INTEGRA ADHESIVE NOTE: To avoid the confusion I had with the new Tempest series and the adhesive; I checked the label to see if the right color, yep BEACH… then right under it it says E-Stone Bonder. Crap.. wrong stuff I think. I call Integra, but those guys are still asleep on the west coast. A call to my distrbutor, he says “Don’t use it… till we talk to Integra. Well, since I got to have this job done by noon, I chose Tidal Sand which I had, it worked fine. Then Chad calls from Integra and he says that is the right Adhesive. They put extra ingredients in the e-stone bonder, that makes it better for this translucent Tempest series. I’m sure Chad can explain this better. I did notice tips are not included with the adhesive anymore.
Chad explained that is a cost savings on their part. They did not want to raise pricing. But didn’t they just shift the extra cost to us? I bet it is cheaper for us to buy tips than for them to package the tips and bag it all.
Integra, I would like to see on your label
E-STONE BONDER
Limited Use Solid Surface Bonder.
Then no confusion. We all thought it was a totally different adhesive and would not work on SS.
Then… I go to set my 3181 STARON sinks and they are NOT FLAT….uggh what a day!