Bond-Tex Bonding Liquid

Latex based cement and surface modifier. 

PRODUT SUMMARY: 

BUILD-TEX is a Styrene / Butadiene Copolymer Latex that has been specifically designed as a latex admixture for use in cement compositions.

The use of BUILD-TEX as an admixture offers improved adhesion to substrate, toughness and flexibility, resistance to certain chemicals, excellent water resistance, better resistance to frost as well as dust suppression.

FEATURES & BENEFITS

The addition of BUILD-TEX confers numerous advantages over untreated mortars and concretes, such as:

1. Greatly improved adhesion to substrates, including dense impervious concrete

2. Excellent resistance to water and water vapour

3. Improved toughness and flexibility

4. Better resistance to frost 1 

5. Improved resistance to certain chemicals

6. Diminishing dust 

APPLICATIONS 

Cement compositions containing BUILD-TEX are particularly useful in a number of applications. Some examples are:

1. Water-resistant rendering for interior or exterior walls or basements

2. Damp-resistant layers

3. Levelling floors prior to laying tiles, wood blocks, etc

4. Patching and repairing concreted areas

5. Waterproof flat roofing and balconies

6. Industrial flooring, screeding and topping

7. Nosing for stairs indoors / outdoors

8. Flooring for dairies, food factories, fertiliser stores where improved chemical resistance is required.

9. Lining of effluent ducts, tunnels and canals

10. Corrosion protection of steel reinforcing rods in concrete and of steel structures

11. Water-resistant adhesives for tiles, aggregates, glass, steel, etc

12. Screeds for bathrooms and showers
 Mixing Mixing procedure for mortars or concretes containing BUILD-TEX is similar to that used for conventional compositions, gauging water being partly or completely replaced by BUILD-TEX. 

The quantity of BUILD-TEX recommended will depend upon the application and is normally from 9 to 18 litres per 50 kgs of cement. 

The higher level of latex addition is used for thin screeds where maximum performance is

required; levels lower or higher than those quoted may be used in special circumstances. 

The colour of latex-modified compositions may be a little darker than that of ordinary

compositions; if this is undesirable it can be simply remedied by including a proportion of

white cement. 

Typical examples of mortars are given in the appendix. Portland, High Alumina and certain

fast setting cements are compatible with BUILD-TEX and have been successfully used.