Too Hot... Too cold...
NO TIME... STRESSED... At last – tiling on your terms
You plan and schedule every tiling job down to the last detail. But there’s always been one thing you couldn’t control: the temperature on site. Its affect on the adhesive can be a pain. Wasted product because it’s dried too quickly in the heat. Or wasted time when it’s cold because you’re waiting for it to set. Now, these problems are over. BAL has found the answer.
This remarkable, fast-drying adhesive powder, with its separate liquid, lets you select the working time you need and adjust the time it takes to set. Putting YOU back in control – whatever the temperature.
Too good to be true? No worries! Variset XP won’t let you down: it’s flexible with excellent bond strength – even on porcelain tiles – and is water/frost-resistant.
For you, it means real practical and commercial benefits.
Heatwave on the way High temperatures mean your usual rapid-setting adhesive dries TOO fast – before it’s
even been applied.
Do you switch to a normalsetting product, and accept the 24-hour wait to grout?
Sudden cold snap No heating on site although it should still be ok to fix – just! But the adhesive is going to
take an age to set.
Does it mean tearing up the work schedule?
Really want to fit in grouting today The work is running a bit behind. It’s looking like the last tiles won’t be placed in time for the adhesive to set, and for us still to be able to grout today.
Is postponing grouting to tomorrow inevitable?
Restricted time window for job The site is a public environment that’s open daily. Just a couple of hours overnight to do some of the tiling, and allow for the adhesive to set, before cleaning up and morning opening.
Is that the most you can expect to achieve in each window?
Must complete this week New contract must start on Monday. It’s on a knife-edge. There should be just enough time to do the necessary, but one blip is all it takes...
Should you just hope for the best?
You can now answer “No” to ALL of these questions – by saying “YES” to BAL Variset XP.
How it works: BAL Variset XP powder on its own, mixed with water, would set in about 10 minutes at 20ºC – and even sooner in very hot conditions. When Variset XP liquid is added to the mix, it slows down this drying process. The bigger the dose, the longer the working and setting time.
It’s as simple as...
1. Check the room/tiling area temperature using the thermolabel on the Variset XP Liquid bottle neck (look for the green box under the scale).
NOTE: Allow bottle to acclimatise in the tiling area for 10 minutes before reading temperature.
2. Decide the working/setting time required in relation to temperature, time of day and/or planned job scheduling.
3. Consult the Dosage table on each 20kg sack of Variset XP powder.
4. Add required dosage of Variset XP liquid to the water before the powder goes in (mix ratio: 20kg Variset XP powder to 4 litres water). When smooth and lump-free, start using immediately.
For all Contractors, time efficiency and cost efficiency go hand in hand. Keeping the Customers satisfied is equally important. For them, installation quality and completion dates are two big priorities. Until now, any one of the following typical situations could put one or more of those crucial goals at risk:
Muti-residential unit
A fixed-price contract to refurbish a large apartment block can involve several separate small, almost identical projects. Each dwelling might only involve 10m2 of tiling for each. Such an area might require 6 hours tiling. With a typical fast-drying adhesive – set after 3 hours – it wouldn’t be ready for grouting until the following working day. So, 1.5 days per project. Alternatively, switching to Variset XP after 2-3 hours still means all tiles in place after the 6 hours, but grouting can start immediately. By the time
the fixer gets to the final tiled section, it too is ready for grouting. Now it’s completion
in just one day – or 6 completions in six days instead of 4.
Shopping Mall
Being able to complete and sign-off floor sections sooner can be worth £££s in extra selling time for the Mall
Clients, as well as significant savings in contract team wage costs per m2 tiled. Normally, for a given area of
tiling, fixing could take much of the day, but the adhesive wouldn’t be dry until after the working day ends. Grouting must wait until the following morning. By using Variset XP and controlling your setting times , you can plan that the adhesive is dry in time for that whole floor section to be grouted the same day.
Contractors can achieve project completion sign-off – and payment – sooner.
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