GftK vdw 400plus Color is new to the UK in 2024, but well established for more than 10 years in Germany, where it is regarded as the ‘Best-in-Class’, wet-slurry applied, cement-based, paving joint mortar.
The paving contractors and landscapers, say it is effectively ‘Tile Grouting Standing-up’, as the ergonomic application with squeegee, washboy and sponges is the same as for conventional cement-slurries, but the vdw400plus is much easier and faster to clean-off, leaving a surface finish more akin to hand-applied external tile grouts.
NCC Streetscape have now carried out the first projects in the UK with this material and contractor’s comments have been exactly the same, the GftK vdw 400plus Color is Easier, Cleaner & Faster – the ‘Best-in-Class’.
These first projects have been to grout granite and external porcelain tile paving.
The application is very similar to other cement-based slurries, but it provides a more aesthetically pleasing, coloured, and smoother finish, very similar to hand trowel / sponge applied grouts, but critically the whole process of application through the final surface cleaning, is all done standing up.
