A full range of adhesives and grout from Tilemaster
Tilemaster Adhesives offers a full range of professional adhesives for tiling with ceramic, porcelain and natural stone tiles. The range includes a large variety of adhesives suitable for all substrates, tiling materials and site conditions. The company also offers a selection of rapid setting products, but here we take a closer look at adhesives for sites where speed is not the over-riding priority.
Where a flexible adhesive is required, Tilemaster Adhesives has a choice of standard and semi-rapid setting products in the Setaflex range, a polymer modified, flexible cement-based wall and floor tile adhesive. Both Setaflex Standard Set and Semi-Rapid Setaflex have been specially developed to give an extended pot life, making them ideal for working with larger, difficult to manoeuvre tiles. They can be used internally onto a wide variety of substrates, including timber, and are excellent for use in areas exposed to prolonged wet conditions, as well as for external use. Tilemaster Standard Setaflex has a pot life of 3 – 4 hours and can be grouted after 24 hours. The Semi-Rapid version offers a great compromise between extended workability, with a pot life of 90 – 120 minutes, and a fast setting time, as it will accept light foot traffic and grouting after 6 hours.
Where no flexibility within the substrate is expected, Tilemaster Standard Set Extrabond has been specially formulated to offer excellent adhesion and anti-slip properties. It has the same 3 – 4 hour pot life as Standard Setaflex and is suitable for fixing a variety of tiles to solid substrates.
The Tilemaster Magix range, available in both standard set (Magix-S) and rapid set (Magix-R) versions, is perfect for use with large tiles or natural stone, as these lightweight adhesives put less strain onto the substrate and have exceptional wetting out properties ensuring full coverage.
After fixing, tiles should be grouted with Tilemaster Grout 3000, a flexible, fast setting wall and floor grout which can be used for joints between 1mm and 20mm. All internal corners and joints should be filled with Silicone 3000+. Both of these products are available in a range of 18 colours allowing you to colour match to the tile, or to use a contrasting colour as desired.