STONETECH® Salt Water Resistant Sealer

 

STONETECH® Salt Water Resistant Sealer is a penetrating sealer formulated to protect surfaces exposed to salt degradation. 

Features & Benefits

• High-performance protection against salt water damage and de-icing salts
• Weather and UV-resistant
• Water-based formula
• Exterior use

STONETECH Salt Water Resistant Sealer is best suited for porous substrates such as natural stone, porous tile, concrete pavers, terracotta, and grout. Click here for more product information. 

View/download:

STONETECH Surface Care Product Selection Guide

STONETECH Stone & Tile Care Guide

Contact LATICRETE regarding the use, installation, or maintenance of STONETECH by calling 1800 331 012 or email: sales@laticrete.com.au.

LATICRETE® SUPERCAP® - Game Changing Technology

 Switch your next self-levelling underlayment job over 
to SUPERCAP® and see a world of difference!

LATICRETE® SUPERCAP® is pumpable and pourable, low alkali cement-based, premium self-levelling underlayment based on a proprietary mineral binder system that is used to finish interior concrete and level uneven floor surfaces. Apply it over concrete, exterior glue plywood and other types of sound flooring before installing wood, resilient, cork, sports flooring, ceramic, stone, carpet, or other flooring systems.

You'll see very tangible benefits:

• Time Saving
• Cost-Effective
• Jobsite Safety
• Pumps 13.5 ton per hour, equivalent to 675 small bags an hour
• SUPERCAP Warranty

This revolutionary System benefits the entire project from design to completion by providing predictable results that can shave weeks off a project schedule while delivering a perfectly flat floor for following trades to build out on.

We call it Perfectly Flat Floors. Delivered. Click here to download the LATICRETE SUPERCAP AllPrep Flooring Specialist brochure for more information.

Consider using the LATICRETE SUPERCAP Pump Truck on your next project? 

Contact AllPrep Flooring Specialists Pty Ltd:

Call: 1300 ALLPREP 

Email: david@allprepflooring.com.au

Website: www.allprepflooring.com.au

French Pattern Bluestone Project

Check this out! Ben from Tiled BK used LATICRETE 335 adhesive for this French pattern bluestone residential project. Great job!

335 is a premium, flexible, high-performance thin-bed adhesive for installing a wide range of tiles and stone including low absorption ceramic tile, porcelain tile, natural and manufactured stone using thin-set method of installation.

For more information on LATICRETE installation materials, product demos, or technical support, phone LATICRETE - 1800 331 012 or email: sales@laticrete.com.au. 

Residential Pool in Progress

LATICRETE Technical Sales Rep, Glenn Mannix, was on-site with the team from Endless Landscapes while working on this residential pool project in Rosebay, NSW. The team is using a range of LATICRETE materials for the installation.

LATICRETE installation materials used:

• 254 is the ultimate one-step, polymer fortified, thin-set adhesive. For interior and exterior installation of ceramic and stone tile, reduced thickness porcelain, quarry tile, pavers, and thin brick. 254 provides long open time with unsurpassed adhesion and workability. 
• LATAPOXY® Moisture Shield is a 2 component, roller applied epoxy coating specifically designed to reduce moisture vapour emissions in concrete and other substrates.
• HYDRO BAN® is a thin, load-bearing waterproofing/crack isolation membrane that DOES NOT require the use of fabric in the field, coves or corners. HYDRO BAN is a single component, self-curing liquid rubber polymer that forms a flexible, seamless waterproofing membrane. 
• SPECTRALOCK® PRO Premium Grout* is a high-performance epoxy grout that offers colour uniformity, durability, and stain resistance with extraordinary ease of use.

Click here to view/download the LATICRETE Pools, Spas, and Fountains System Brochure.

Are you getting ready to start a pool project? Contact us to discuss your next project or arrange a demo. Call 1800 331 012 or email us here.

*United States Invention Patent No.: 6881768 (and other Patents) 

Matching Coloured Adhesives

Extensive Adhesive Colours - Available to Match Grouts

Fred Gray, LATICRETE Australia Technical Services Manager, provides an informative article on matching coloured adhesives and grouts within the LATICRETE product range. 

For over 60 years, LATICRETE has promoted the use of coloured adhesives with thin glass, ceramic and stone tile installation where, amongst other things, the expression of regular adhesive to the tile face is problematic.

Over the decades, contractors have been using 4237 Latex Additive with our cementitious grouts to make a coloured tile adhesive, which is the same colour as the grout used to make the adhesive.

This innovation increased productivity and the quality of installation particularly with thin and transparent tile. Tiles could be adequately bedded without the fear of an unwanted coloured tile adhesive in the joints, which would otherwise require removal prior to setting, to make room for the coloured grout. No more raking or brushing the adhesive out of the joints. Once the adhesive dried the grouting operation began, with a grout of the same colour of the tile adhesive, ensuring a consistent appearance.

The concept of the coloured epoxy adhesive and grout soon became popular with LATAPOXY® SP100 epoxy grout. Again, no requirement to remove the adhesive from the joint, because it was the same as the grout to be applied once the adhesive set. Given the nature of the epoxy adhesive, this was particularly well accepted by the contractors.

The new platform for coloured cementitious adhesives and grouts is PERMACOLOR® Select. With this system, colouring the 254 Adhesive or PERMACOLOR Select powder is achieved with the use of the PERMACOLOR Select Color Kit (pigment). Pigments in a dissolvable pack is mixed in with the gauging water to achieve the colour you want in the adhesive and grout. Not just our standard colour palette but with some advanced notice, any colour you want.

Contact LATICRETE for product details and procedures - call 18 00 331 012 or contact us here.

LATICRETE® SUPERCAP® Ready-Mix Delivering Service

We bring the manufacturing plant to you!

Commercial projects requires great planning which includes co-ordinating trades and reducing waste, risk, and the general chaos that are known to job sites. Installing dry & flat floors is essential to faster quality build-outs. 

With growing interest in offering custom interior finishes such as large format ceramic, porcelain and stone tile seamlessly joined with engineered wood flooring, dry, flat and durable surfaces become even more critical to achieving their vision.

Best-in-class building starts with LATICRETE® SUPERCAP®. Our system is perfect for the following segments:

• Healthcare 
• Corporate 
• Education 
• Hospitality 
• Public space
• Museums
• Libraries
• Luxury high-rise 
• Retail, malls, auto showrooms, and more!

We call it Perfectly Flat Floors. Delivered. Click here to view/download the LATICRETE SUPERCAP AllPrep Flooring Specialists Pty Ltd brochure for more information.

Consider using the LATICRETE SUPERCAP Pump Truck on your next project? 

Contact AllPrep Flooring Specialists Pty Ltd:

Call: 1300 ALLPREP 

Email: david@allprepflooring.com.au

Website: www.allprepflooring.com.au

Reliability, Durability and Sustainability

 

Design & Construct with Sustainable Eco-friendly Products

LATICRETE is committed to protecting the built environment with products that are engineered to be lightweight, Low VOC and include post-consumer recycled content. 

When designing and constructing tile and stone installations on projects that require GREEN, eco-friendly products, or sustainable products look no further than LATICRETE. Backed up by a comprehensive system warranty. Reliability, Durability and Sustainability are not just buzz words - they are driving tenets that are the forefront in our product engineering, design, formulation & manufacturing processes.

When you see the LATICRETE ‘Responsibly Green’ logo you can rest assured that many of the innovative products that are produced in Australia by LATICRETE are Low VOC.

Click here to view/download our Green Certified Low VOC products.
Click here to view/download Comprehensive System Warranty.

Are you getting ready to start a project? Contact us for technical support or to arrange free samples. Call 1800 331 012 or email us here.

Framed and Sheeted Facade in Hopetoun Toorak

 

We are excited to share these photos of a completed shared by Chris Stenhouse, LATICRETE Technical Sales Rep of a framed and sheeted facade project in Hopetoun Toorak, VIC. The 150m2 project features Artedomus large format porcelain tiles and Inax subways, installed by the team from Skill Tiling using a range of LATICRETE materials.

LATICRETE installation materials used:

• LATAPOXY® Moisture Shield is a 2 component, roller applied epoxy coating specifically designed to reduce moisture vapour emissions in concrete and other substrates.
• HYDRO BAN® is a thin, load-bearing waterproofing/crack isolation membrane that DOES NOT require the use of fabric in the field, coves or corners. HYDRO BAN is a single component, self-curing liquid rubber polymer that forms a flexible, seamless waterproofing membrane. 
• 254 is the ultimate one-step, polymer fortified, thin-set adhesive. For interior and exterior installation of ceramic and stone tile, reduced thickness porcelain, quarry tile, pavers, and thin brick. 254 provides long open time with unsurpassed adhesion and workability.
• PERMACOLOR® Grout is a high-performance grout that provides a grout joint that is dense, hard and will resist cracking. 

For more information on LATICRETE installation materials, product demos, or technical support, phone LATICRETE - 1800 331 012 or email: sales@laticrete.com.au.

*United States Invention Patent No.: 6881768 (and other Patents)

Choose Your PERMACOLOR® Select Grout Colours

Did you know PERMACOLOR® Select is available in 40 top designer colours? We have made it easier for you to select the colours for your next project with the above 40 colours available in PERMACOLOR® Select. Buy it today at your local LATICRETE stockist! 

PERMACOLOR® Select is an advanced high-performance cement grout that offers the industry's first dispersible dry pigment solution. Designed for virtually all types of residential and commercial installations and offers optimum performance on the most demanding exterior or interior applications. Easy to mix, grout and clean, PERMACOLOR Select is fast setting and does not require sealing. 

Features & Benefits:

• Vibrant consistent colour - no blotchiness, resists efflorescence 
• Equipped with Anti-Microbial protection - Inhibits the growth of stain-causing mould and mildew growth in the grout joints
• Suitable for grout joints 1.5mm-12mm - for floors or walls
• For internal, external and immersed installations
• Expanded colour availability - available in competitors top-selling colours

Packaging:

• Base: 5kg bag 
• Colour packs: 2x 100g dispersible dye packs per box
• Colours: Available in 40 vibrant colours

Click here for more product information or click here to view the PERMACOLOR Select Grout Colour Range Selection Chart. 

For more information contact, arrange a demo, contact your local LATICRETE Technical Sales Rep call 1800 331 012 or email us here. 

Rose Bay Pool Completed

Earlier this year, we shared the beginning of this pool project by Pete and the team from Ellis Construction. Glenn Mannix, LATICRETE Technical Sales Rep, recently shared the above photo of the team's completed project and it looks beautiful! 

Pete and the team from Ellis Construction worked with Western Suburbs Tiles installing the 200m2 of Sukabumi tiles at this Rose Bay residence in NSW. 

Additional LATICRETE installation materials used on the project are:

• 226 Thick Bed Mortar is a factory prepared blend of carefully selected raw materials, Portland cement and graded aggregates. 226 Thick Bed Mortar was designed for use with 3701 Mortar Admix to produce a latex Portland cement mortar that has exceptional strength. 
• 3701 Mortar Admix is used in place of water, 3701 Mortar Admix improves the working and physical properties of any cement mix and provides an economical and easy way to make permanent, trouble
• LATAPOXY® 300 Adhesive is a chemical resistant, epoxy adhesive that will bond to most sound, clean surfaces. The adhesive spreads easily and cleans with water while fresh.
• SPECTRALOCK® PRO Premium Grout* is a high-performance epoxy grout that offers colour uniformity, durability, and stain resistance with extraordinary ease of use.

Are you getting ready to start project? Contact us to discuss your next project or arrange a demo. Call 1800 331 012 or email us here.

*United States Invention Patent No.: 6881768 (and other Patents)

LATICRETE Strong Enough to Hold Tanks

 

An oldie but a goodie! The Blacktown RSL World War One Memorial in NSW is still standing strong, even when you have a battle tank parked on tiles - thanks to LATICRETE installation materials. The project features approximately 200m2 of 600x600mm porcelain tiles.

LATICRETE installation materials used on this project: 

• 335 is a high performance thin-bed adhesive for installing a wide range of tiles and stone including low absorption ceramic tile, porcelain tile, natural and manufactured stone using thin-set method of installation. Exceeds the requirements of AS ISO13007.1&2 classification C2TES1. 
• PERMACOLOR® Grout is a high performance grout that provides a grout joint that is dense, hard and will resist cracking. 

For more information on using LATICRETE in your projects, product demos, or technical support contact LATICRETE on 1800 331 012, email sales@laticrete.com.au or visit www.laticrete.com.au.

Avoiding Water Based Sealer Residue

 

There may be times that water-based sealers can cause a white haze residue to develop on the surface of stone, and there are various reasons why this can happen. The residue can appear due to over application of the sealer, not enough of the product being applied, and/or not wiping off excess sealer in the stated time.

The hazy white residue that can appear after applying a water-based sealer often looks like hard water deposits on the surface of the stone. This residue may make a polished stone surface look dull because the residue is on top of the original finish of the substrate. Simply stated, this is referred to as sealer residue.

If the residue is noticed within the first several hours after application, simply reapply the sealer. Allow the sealer to dwell for 2-3 minutes then agitate the surface with a nylon brush or white nylon scrub pad. Wipe thoroughly dry. For stubborn residues, or if more than 24 hours have passed, STONETECH® KlenzAll™ Cleaner can be used.

For more information click here to read Technical Data Sheet TDS-1260.

If you have any questions regarding the use, installation, or maintenance of STONETECH on sealed stone, please contact LATICRETE Technical Services at 1800 331 012.

Penthouse Renovation Nearly Done!

We recently shared an update on an ongoing penthouse project in Mooloolaba, QLD "Mooloolaba Penthouse Renovation" from the team at Skorpil Tiling, which includes a lap pool and 3x spas. Thanks to Corey, LATICRETE Technical Sales Rep, we are excited to share updated photos of the completed lap pool and spa -  we can't wait to see this one filled with water!

LATICRETE installation materials used:

• 254 - the ultimate one-step, polymer fortified, thin-set adhesive. For interior and exterior installation of ceramic and stone tile, reduced thickness porcelain, quarry tile, pavers, and thin brick. 254 provides long open time with unsurpassed adhesion and workability. 

• 3701 Mortar Admix - used in place of water, 3701 Mortar Admix improves the working and physical properties of any cement mix and provides an economical and easy way to make permanent, trouble-free installations of ceramic tile, brick, and natural stone.
• LATAPOXY® Moisture Shield - a 2 component, roller applied epoxy coating specifically designed to reduce moisture vapour emissions in concrete and other substrates.
• HYDRO BAN® - a thin, load-bearing waterproofing/crack isolation membrane that DOES NOT require the use of fabric in the field, coves or corners. HYDRO BAN is a single component, self-curing liquid rubber polymer that forms a flexible, seamless waterproofing membrane. 
• SPECTRALOCK® PRO Premium Grout* - a high-performance epoxy grout that offers colour uniformity, durability, and stain resistance with extraordinary ease of use.
• LATASIL™ - a high performance, one component, neutral cure, 100% silicone sealant designed for ceramic tile and stone applications. 

Click here to view/download the LATICRETE Pools, Spas, and Fountains System Brochure.

Are you getting ready to start a pool project? Contact us to discuss your next project or arrange a demo. Call 1800 331 012 or email us here.

*United States Invention Patent No.: 6881768 (and other Patents)

Fast, local delivery of SUPERCAP® Self-Levelling Underlayment

 

LATICRETE® SUPERCAP® - Perfectly Flat Floors. 

Delivered.

LATICRETE® SUPERCAP® is pumpable and pourable, low alkali cement-based, premium self-levelling underlayment based on a proprietary mineral binder system that is used to finish interior concrete and level uneven floor surfaces. LATICRETE SUPERCAP System will pump up self-levelling materials up to 70 floors from street level to deliver a perfectly flat floor faster, safer, and greener.

Our SUPERCAP system is flexible to the demands of your job!

Go in early

Before the interior walls are up, there's no need to spend extra time and money power trowelling to try to get a flat slab only to have it cure out-of-spec. Once the SUPERCAP underlayment goes on top, you get a flat floor - ideal for constructing a better building faster.

Go in late

After the interior walls are up, if you find that the floor needs remediating, our SLU flows into all crevices and imperfections and allows for quicker door hanging and trim work. 

Perfect for renovations

Because our system has such a low impact on your building in terms of manpower, equipment, and dust, it is perfect for renovations where portions of the building are still in use or space is limited. 

View/download the SUPERCAP System Overview (SCT-1000) Brochure.

Consider using the LATICRETE SUPERCAP Pump Truck on your next project? 

Contact AllPrep Flooring Specialists Pty Ltd:

Call: 1300 ALLPREP

Email: david@allprepflooring.com.au

Website: www.allprepflooring.com.au

Amber Orange Stocks LEVEL!

 

Look at this! Dave and the team at Amber Orange stock a range of LATICRETE Installation materials, PLUS our new products; LEVEL and PRIMER. 

LEVEL is a cement-based underlayment for use in levelling interior substrates. LEVEL produces a flat, smooth, and hard surface for the installation of the finished flooring. LEVEL can be placed from 3mm - 76mm in a single lift.

Features & Benefits of LEVEL:

• Can be used on a wide range of substrates

• Rapid drying - walkable in 2-3 hours after pouring at 21ºC

• Fast installation - pourable and pumpable

• Versatile - suitable surface for most finished floor goods

• Inorganic - will not contribute to mould/mildew growth

Click here to view or download the Product Data Sheet.

Use PRIMER with every application of LEVEL. Refer to the PRIMER product data-sheet DS-1236 and TDS-1230 LATICRETE Substrate Preparation and Primer Guide for more details on dilution, approximate coverage, and application instructions.

For more information or to arrange a demonstration, chat with your local LATICRETE Technical Sales Rep, call 1800 331 012, or contact us here.