ARDEX Americas Introduces ARDEX S 28™ MICROTEC® Rapid-Set, Rapid-Dry, Super-Format Tile and Uncoupling Membrane Mortar

Aliquippa, PA, May 5, 2017 – ARDEX Americas is pleased to announce that ARDEX S 28™ MICROTEC^® Rapid-Set, Rapid-Dry, Super-Format Tile and Uncoupling Membrane Mortar is now available for purchase at ARDEX distributors throughout North America.

Formulated with ARDEX proprietary self-drying technology, ARDEX S 28 is fully dry in just 4 hours when installing even the largest, most dense tiles. Suitable for interior use, ARDEX S 28 is a high-performance rapid setting and drying, thin to medium bed mortar with a unique semi-pourable consistency for ease of application and a much easier ability to obtain full coverage when installing large and super format tile.

ARDEX S 28 is highly flexible with virtually no shrinkage and delivers an unmatched open time for a rapid set mortar (45 minutes). Its semi-pourable consistency also makes ARDEX S 28 the perfect choice for installing ARDEX FLEXBONE^® Uncoupling Membranes and most other uncoupling membranes.

“We’re excited to be releasing ARDEX S 28, because of its unique self-drying technology, semi-pourable consistency and revolutionary open time of 45 minutes. There simply isn’t another product like this on the market,” said Russ Gaetano, ARDEX Marketing Manager, Tile & Stone Installation Systems. He added, “We feel that this product will become an industry benchmark.”

For more information about ARDEX S 28 please visit www.ardexamericas.com or call 1-888-512-7339 to find a distributor near you.

Tile Solutions: #FlexBoneFriday

When we asked Tile Solutions owner Jayme Smith what he loves about ARDEX UI 740™ FLEXBONE® Uncoupling Membrane, here’s what he had to say. Jayme recently used FLEXBONE in a beautiful home on Lake Sacandaga, New York.

«My favorite feature is how easy the product fills in compared to its competitors. Couple that with using ARDEX X 77™ MICROTEC® Fiber Reinforced Tile and Stone Mortar [ my go to favorite] it’s a win-win. Of course I recommend this to other installers, as its a premium quality product like many other ARDEX products I’ve used.»

#FLEXBONEFRIDAY Coastal Custom Tile Shares Unique Benefit!

Coastal Custom Tile Owner Jacob Harris and his team recently tried ARDEX UI 740 FLEXBONE in four bathrooms and a laundry room. Here’s what he had to say about it:

«Our business is in Outer Banks, North Carolina where very tall homes are common. One of the greatest benefits to using ARDEX UI 740 FLEXBONE is that helps alleviate some of the weight we are putting on 3rd and 4th levels in these homes. We used ARDEX UI 740™ FLEXBONE® Uncoupling Membrane along with the ARDEX AF 207™ Pre-Mixed, Rapid Set Uncoupling Membrane Bonding Adhesive on the floors on a recent residential installation and the products were amazing to work with. ARDEX UI 740 FLEXBONE goes down nicely and is easy to cut and ARDEX AF 207™ offers the ability to adjust the ARDEX UI 740 FLEXBONE with no worry that it will adhere or re-adhere to the subfloor. We have started using this product in many of our residential projects and will continue to do so.»

Thanks Tom Duffy San Diego for Hosting the Man in the Van!

The man in the van set up shop at Tom Duffy in sunny San Diego, California. We spy a contractor in the background with some ARDEX FEATHER FINISH® Self-Drying, Cement-Based Finish Underlayment in hand…classic!

#ManInTheVan Visits Ikea in Burbank, CA

The ARDEX Man in the Van never rests….here he is conducting an ARDEX CD™ Concrete Dressing job start at IKEA in Burbank, CA!