BAL Rapid-Flex One - Tile Adhesive
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Rapid-setting highly polymer-modified cement-based powder with BAL Fibre Strand Technology (FST).
Application
Use for:
- Fixing ceramics, porcelain and vitrified tiles, mosaics, most natural stones, terrazzo, rigid foam insulating materials and brick slips in dry or wet interior and exterior environments.
- 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:
- Asphalt (suitable grade e.g. flooring).
- BAL QUICKSET CEMENT: sand screeds and rendering.
- BAL BOND SBR SLURRY.
- Dense concrete/blockwork walling.
- Overlaid timber floors (min. 15 mm).
- Tongued and grooved floorboards with BAL RAPID-MAT.
- Anhydrite/calcium sulfate and hemi-hydrate screed.
- Plaster (finish coat only).
- Plasterboard.
- Lightweight blockwork/walling.
- Existing unglazed ceramic tiles, quarry tiles, terrazzo and natural stone.
- Existing vinyl tiles.
- Fibre reinforced cement boards and lightweight tile backer boards.
- Undertile electrical heating systems.
- Heated screeds.
- BAL RAPID-MAT.
See manufacturer's literature for further information.
Description
Rapid-setting, highly polymer-modified, water/frost-resistant cementitious tile adhesive for walls and floors.
Features and benefits:
- Extended open times of 30 minutes.
- Extended working times of 60 minutes.
- FST formulation for improved flexibility and strength.
- Smoother consistency for easier mixing and application.
- Use on walls and floors.
- Grout after 3 hours (at 20°C).
Not suitable for metal, painted, 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) | >30 minutes at 20°C. |
Colour | White. |
Bed height | 2—6 mm. |
Pot life | 60 minutes at 20°C. |
Setting time | 3 hours at 20°C. |
Temperature resistance | -30°C to 100°C. |
Pack size | 20 kg. |
Standards | To BS EN 12004, BS EN ISO 9001, ISO 14001. |
Mix | 1:3-4.5 Cement:Aggregate. |
Coverage | Guidance for specification option: May vary dependent on nature and flatness of surface, and on trowel used:
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Composition | Rapid-setting highly polymer-modified cement-based powder with BAL Fibre Strand Technology (FST). |