resistant due to its high-polymer content, BAL Rapid XP Plus is also particularly recommended for areas of total immersion, such as swimming pools and power showers.
Alex Underwood, Head of Marketing for BAL, said: “This is a unique adhesive. With never-seen-before technology, fixers now have the ability to change the water ratio to create either a traditional wall or floor adhesive or a high-performance pourable thick bed – with no loss of performance.
“This means fixers only need one product for any job, just choosing to mix it to the consistency they need, including the ability to ‘go pourable’ – for example, if the floor is uneven, they need to build up, or are working with larger format tiles.
“Unlike other adhesives which lose their performance when more water is added, BAL Rapid XP Plus continues to maintain its structure and high-gel rheology even at 25mm! It keeps the strength and high-performance that can be trusted and is fully guaranteed.”
This new powder innovation follows October’s launch of BAL All Star – a game changer in ready-to-use technology.
A New Star for Wall Tiling Developed exclusively for Topps Tiles, BAL All Star is the UK’s first ready-to-use adhesive for fixing large-format porcelain wall tiles.
BAL All Star provides a fast and easy-to-use solution for large-format porcelain and ceramic wall tiles up to 600x600mm. With no water mixing ratios to worry about, fixers will have peace of mind that their adhesive will have the perfect consistency every time.
In addition, as a fibre-enhanced ready-to-use product, BAL All Star gives a smooth, lightweight adhesive for easy and fast application – but equally, high-grab and excellent non-slip properties so fixers can tile quickly
and easily with total confidence and perfect results without the need to batten out.
With a two-hour pot life in the bucket and 30 minutes to apply the tiles on the wall, BAL All Star provides plenty of time to work with. This is particularly useful with large tiles which might need adjusting or require intricate cuts. It also makes installation times much faster as large areas can be covered without worry the adhesive will skin over.
Positively, unlike most ready-mixed adhesives, BAL All Star can also be grouted after just 16 hours when using ceramic tiles and after 24 hours with large-format porcelain tiles.
Domestic or Commercial BAL All Star is perfect for fixing mosaics and large- format ceramic and porcelain tiles.
Large-format ceramic tiles can be used in dry or wet areas, for example on a tanked background, while large- format porcelain tiles can be used in any dry environment.
In fact, with no powder and water mixing, large-format porcelain wall tiles can be installed without worrying about accessing water on-site and spending time weighing out specific water ratios.
What’s more, it comes without the dust typical of mixing standard powder adhesives.
As no water is needed, BAL All Star is perfect for site work where no water is available, or where fixers are working on upper floor levels away from materials, avoiding the need to carry bags of adhesives and pails of water around. Homes and sites can be kept cleaner, with also better conditions for fixers’ health, as BAL All Star will not produce the dust typical of mixing standard powder adhesives, which is especially beneficial in small areas.
www.bal-adhesives.com
www.toppstiles.co.uk
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