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Dunlop CF-03 is rapid setting tile adhesive and you can walk on and grout tiles after just 3 hours.

Perfect for fast-track tiling!

Dunlop CF-03 is a flexible tile adhesive that is suitable for a wide range of backgrounds such as…

Cement backgrounds such as screeds, rendering & levelling compounds
Timber Floors overlaid with Dunlop Procover
Plaster
Plasterboards
Cement boards
Existing unglazed tiles
Underfloor and undertile heating systems

Dunlop CF-03 is a flexible tile adhesive, making it suitable for fixing most wall and floor tiles.

It’s perfect for fixing natural stone, porcelain, ceramics & mosaics in all sizes including large format.

When fixing natural stone tiles, it’s important to remember to use CF-03 in white when fixing light natural stone and CF-03 in grey when fixing dark natural stone.

This will prevent staining of the tiles.

Dunlop CF-03 has a pot life of 45 minutes.

Once the adhesive has been applied, you’ve got up to 20 minutes to fix your tiles, which is plenty of time to create the perfect finish.

A 20kg bag of DUNLOP CF-03 requires approximately 4.4 litres of cold, clean water.

Add the powder to the clean water and mx thoroughly until you get a smooth uniform consistency.

A 20kg bag will cover approximately

8-10m2 using a 6mm notch trowel
4-5m2 using a 10mm notch trowel

Rapid setting adhesives are great if you’re looking to complete a tiling job as quickly as possible.

With Dunlop CF-03 you can walk on and grout your tiles after just 3 hours regardless of the background!

Perfect for fast-track tiling!

Dunlop CF-24 is standard setting tile adhesive, and you can grout tiles after 24 hours.

Giving you more time on those tiling jobs during the warmer summer months.

Dunlop CF-24 has a 5-hour pot life, meaning you can mix bigger batches of adhesive with minimal waste – perfect for those larger tiling jobs.

Once the adhesive has been applied, you’ve got up to 30 minutes to fix your tiles. Giving you plenty of time to create the perfect finish.

Dunlop CF-24 is a flexible tile adhesive, making it suitable for fixing most wall and floor tiles. It’s perfect for fixing ceramics, porcelain & mosaics in all sizes including large format and is available in both grey & white.

Yes you can, but first things first – ensure the boards are sufficiently rigid, stable and can carry the additional load without excessive deflection and have adequate ventilation underneath.

Certain boards may require priming prior to tiling with a suitable primer such as DUNLOP TILERS PRIMER (diluted 1:1 with water by volume) or DUNLOP SBR UNIVERSAL BONDING AGENT (diluted 1:4 with water by volume).

Yes you can, ensure the plasterboard is dry & securely fixed at 300mm centres. Follow board manufacturer’s recommendations on installation.

The maximum weight of tiling onto plasterboard (including the tile adhesive) is 32kg per m²

A 20kg bag of DUNLOP CF-24 requires approx. 5.6 litres of cold, clean water.

Add the powder to the clean water and mix thoroughly until you get a smooth uniform consistency.

A 20kg bag will cover approximately…

8-10m2 using a 6mm notch trowel
4-5m2 using a 10mm notch trowel

Dunlop CLF-03 is rapid setting tile adhesive and you can walk on and grout tiles after just 3 hours!

Perfect for fast-track tiling!

CLF-03 is suitable for most tile types but it’s specifically designed for use with large format and natural stone floor tiles.

When fixing natural stone tiles it’s important to remember to always use CLF-03 in white when fixing light natural stone and CLF-03 in grey when fixing dark natural stone.

This will prevent staining of the tiles.

For sensitive stone tiles such as quartz, mix CLF-03 with DUNLOP FLEXIBLE ADDITIVE

Dunlop CLF-03 has a pot life of up to 60 minutes.

Once the adhesive has been applied, you’ve got up to 20 minutes to fix your tiles. Giving you plenty of time to create the perfect finish.

A 20kg bag of DUNLOP CLF-03 requires approximately 4 to 4.2 litres of cold, clean water.

Add the powder to the clean water and mx thoroughly until you get a smooth uniform consistency.

A 20kg bag will cover approximately

5.25m2 at 3mm thickness
1.1m2 at 10mm thickness
0.5m2 at 25mm thickness

Dunlop CLF-03 is a thick bed floor tile adhesive which can be built up to 25mm in isolated areas.

It’s perfect for patch and repair and direct fixing to most substrates and maintains its strength and performance – even at 25mm!

Full adhesive coverage on the back of the tile will ensure that good contact is made between the tile and the subfloor.

With traditional tile adhesives, this would be achieved by back buttering each tile first but using Dunlop CLF-03 will reduce the need to back butter tiles.

Perfect for tiling large floor areas!

CLF-03 is specifically designed for use with large format and natural stone floor tiles. It has a pourable consistency making it easier to mix and spread and excellent coverage reducing the need to back-butter tiles.

It can also be built up to 25mm in isolated areas – perfect for patch and repair!

FX-5000 has a quick drying time, and the fitted floor can be walked on after just 2 hours!

Meaning minimal disruption to the homeowner

The coverage will depend on the floorcovering and trowel type.

A 6kg tub will cover approximately…

18m2 when using an A2 trowel to install LVT and Cushioned Vinyl

16m2 when using a B1 trowel to install Carpet

The AIRING TIME is the time the adhesive must be left open before applying the floorcovering.

Allowing the adhesive to air will improve early-stage grab.

Once FX-5000 has been spread, leave it to air for approximately 5-10 minutes.

The WORKING TIME is the time in which the adhesive can receive the floorcovering after the initial airing time.

After the airing time, you’ve got approximately 15-20 minutes to fit your floorcovering into the wet adhesive, so aim to apply an area of adhesive you can reasonably cover in that time.

Dunlop FX-5000 Flooring Adhesive is perfect for installing the most common floorcoverings such as…

Luxury vinyl tiles

Cushioned vinyl

And carpet

That’s 1 tub for the 3 most popular flooring types!

DUNLOP FX-5000 is a ready mixed, solvent free, multi-purpose flooring adhesive, suitable for use on internal floors in common areas around the house such as…

Kitchens

Bathrooms

Lounges

and bedrooms

It can be applied onto suitably prepared absorbent subfloors such as levelling compounds, cement and sand screeds, chipboard and plywood.

There are several things to consider when fitting LVT…

Before you start, allow both the floorcovering and adhesive to come to room temperature for a minimum of 24 hours prior to installation. Room temperatures need to be maintained 48 hours prior, during and after installation.

It’s important that the subfloor is level, smooth and free from dust and moisture.

The good news is DUNLOP have a full range of products to complete the job…

Create a level and smooth floor with a suitable Dunlop levelling compound such as DUNLOP LX-40, DUNLOP LX-200 OR DUNLOP LX-360.

Fit your LVT with DUNLOP FX-5000 FLOORING ADHESIVE

The perfect combination!

DUNLOP RX-3000 is a standard setting tile adhesive and tiles can be grouted after 24 hours.

Tiling onto non-porous backgrounds such as existing tiles, will have an extended drying time of 72 hours.

DUNLOP RX-3000 has an extended open time of 30 minutes, giving you plenty of time to fix and adjust tiles.

A 15kg tub of DUNLOP RX-3000 will cover approximately…

7.5m2 using a max 6mm notched trowel
5m2 when applying a solid bed of adhesive

Yes you can, ensure the plasterboard is dry & securely fixed at 300mm centres and follow board manufacturer’s recommendations on installation.

The maximum weight of tiling onto plasterboard (including the adhesive) is 32kg per m²

Yes you can, but first you must check that a finish coat has been applied and that the surface is free from dust.

If the plaster is polished, brush thoroughly using a stiff bristled brush.

Prime the surface with a suitable primer such as 1 coat of Dunlop Tilers Primer (diluted 1:1 with water by volume) or 1 coat of Dunlop SBR Bonding Agent (diluted 1:4 with water by volume) and allow to dry between coats.

The maximum weight of tiling onto plaster (including the tile adhesive) is 20kg per m²

Yes you can, but first you must ensure that the surface is clean and dry and that the existing tiles are soundly bonded to a stable background.

Leave for a minimum of 72 hours to fully dry prior to grouting.

Yes you can, just make sure that the surface is clean, dry and free from dirt or other loose materials.

For new render, allow a minimum 2 week drying time before tiling commences.

Dunlop RX-3000 is a ready mixed tile adhesive and is suitable for fixing wall tiles such as…

Ceramic tiles (no bigger than 300 x 300mm)

and Mosaic tiles

Ready mixed adhesives are classified “D” for dispersion which means they must lose the moisture in them to fully dry out.

If a tile is too dense (such as porcelain), or too large (bigger than 300 x 300mm), the moisture will become trapped and the adhesive will not fully dry or reach full strength.

For porcelain, natural stone or large format tiles, we would recommend that a suitable Dunlop cement-based adhesive is used such as CF-03 FLEXIBLE FAST SET TILE ADHESIVE or CF-24 FLEXIBLE TILE ADHESIVE.

DUNLOP RX-3000 is a ready mixed, waterproof wall tile adhesive suitable for use on internal walls in…

Kitchens
Bathrooms
Power showers (ensure that the background has been fully waterproofed with a suitable tanking system prior to tiling.)
Wet rooms (ensure that the background has been fully waterproofed with a suitable tanking system prior to tiling).
…when fixing ceramic and mosaic tiles up to 300 x 300mm

Ready mixed tile adhesives are perfect for those smaller projects, no mixing is required, just pop the lid and start tiling.

They’re easy to use and great for kitchen and bathroom splashbacks and in wet areas when fixing ceramic tiles up to 300 x 300mm.

NO MIXING

NO MESS

NO FUSS

The Dunlop Waterproof Coating will be dry and ready to accept tiles after 24 hours.

No priming is required prior to tiling.

The DUNLOP Shower Waterproofing Kit is designed for the installation of wall tiles including ceramic, porcelain and mosaics.

Dunlop Shower Waterproofing Kit can be used on a wide variety of backgrounds such as…

• Cement backgrounds
• Finishing Plaster
• Plasterboard
• Timber floors overlaid with tile backer board
• Cement boards

For further information regarding background preparation, refer to the technical datasheet available on our website dunloptrade.com

1 x 5kg Kit covers approx. 3.5m2

The Kit consists of 4 parts…

Primer to provide a protective layer prior to applying the Waterproof Coating

Waterproof Coating to provide continuous waterproof protection to the background prior to the application of tiles.

Waterproof tape to be used in conjunction with the Waterproof Coating to seal any joints in the background such as wall corners, along the shower tray or floor junctions, pipe penetrations, outlets etc.

Waterproof matting to be applied to the floor area using the waterproof coating when a shower tray is not being used.

Tanking is a layer of protection applied to the background in shower areas to protect it from water damage.

Products such as Dunlop Shower Waterproofing Kit create a watertight barrier preventing water from penetrating through the grout joints and into the back of the tiled background.

When the shower background doesn’t have the correct protection, continued exposure to water can result in costly damage to walls, floors and ceilings in adjacent rooms.

Guarantee a leak free shower with Dunlop Shower Waterproofing Kit

After 4 hours the floor will be dry and ready to accept tiles such as ceramic & porcelain. For floor coverings such as LVT, carpet or vinyl tiles, leave DUNLOP LX-40 to dry for a minimum of 24hrs.

The new surface should be hard enough to walk on after just 4 hours! Meaning minimal disruption when working, particularly those areas that are constantly in use by the customer and other trades.

Yes you can, after applying LX-40 with a steel trowel, using a spiked roller can be a good way to remove air from self-levelling compounds and reducing pin holes in the dried surface. For a quicker, easier application.

DUNLOP LX-40 is perfect for a number of internal substrates including concrete floors, cement:sand screeds and old tile adhesive residue.

It can be laid at depths from 2-12mm

3.8 litres of water is required per 20kg bag of DUNLOP LX-40. LX-40 has excellent flow which makes it easy to apply and achieve a perfect finish, meaning you won’t need to add more water to improve the flow avoiding the risk of a weak mix that could crack.

Make sure the surface is clean, dry, sound and free from any laitance, dust, dirt and all other barriers to adhesion before preparing the floor. Depending on the substrate, the surface may also require priming before levelling with DUNLOP LX-40

Please see technical data sheet for further information.

4.2 litres per 20kg bag. DUNLOP LX-360 has excellent flow which makes it easy to apply and achieve a perfect finish, which means you won’t need to add more water to improve the flow avoiding the risk of a weak mix that could crack.

Some products can only be used at thinner applications or need to be bulked out with aggregate.

With DUNLOP LX-360 you can level floors from 3mm to 60mm in one application.

Making it ideal for rough, uneven floors with varying heights.

Yes, DUNLOP LX-360 can be used over under tile heating.

DUNLOP LX-360 encapsulates the cables and creates a smooth level surface in preparation for fixing floor tiles.

Yes, the fibres in DUNLOP LX-360 provide increased strength & flexibility, which means it can be used on most timber floors.

You’ll need to ensure that the sheets or boards are rigid, clean, dry, free of contaminants and securely fixed.

The surface will also require priming before levelling with DUNLOP LX 360

After 4 hours the floor will be dry and ready to accept tiles such as ceramic & porcelain. For floor coverings such as carpet or vinyl tiles, leave DUNLOP LX-360 to dry for a minimum of 24hrs.

Just 3 hours! Meaning minimal disruption when working, particularly those areas that are constantly in use by the customer or other trades.

Make sure the surface is clean, dry, sound and free from any laitance, dust, dirt and all other barriers to adhesion before preparing the floor. Depending on the substrate, priming may be required.

Please see technical data sheet for further information.