Had a real scare with that new fast-set adhesive on a vinyl plank job

I mean, I saw the 15 minute open time on the bucket and thought it would be fine for a small bathroom. Laid down a 3x5 foot section, got the planks clicked in, and went to grab more material. Came back maybe 8 minutes later and the stuff was already grabbing hard, I could barely adjust the last row. Ended up with a slight gap I couldn't fix. Has anyone else had this happen with the quick-grab formulas, and what's your real working time with them?

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pat14219d ago

Those fast-set formulas are no joke. I treat the listed open time as a hard deadline now.

noah24819d ago

Honestly pat142, you're not wrong at all. Tried to push it by like 30 seconds once and ended up with a rock solid bucket. Ngl, it felt like a science experiment gone bad. Now I set a timer on my phone like I'm defusing a bomb or something. Those chemists weren't messing around when they picked that open time.