ADHESIVE BED FOR FIXING STONES / LARGE FORMAT TILES ONTO MATURED RENDERING / SCREEDING

1. Material / Product Name Davco Porcelain Flexibond 600 2. Description Is a premium grade, thick or thin bed, off-white or grey cement based tile adhesive, which is non-slump. It is suitable for all tiles, including non-porous tiles, with water absorption of < 0.2%.

3. Uses Used on both walls and floors, in interior and exterior applications. Can be used to fix tiles / stones onto varieties of substrate i.e. concrete, soffit, cement renders / screeds, blockwork, rendered brickwork and particular waterproofing membranes. Can be used to patch / level out imperfections on the concrete, render or screed surfaces. For thin or thick bed fixing of all types of ceramic, mosaic, vitrified, porcelain, terracotta, slate, quarry, granite and marble tiles with the exception of green marbles. Can also be used to fix tiles over tiles, onto facades or fix tiles in immersed situations i.e swimming pools, spas etc when mix with Davco Davelastic 98. Can be used for fixing wall tiles onto flexible building boards such as fibre cement sheet and plasterboard when combined with Davco Davelastic 98.

4. Surface Preparation
All surfaces must be structurally sound, clean, free of dust, grease, oil, compound and any foreign material which will inhibit proper bond. New concrete must be allowed to cure for 6 weeks and should have a surface similar to a light broom finish. It is the users responsibility to determine the condition and suitability of all surfaces prior to application. Newly rendered/screeded surfaces must be allowed to cure for at least 7 days. Make sure all release agents are removed from concrete surfaces.

5. Movement Joints
Movement joints should be provided as follows: a) Over movement joints in the background b) At a junction between different background materials c) At fixtures interrupting the tile surface e.g. columns d) At internal vertical corners e) Around the perimeter of the tiling system f) At a maximum of 5 metre intervals in a grid pattern

6. Usage
Mix 25kg of Davco Porcelain Flexibond 600 with clean water approx 6 to 7 litre until a thick creamy consistency is achieved. Allow the mixture to stand for 5 minutes, remix, and then use the adhesive. Spread the adhesive onto substrate 1 m 2 at a time using a 12mm x 12mm notched trowel for the installation of large format tiles (600mm x 600mm). and 10mm x 10mm notched trowel for tiles larger than 150mm x 150mm. Large format tiles or tiles with lugs, grooves or an uneven back must be initially be butter coated witht eh adhesive, in addition to the adhesive being trowelled onto the substrate. A 6mm x 6mm notched trowel can be used to lay mosaic tiles. IMPORTANT: Due to atmospheric condition, the skin-over of the adhesive will occur after 5-10 minutes, therefore special attention have to be taken. So it is important that adhesive is applied in a small area that can be covered with tiles within this period of time. [NOTE: Skin over can be checked by placing the tip of your index finger lightly to the adhesive bed surface. If the adhesive does not stick to your finger, skin over has already occurred. To break the skin re-

trowels in opposite direction. Press tiles firmly into position before the adhesive skins, ensuring that all the tiles are well bedded and that no voids occur under the tiles. Occasionally, in order to ensure that full coverage is being maintained, a tiles should be removed, the adhesive coverage noted and the tile be re-laid accordingly. Once the tiles have been laid, they must not be disturbed or trafficked upon for 24 hours. Grouting can be carried out 24 hours after the completion of the tiling.

7. Coverage
a) Approx. 10 m to receive ceramic tile / mosaic on flat surface at 3mm bed thickness using notched trowel b) Approx. 5m to receive ceramic tile on flat surface at 6mm bed thickness using notched trowel c) Approx. 2.5m to receive stone / ceramic tile on flat surface at 9mm bed thickness using notched trowel

8. Packaging
Available in 25 kg per bag

9. Shelf Life
Up to 12 months in unopened bags, stored in an elevated, cool dry environment.

10. Availability
Immediate available from ParexDavco (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd For further details or recommendation, please call our Technical Advisory / Specification Services Department at Tel: 603-31341816 Fax: 603- 31343616 Email: sales_my@parexdavco.com / tonyt@parexdavco.com Website: http://www.parexdavco.com.my

Specifications subject to change without notification. Result shown is typical but reflect test procedures used. Actual field performance will depend on the type of tile/ stone used installation methods and site conditions.