Thin bed vs. thick bed

Two men with one goal: to lay 90 tiles. Watch our video to see how the thin bed beats the thick-bed technique hands down.

In many countries, tiles are laid by the traditional thick bed process – consuming large quantities of sand and cement. Tile adhesives modified with WACKER binders allow tiles to be laid significantly more easily and faster. As a result, we’re making an important contribution to significantly reducing consumption of resources.

The modern thin-bed method, using VINNAPAS^® dispersible polymer powder-modified modern CTA (ceramic tile adhesives) , offers another key advantage: the tiles can be laid much more easily and therefore faster, as our comparative test makes clear:

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