BAL Rapid XP Plus - Tile Adhesive
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Flexible tile adhesive. Rapid-setting pourable highly polymer-modified cement-based powder with BAL Fibre Strand Technology (FST).
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.
Description
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,
General information
Color | White |
Finish | Other |
Material | Polymer-modified cement |
Shape | Formless |
Warranty description | 25 year |
Uniclass | |
CAWS | M10/7 Proprietary quick drying levelling screeds M10/130 Proprietary quick drying levelling screeds |
Specification data - Tile adhesives
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 guidanceTo 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:
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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. |
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