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BAL Rapid XP Plus - Tile Adhesive

Name: BAL Rapid XP Plus - Tile Adhesive
Brand: Building Adhesives Ltd
SKU: aS2WuZpDULQb5GH5zxSSpz

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Flexible tile adhesive. Rapid-setting pourable highly polymer-modified cement-based powder with BAL Fibre Strand Technology (FST).

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Application

Use for:

Fixing ceramics, porcelain and vitrified tiles, mosaics, most natural stone, terrazzo and brick slips in dry or wet interior and exterior environments.
Recommended for large format wall and floor tiles and larger format panels* (i.e. 3 m x 1 m in size), areas of total immersion in water e.g. swimming pools and showers.
Uneven thickness tiles/slabs.
Fixing onto uneven surfaces.
Installations subject to limited movement and vibration.
Heated screeds and undertile heating.
Patch repair mortar.

Suitable surfaces:

Plaster.
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 (Walls).
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 or BAL FLEXBONE 2Easy.
Existing glazed/unglazed ceramic tiles, quarry tiles, terrazzo and natural stone.
Undertile electrical heating systems.
Existing vinyl tiles.
Heated screeds.

See manufacturer's literature for further information.

Rapid-setting, pourable, highly polymer-modified, water/frost-resistant cementitious tile adhesive for walls and floors.

Features and benefits:

Unique structure and rheology to mix as high-grab, non-slip wall adhesive or a pourable floor adhesive.
Extended working time of 60 minutes.
Extended open time of 30 minutes.
Rapid-setting: grout after just 3 hours at any thickness.
‘FST’ formulation for improved flexibility and strength.
Super-smooth for easier mixing and applications.
One adhesive colour; suitable for use on most installations.
Higher polymer content for increased flexibility gaining a deformable S1 classification.

Not suitable for metal, painting, glass/ metal tiles with water-sensitive coating on back, plywood walls, existing glazed tiles,

Uniclass	Pr_20_31_02_89 Tile adhesivesPrimary Pr_35_31_06_69 Quick-drying levelling screed mixes Pr_35_31_06_77 Screed flooring
CAWS	M10/7 Proprietary quick drying levelling screeds M10/130 Proprietary quick drying levelling screeds

Standard	To BS EN 12004, BS EN ISO 9001, ISO 14001.
Class	C2FTES1. Guidance for specification option: Cementitious Adhesive with Improved / Additional Characteristics, Fast Setting, Reduced slip, Extended Open time and Deformable. Pourable achieved with more water added. Manufacturer guidance To BS EN 12004.
Open time (minimum)	>30 minutes at 20°C.
Colour	White.

Bed height	2—25 mm.
Pot life	60 minutes at 20°C.
Setting time	3 hours at 20°C.
Coverage	Guidance for specification option: May vary dependent on nature and flatness of surface, and on trowel used: Dry wall: 4 mm notched, 0.6 m²/kg. Dry wall: 6 mm notched, 0.5 m²/kg. Wet wall: 6 mm notched (solid bed), 0.4 m²/kg. Exteriors/ floors: 10 mm notched (solid bed), 0.25 m²/kg. Exteriors/ floors: 20 mm notched (solid bed), 0.125 m²/kg.
Temperature resistance	-30°C to 100°C.
Pack size	20 kg.
Composition	Rapid-setting pourable highly polymer-modified cement based powder with BAL Fibre Strand.