BAL Flex One - Tile Adhesive
Verified by manufacturer 5 months ago
Standard-setting highly polymer-modified cement-based powder with gel rheology (maintains structure).
Application
Use for:
- Fixing ceramics, porcelain and vitrified tiles, mosaics, most natural stones excluding moisture sensitive/translucent stone), terrazzo, rigid foam insulating materials and brick slips in dry or wet interior and exterior environments.
- Uncalibrated Stone (Floors only).
- Recommended for large format wall tiles, areas of total immersion in water e.g. swimming pools and showers.
- Installations subject to limited movement and vibration.
- Heated screeds.
Suitable surfaces:
- Plaster (finish coat only).
- Plasterboard.
- Lightweight blockwork/walling.
- Dense concrete/blockwork walling.
- Concrete; cement: sand screeds and rendering.
- BAL QUICKSET CEMENT: sand screeds and rendering.
- Asphalt (Flooring Grade Only).
- Fibre reinforced cement boards and lightweight tile backer boards.
- Anhydrite/calcium sulfate and hemi-hydrate screed.
- Using onto BAL FLEXBONE 2Easy over Anhydrite/calcium sulfate and hemi-hydrate screed.
- Overlaid timber floors (min. 15 mm).
- Tongued and grooved floorboards with BAL RAPID MAT/BAL FLEXBONE Varied or BAL FLEXBONE 2Easy.
- Undertile electrical heating systems.
- Existing glazed/unglazed ceramic tiles, quarry tiles, terrazzo and natural stone.
- Existing vinyl tiles.
- Metal.
- Heated screeds.
See manufacturer's literature for further information.
Description
Standard-setting, highly polymer-modified, thixotropic, fluid with shape memory, water/frost-resistant cementitious tile adhesive for walls and floors.
Features and benefits:
- Extended open time of up to 45 minutes.
- Extended working time up to 2½ hours, to avoid waste.
- Full wettability; thixotropic and fluid with shape memory.
- Suitability for use up to 15 mm thick (in limited areas).
- Highly polymer modified with S1 deformability.
- Use on walls and floors.
- Grout after 6-8 hours (at 20°C).
Not suitable for metal or painted floor surfaces, glass/metal tiles with water-sensitive coating on back, plywood walls and tiling to existing glazed tiles.
General information
Color | White |
Finish | Other |
Material | Polymer-modified cement |
Shape | Formless |
Warranty description | 25 year |
Uniclass | |
CAWS | M40/5 Tiling to M40/110 Tiling to |
Specification data - Cementitious adhesives
Open time (minimum) | >45 minutes at 20°C. |
Colour | White. |
Pack size | 20 kg. |
Setting time | 6—8 hours at 20°C. |
Pot life | 150 minutes at 20°C. |
Standards | To BS EN 12004, BSEN ISO 9001, ISO 14001. |
Temperature resistance | -30°C to 100°C. |
Bed height | 2—15 mm. |
Coverage | Manufacturer guidanceMay vary dependent on nature and flatness of surface, and on trowel used:
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Composition | Standard-setting highly polymer-modified cement-based powder with gel rheology (maintains structure). |