Checking date codes on Laticrete bags
That thin-set is garbage. Do not use it at all.
We try and not use any thin-set older than 3-6 months.
I to recently bought an expired bag of Laticrete thin-set. It's in the truck ready to return to the place I bought it from. Here is
how to check the date code on Laticrete Thin-set.
Laticrete makes the best packaging in the business but two year old thin-set will be nothing more than sand once mixed.
Send it back.
If you get any grief over it call up LAticrete Customer Service and they will set the seller straight.
Often product gets poorly shuffled in a warehouse and this could be the result of this. Or a savy warehouse manager was trying to pass off dated product on you.
Either way your out the trouble to go back and switch it.
Sorry.
ALWAY CHECK THE DATE CODES BEFORE LEAVING A STORE!!!!
This is one of my own rules and I broke it just three weeks ago. And read the bags - often there are primers or other liquids these products detail for slurry coats or unique installs.
You can find the local Laticrete offices
here and look up their phone number.
http://www.laticrete.com/contact_us.aspx
I've seen posts saying not to use thinsets that are more than a year old (date on container). Why is this, and what would happen if you did use older material? I recently purchased 4 bags of Laticrete (3 of 255, & 1 of 272) and couldn't find the date until I got home. The date marked on bags is April 2011.......Now what?
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Steve