Yes, I have. SLC's are SLC's in my opinion. I haven't had much of an issue working with any of them so I have never been picky. I was close to The Depot so that's what I grabbed.
Really curious to hear your opinion on Kerdi Board after you do a few showers with it. Ditra heat is awesome. I'm far from loving any backer/waterproofing system I've tried so I just have to settle on trying to find the lesser of all evils.
Looks nice. Any tricks to get the slc laying nice? I've only done one in floor and it kicked my ass.
This one we are butting carpet. The carpet has no trim so I'll Schluter trim the tile.
Don't stop. Keep the buckets coming and don't overwork. The S in SLC stands for self. So it will do most of the work for you. All you are there for is to guide it.
Second on mixing as thin as directed.
Drywall straight up to the shower?
What else would you do? Drywall starts, Denshield begins, shower glass installed over Denshield, water will never see the drywall.
Had that kit for over 10 years now. The smoother rusted away to nothing years ago and the plastic got brittle on a few of the measuring buckets but the rest of it is holding up. I use a 2' finishing trowel to smooth and feather edge with. A set of cleats is extremely useful as well.
Go right to 95% of the maximum water, and follow the mixing instructions. I talked to an engineer for RapidSet, I think it was, and he said the biggest problem is that people usually don't mix long enough or fast enough. Do not think that you can mix by hand. Something about getting the wetting down to some very minute particle level. When properly mixed, SLCs are practically like water, and the notion of it not laying down nicely won't enter your mind.
