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Tile Adhesive and Grout

Solutions that support long-lasting, high-quality tile installations. 

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Creating tile adhesives and grouts for today’s building standards

High-quality tile adhesives and grouts are an essential part of creating long-lasting tile installations on floors and walls in both residential and commercial settings.

Dow offers a broad product portfolio of materials for cement-based and dispersion-based tile adhesives and grouts. Our solutions allow producers to reliably control critical performance features in formulations, and support applicators in consistently delivering a faultless installation so that building owners can enjoy tiling that lasts.

Discover how our products help you address the technical demands and regional standards of today’s building industry. 

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Cement-Based Tile Adhesive

Suitable for interior and exterior use, Dow’s WALOCEL™ Cellulose Ethers and DOW™ Latex Powder (DLP) product range imparts properties in cement-based mortar formulations that help meet modern building industry standards. No matter whether you’re seeking slip resistance, good adhesion to various substrates, or resistance to wide-ranging climatic conditions, Dow’s solutions have you covered.
 

Explore our products below:

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Dispersion-Based Tile Adhesive

Dispersion-based adhesives are ready to use. They are a prime choice for a variety of interior wall tile and stone installations.

Our products for dispersion-based tile adhesives include cellulose ethers and acrylic emulsion polymers. They allow you to develop formulations suited to a range of commercial and residential applications, including tiled walls in dry areas of the building, as well as those facing intermittent water exposure, such as bathrooms, showers, and kitchens.

High bonding strength
Improved shear strength
Adhesion after water immersion
Easy workability
Slip resistance
Extended open time

Discover our products

Curious about our solutions for dispersion-based tile adhesives? Learn about our featured products below and explore our product catalog to discover the full range.

PRIMAL™ CM-230 ER

This styrene acrylic dispersion facilitates penetration. It also offers enhanced wet and dry adhesion properties on various substrates.

WALOCEL™ MW 40000 PFV

This hydroxyethyl methyl cellulose (HEMC) offers delayed solubility. As a rheology modifier/thickener, it offers dispersion-based tile adhesives a long open time and imparts easy workability.

WALOCEL™ MW 40000 PFV 50

This is a modified hydroxyethyl methyl cellulose (HEMC) with retarded solubility. It offers an optimal rheology profile to dispersion-based tile adhesives ensuring easy workability, an extended open time, and good slip resistance.

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Tile Grout

With a portfolio covering cellulose ethers, redispersible latex powders, and silicone hydrophobic powders, our solutions for tile grouts help you create products which provide a visually appealing finish, while performing important physical functions.

Discover how our products contribute to the development of formulations offering various important qualities – such as low shrinkage, high abrasion resistance, low water absorption, good adhesion to tile edges, and flexibility to withstand mechanical damage or thermal stress.

Good adhesion
Low shrinkage, no cracking
Flexibility 
Abrasion resistance
Workability
Low water absorption

Discover our products

Curious about our solutions for dispersion-based tile adhesives? Learn about our featured products below and explore our product catalog to discover the full range.

DOW™ Latex Powder 2141

This vinyl acetate-ethylene-VeoVa-copolymer-based latex powder offers hydrophobic properties. It offers excellent adhesion even to difficult substrates, while reducing capillary water absorption.

WALOCEL™ MKW 4000 PF01

This is a hydroxyethyl methyl cellulose (HEMC) imparting very good workability and a long open time thanks to its high water retention properties.

DOWSIL™ GP SHP 60 Plus

This silicone hydrophobic powder contains a finely dispersed silicon-based active with excellent dispersibility into water. It substantially decreases water absorption and minimizes efflorescence by reducing the transport of water-soluble salts.

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Find out how our tile adhesive and grout solutions can transform your construction projects.