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At the Apex

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This tool group is at the top of their game

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Waste not…

How rubbish is being recycled into building materials Page 18

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SPIRIT See Page 11 for details

Rodeo champion Shane Kenny is one of the sport’s toughest competitors Page 8

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CONTENTS October-December 2020

About us The store listed on the front of this magazine is a member of the Construction Supply Specialist Group. While the majority of your work will be conducted with your local CSS Member, this store is part of a national network of stores that can provide you with exceptional service and support wherever you may be working in Australia. For more store locations, visit www.constructionsupply.com.au.

COVER STORY

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Shane Kenny

The 15-time All-Round Australian Champion has achieved almost everything possible in the sport of rodeo.

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04. Welcome Coming to grips with COVID-19 and how many businesses are moving forward.

07. News Report finds occupational lung diseases on the rise; and more.

14. Supplier profile Apex Tool Group is taking its hand and power tools to the world.

18. Trash talk Get ready for houses made of rubbish as new processes transform waste.

23. Good advice There’s much to consider when

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choosing the right sealant or adhesive.

26. Your business Everything you need to know about vehicle financing.

32. F.A.T.MAG fun The monster crossword,

Sudoku and more…

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PLUS Supplier editorials Advice, new products and more from a selection of CSS suppliers.

Check out past issues of the CSS F.A.T.MAG at www.cssfatmag.com.au.

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WELCOME

Rising above the challenge

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“When the going gets tough, the tough get going, is a maxim that our members are all familiar with.”

are all familiar with and we are immensely proud of their resolve in working hard to keep the supply chain moving along and people working.

of government at the best of times, yet they remain a VITAL component of the economic engine room that drives this country forward. More consideration of their needs and wants is required by the policy makers rather than just listening to what the big end of town thinks needs to be done.

Independent small business owners, like those in the CSS Group and others right around the country, are up and about, staying the course, being brave, innovative, imaginative and entrepreneurial while working within statutory requirements, and keeping the wheels turning. The stresses and strains of business have increased appreciably over the past few months, but the resolve of many small business operators has been outstanding as they rise and meet the challenges.

‘When the going gets tough, the tough get going’, is a maxim that our members

l Tim Maddison, of Maddison Safety in NSW, is a partner in the Enviros Mask Company who have developed/designed and are locally manufacturing high quality, re-usable, anti-bacterial, face masks for a broad base of market segments. Early on, Tim and his business partner recognised the emerging critical need for seriously SAFE, COMFORTABLE, HIGH-QUALITY, EVERYDAY FACE MASKS and took the task on. Their distribution model is based around small businesses like ours and supporting Australian manufacturing. l Chris and Linda Waring, of the Bolt Barn in Lismore, started looking at expanding their operation by opening a new branch at Grafton way back in April of this year and while many might have ‘put the shutters up’, they forged on with their plans. Having faith in their own abilities and knowing there was a need for an operation like theirs in Grafton, they forged on and opened

Here are a few examples of how our small business member partners are moving forward.

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Hi everyone. Great to be back with our hard copy version of the F.A.T. Mag after a short hiatus bought about by the Covid-19 situation. We certainly did not put the ‘cue in the rack’ but we did take the opportunity to try a change with the last edition being produced in a digitalonly version.

Interestingly this caused us a bit of flak from many of our readers who apparently like a hard copy, tactile mag they can grab a hold of and take with them wherever they want to go, to do whatever they want to do. We were quite ‘chuffed’ to get that bit of ridicule as it shows the mag has a following and serves a purpose or two out there.

This was one of those pleasant positives we have been experiencing even though there are the chaotic changes being brought about because of COVID in our workplace. While the country is currently coming to grips with changes to what were normal business routines, border closures and restricted travel, companies all over are finding ways and means of doing business in the changed conditions and positive feedback is something we all relish.

Interestingly, independently owned and operated small businesses are not represented all that well at the top level

product and use Australian-based services so that we help our fellow business operators work our collective way through to the other side of this pandemic. We have increased our awareness of the need to ‘shop local’ and have introduced several locally manufactured, new (and replacement) lines to the system.

Whenever I get a little melancholy or down in the dumps, I think about the people behind small businesses everywhere and the chances they took/ take, the hard work they put in and the value they add to our economy. Not just in my field of operation but all over. They ought to be congratulated, applauded and more importantly, supported.

To understand it is inspiring.

To be part of it is exciting.

Knowing that you are reading this article and that it was provided to you by one of our members leads me to believe you are a customer of ‘ours’, or maybe will be one very shortly and that makes me feel good.

Hopefully, knowing that when you buy from a CSS Member you are supporting a small business operation that is an enormous part of the economic ‘big picture’ of this country.

Thanks for taking the time to go through our magazine and supporting independently owned small business operators.  Jeff Wellard

PHOTOS: CASSANDRA HANNAGAN

there in September. Sensational to be involved with people with the guts and determination to continue to move forward when others are watching things happen around them. l Duane Sullivan from Sullivan’s Mining & Hardware (Parkes, Orange & Cobar) also took a massive leap of faith in August/September and relocated the Orange operation into an impressive 2,000 square metre plus warehouse/ office site. This will become the HUB of the growing operation and word has it that Sully is looking for further expansion soon.

Right now CSS and its members are vigorously looking at the opportunities on offer to buy more Australian-made

Josh’s story Canteen Youth Ambassador Joshua Bell survived a rare form of liver cancer when he was just 18 months old. Now, at 18 years old, Josh is giving back to the community of young people who helped him deal with his ongoing health issues by being an ambassador for National Bandanna Day this Friday 30 October.

“When I was just a toddler, I was diagnosed with hepatoblastoma, a type of liver cancer. While chemotherapy ultimately saved my life, it also burdened me with ongoing health complications. And surgery left a scar across my stomach that serves

as a reminder to cherish every second of life as a gift.

“From the start of my schooling, I could tell I was ‘different’ to everyone else. I was absent from school so often that my peers and teachers often thought I was faking my illness so I could miss class. Growing up is hard when even adults don’t understand your pain.

“The way I see it, the art I create is my gift back to life, which is why I designed my own Canteen bandanna titled ‘Steez’. It is only available to buy online. It reflects youth culture with an anti-cancer attitude. It’s my seed

of optimism, planted in the hope that it will blossom into wellbeing for the next generation.

“I’m incredibly honoured to speak for young people impacted by cancer as an ambassador for National Bandanna Day. Every bandanna is a symbol of resilience and hope. And, when a young person sees people wear it, it helps to lift them up in the face of hardship.”

Please show your support for young people impacted by cancer, like Joshua, and buy a bandanna today: bandannaday.org.au

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Lung disease on the rise A report on Occupational lung diseases in Australia has been published by Safe Work Australia. The report, prepared by the Monash Centre for Occupational and Environmental Health, shows that diseases like pneumoconiosis and silicosis, are still on the rise.

The report provides an overview of occupational lung diseases in Australia and identifies industries and occupations where workers may be at risk, such as the construction, mining and quarrying industries, and those working with engineered stone.

The report highlights several significant trends, including: l a substantial increase in pneumoconiosis, especially coal workers pneumoconiosis, and silicosis from working with engineered stone; l a decline in workers’ compensation claims for asbestos-related occupational lung diseases, such as asbestosis; l an increase in the understanding of the role of occupational exposure and the risk of developing coal workers pneumoconiosis; and

l an apparent decline in work-related asthma cases as evidenced by fewer compensation claims.

Occupational lung diseases in Australia 2006–2019 shows that occupational lung diseases continue to be a health concern in Australia and

Don’t go up in flames

Safe Work Australia has published a new guide on the storage of flammable liquids.

The guide is for small to medium sized businesses and describes the risks of flammable liquids and explains, step by step, how to manage those risks.

This includes working out how flammable the chemicals you store are, which other chemicals they’re safe to be around, how to make sure there is proper ventilation, and ensuring you have the correct fire-fighting equipment. The guide also includes an example of a business that uses and stores flammable liquids, and provides advice about workplace placarding for businesses storing large quantities of flammable liquids. The guide was developed in consultation with representatives from work health and safety regulators, unions and industry groups.  You can see a copy of the guide at https://www.safeworkaustralia.gov.au/doc/ storage-flammable-liquids

NEWS

substantially contribute to the burden of lung disease.

Findings from the report will inform the implementation of Safe Work Australia’s occupational lung diseases work plan and national policy to address occupational lung diseases. 

ACT powers ahead with clean energy A NEW ELECTION COMMITMENT could see the ACT power further ahead as a climate leader, announcing a new clean energy commitment that will save families money and create hundreds of clean jobs The ACT Government has made a $150 million election commitment to create and protect local jobs in renewable energy, by offering interest-free loans for rooftop solar panels, household battery storage and hot water heat pumps. “If introduced, this commitment would serve as a win-win-win for the ACT, by setting up new jobs for the future, lowering power bills, whilst also reducing pollution,” said Climate Council CEO Amanda McKenzie.

“It is really gratifying to see a jurisdiction take the science seriously and move ahead so strongly on solutions,” added Climate Councillor Professor Will Steffen, who served for many years on the ACT Climate Change Council.  CSS F.A.T. MAG 7

Natural Born Cowboy Rodeo champion Shane Kenny is a natural born cowboy. The 15-time All-Round Australian Champion grew up on the rodeo circuit and remains one of its toughest competitors.

By Shane Conroy

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PROFILE “If an injury happens in football the referee can blow the whistle and stop the play. But that’s not going to happen in rodeo. The rider is literally tied to the bull. There’s no referee to step in when something goes wrong.”

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Shane Kenny, rodeo champion

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PROFILE

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hane Kenny was born into rodeos. His dad was the 1977 and 1978 Bull Riding Champion of Australia, and Kenny grew up on the rodeo circuit. In fact, he was competing against men before he even hit his teens.

“Back in those days there wasn’t really any children’s events, so I started competing in the open division when I was about 11 or 12,” he says.

“I was thrown in the deep end and it was sink or swim. But that’s the thing about being a kid—you have no fear.

It’s only as you get older that you have to fight your mind.”

Fast forward to today and Kenny has achieved just about everything possible in the sport. He is 15-time AllRound Australian Champion, 13-time Rope and Tie Champion, four-time Steer Wrestling Champion and fourtime Team Roping Champion. He also currently holds the Australian record in the Rope and Tie and Team Roping events. But it’s not just the titles that keep Kenny coming back.

“There’s a lot of mateship among the cowboys,” he says. “I can go pretty much anywhere in Australia and I’ll have somewhere to stay and a place to let the horses out. Most people wait till they retire to travel the country. But rodeos have already taken my family and I to every state in Australia and to the US.”

BUILDING A CHAMPION

Kenny spent his early childhood travelling the country on the rodeo circuit with his mum and dad before they settled in Mt Isa for his high school years. That experience sparked a lifelong passion for the sport.

“I was running around rodeos as a little fella, meeting all these great characters,” he says. “I still get a kick out of pointing the old champions out to the younger guys and sharing a bit of the history of the sport.”

Kenny’s dad and two uncles helped him develop the skills and instincts he’d need to make his own mark on the sport.

“I originally wanted to be a bull rider, but I was six foot three or four by the time I was 14, which is too big for a bull rider,” he says. “So I focused on roping 10 CSS F.A.T. MAG

Shane Kenny has achieved just about everything possible in rodeo.

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PROFILE and steer wrestling, and my uncles really helped me with my riding.”

Kenny says that most successful cowboys grow up in the sport, as it’s too difficult for many to learn as adults.

“You have to take it a millisecond at a time,” he explains. “The first 100 times are just a blur. Then you start to develop the instincts and muscle memory, and everything begins to slow down. It’s like any sport really. If I was to face a champion fast bowler like Glenn McGrath, I wouldn’t even see the ball pass me. You have to build up to it over time.”

A WAY OF LIFE

Except the rodeo isn’t really like any other sport. There’s an element of danger to it that can be impossible to control at times, says Kenny.

“If an injury happens in football the referee can blow the whistle and stop the play. But that’s not going to happen in rodeo. The rider is literally tied to the bull. There’s no referee to step in when something goes wrong.”

And Kenny has had his fair share of injuries. Two knee reconstructions, a dislocated shoulder, broken fingers and a horn through the mouth haven’t been enough to keep him away.

“The shoulder has slowed me down a bit and I’ve retired from steer wrestling, which should extend my career,” he says. “But my mind is still willing so I’ll compete for as long as I physically can.”

Even when it comes time for Kenny to hang up his stirrups, he’ll still be a mainstay on the rodeo circuit. His wife Leanne was a successful cowgirl in her own right, and their three kids are taking on the family business.

“My daughter Ellysa became the youngest ever All-Round Champion cowgirl at 15, and my two sons, Tyler and Jayden, have both won junior Australian titles. It’s our way of life really. Even when I’m no longer competing, I’ll still get a kick out of cheering on the kids and the other young guys and girls as they find success.”  See Shane Kenny and around 600 other competitors in action at the 2021 Mount Isa Mines Rodeo on 12 to 15 August next year. Visit www.isarodeo.com.au for tickets.

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“There’s a lot of mateship among the cowboys. I can go pretty much anywhere in Australia and I’ll have somewhere to stay and a place to let the horses out.”

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SUPPLIER PROFILE

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Ensuring tradies have the tools they need

A company with proud roots in Albury, New South Wales, is taking its hand and power tools to the world. By Cameron Cooper

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ost manufacturers would dismiss the prospect of bringing innovation to a seemingly humble product such as tape measures—taking the view that they really can’t get much better. That’s not the mindset, however, of the team at Apex Tool Group, one of the largest manufacturers of professional hand and power tools in the world.

Courtesy of its Crescent Lufkin brand, it supplies a high-contrast, low-glare tape measure with a black blade via the Shockforce Nite-Eye tape measure, which can be used in almost any lighting conditions. It is the only tape on the global market that can withstand a 30-metre drop test on to concrete.

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The black-blade technology was first designed and made at the company’s Albury plant in NSW. The Crescent Lufkin tape measures are also renowned for their accuracy and reliability.

The brand has continued to evolve from traditional marketing means to a focus on digital and social media, with a humorous twist. This is witnessed in a recent laugh-out-loud digital marketing campaign promoting Australian-made tapes featuring media personality and former Aussie rules star Sam Kekovich.

“We’re focused on continual improvement and innovation,” says Kristin Viccars, marketing director of Apex Tool Group. “When you think that hand tools have been around for an

extremely long time, the fact that we can still innovate our products is testament to our team.”

Impressive history

The Apex Tool Group serves the construction, industrial, automotive, aerospace, electrical and ownerbuilder markets. The business works collaboratively with distributors, retailers and customers to ensure that tradies and other users have the tools they need to solve real-world problems and projects.

Now with its global headquarters in North Carolina in the United States, Apex Tool Group draws from a proud history that began with the launch of the

“When you think that hand tools have been around for an extremely long time, the fact that we can still innovate our products is testament to our team.”

Kristin Viccars, marketing director, Apex Tool Group

Not just any old tape measure

small business, Cooper Hand Tools, in Albury in 1971. Establishing a reputation for quality products and service, the business merged in 2010 with Danaher, a diversified American conglomerate that at the time had a strong tool manufacturing presence. The business was then purchased three years later by international private equity firm Bain Capital to form the global Apex Tool Group.

“That deal brought together a lot of great brands,” Viccars says.

He says the expanded group has opened up channels between hardware retailers, tool specialists and specialist sectors such as aerospace, counting Boeing and Airbus among its clients.

Reputation for quality

One of the great strengths of Apex

Tool Group is its suite of world-class products. Its umbrella of brands includes Crescent, a premier hand tool brand best known for its adjustable wrench which now also features Crescent Lufkin (tape measures) and Crescent Wiss (cutting products such as scissors and snips) in its stable. The group also has the GEARWRENCH brand, a range of mechanical tools that is the go-to brand for professional automotive technicians, plus Weller soldering products.

In Australia, a key element of the business has been supplying hand tools to tradies and the wider building and construction sector. According to Viccars, a trend that started about five years ago towards cheaper, imported private-label tools and products has tailed off.

“The feedback we get from users is

that there’s been a real swing back to trusted brands and the inherent quality that comes from those brands,” he says.

The Crescent brand’s tagline –Trusted by the Trades –symbolises how Apex Tool Group is dedicated to providing great products that can help people do their jobs better.

“The tools are the primary opportunity for those workers to generate salaries to feed their families and livelihoods,” Viccars says. “Getting the right tool to do the right job is critically important and that’s where value for money comes in with regard to the longevity of the tools and less downtime for professional tradespeople.”

Viccars says Apex Tool Group focuses on providing quality brands at a competitive price. It also embraces ethics and sustainability, including via CSS F.A.T. MAG 15

SUPPLIER PROFILE Quality brands at competitive prices

a recycling covenant that seeks to minimise packaging and reduce the use of non-recyclable materials.

“That commitment extends to our warehouse and manufacturing processes as well to making sure we are striving for best practice in terms of sustainability and reducing our footprint in any and every way possible.”

Bright outlook

While the coronavirus crisis represents a threat to all businesses around the world, Viccars is confident that Apex Tool Group’s strong international standing and long Australian presence will help it repel any headwinds.

“I know we’re resilient and that comes from having the Australian spirit in our business and supporting our customers through tough times,” he says.

Being an Australian manufacturer with an 85-strong team that can ramp up production as required, having knowledgeable and long-serving staff, and drawing on close ties with industry groups such as CSS, will help the business.

“We certainly don’t look to profit from unfortunate circumstances such as COVID-19, but we strive to help supply our customers and get that continuity of supply with Australian-made products so that there are no stock issues.”

Viccars says the importance of Apex Tool Group’s ties with CSS should not be understated and at all times it strives to be a reliable partner and supplier to the group. CSS first started in 2002 “and we’ve been with them from the

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beginning”, he adds. An alignment of values and goals has been instrumental to the success of the relationship between the groups, which prides itself on being “available, accountable and providing value for money at all times.

“That really resonates with us as a supplier,” Viccars says. “We’ve always maintained a very good relationship with CSS and we just want to thank them for their business and continued support.

It’s a really nice synergy.” 

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INDUSTRY PROFILE Get ready for houses made of rubbish as processes to turn waste into valuable building materials hit new strides. John Burfitt reports

hen it comes to the topic of waste in the building industry, Sophia Hamblin Wang is the first to admit discarded materials have something of an image problem.

But Hamblin Wang, of the Canberrabased carbon engineering technology initiative Mineral Carbonation International (MCi), is on a mission with a plan that could assist the construction industry and do its bit for the environment at the same time.

MCi has developed a platform to help decarbonise industries like steel, cement, chemicals, manufacturing and mining, with a solution that does not require a price on carbon, offsets or subsidies. MCi has established processes that take waste material from various sources and turns them into building materials like cements and plaster boards.

Earlier this year, Hamblin Wang was a guest speaker at the World Economic Forum in Switzerland, where her presentation on the ‘Building a New Carbon Economy’ panel proved to be something of a game changer.

“I spoke about how there’s an opportunity to change our perceptions about waste, seeing it as a valuable resource rather than something we need to discard,” she says. “Carbon dioxide is a resource and as soon as we see it as something that can be turned into a valuable product, then we will unlock so much innovation potential.”

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She says one encouraging result of her talk at the forum was that many business leaders agreed with her point and that a spirited discussion followed.

“So, we’re getting there with this change, one bit at a time,” she adds.

According to the Federal Government’s Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources, about seven million tonnes—or 35 per cent— of building waste goes into landfill each year in Australia.

MCi has spent almost $20 million researching various recycling processes, as well as partnered with the steel, cement and chemical industries, to explore the ways their waste can be turned into new materials.

One example is how waste such as steel slag can be utilised. The slag is collected, passed through a reactor with emissions from a nearby plant, and then passed through a mineral carbonation facility that binds the CO₂ into the slag to create a powdered material. That powder can then be used in supplies like particle board and cement.

“This is a huge market, and a market Australia is well-placed with our resource process capabilities to be world leaders in,” Hamblin Wang says. She estimates the global market demand for CO₂ products last year was worth around $US5.9 trillion, with $US1.3 trillion of that cement products.

Melbourne building company Casafico has been supplying recycled materials to the Australian construction market for the past 15 years, with such

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“For every square of each house, we were able to save one cubic metre of rubbish that would normally be left over. As there were 20 squares to each house, that was a saving of 20 cubic metres of waste that would have gone into landfill.”

Ric Mucci, managing director, Casafico

products as coatings, base coats, renders and wall panels.

“We moved into this area because we saw how much construction waste was going into landfill, especially material like polystyrene which doesn’t decompose and is a nightmare once it’s in landfill,” Casafico’s Sam Mucci says.

“But it goes beyond just being a better way to use waste. A lot of builders have told us they like the products as they’re lighter, faster and easier to use. The fact they are also environmentally friendly was the bonus.”

Casafico uses processes like

Casafico has been supplying recycled materials to the Australian construction market for years.

crushing polystyrene, grinding glass, grinding newspapers and shredding carpet scraps, all of which is then manufactured into coatings, renders, mouldings and insulated wall panels.

The company recently completed construction on a townhouse complex in Melbourne that was built using their own products and proved to be a valuable test case of what can be achieved in reducing waste.

“For every square of each house, we were able to save one cubic metre of rubbish that would normally be left over,” managing director Ric Mucci

says. “As there were 20 squares to each house, that was a saving of 20 cubic metres of waste that would have gone into landfill.”

The success of this project has inspired future plans for the company in producing ready-to-assemble housing.

“We are aiming for our products to work in unison so we can ship out fully completed little homes made entirely out of waste resources,” he says.

“These will be very high quality with extremely high fire and thermal ratings, and using materials we know no-one will have problems with in the long-

term, so builders can maintain their warranties without any fear.”

Convincing builders of the quality of recycled materials, however, remains a major issue, Ric Mucci admits. “There isn’t enough history yet, but business is growing year on year,” he says. “The builders and other trades we supply to keep coming back as they like the products, what they stand for and also that they’re good to work with.

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life on the product quality, that’s when we will see conversations about using these materials really change.”

While some recycled products do cost slightly more than traditional products—often around 10 per cent— MCi’s Sophia Hamblin Wang says that will change as more streamlined ways of processes are achieved.

“We know that anything we produce has to be as good and at the same price to succeed,” she says. “Once we have new products coming through, it will be a matter of looking out for the low carbon option as a serious alternative to the usual choices.” 

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Choosing the right sealant for the right job can be tricky.

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A lot can go wrong if you don’t know your sealants and adhesives which is why it pays to do your homework first before you invest in a product.

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ven when you’re 99 per cent sure you’ve made the right selection, the tricky thing with choosing a sealant or adhesive is that tiny bit of uncertainty can lead to a poor outcome. David Wheeler from Bostik says, “A few months ago, myself and a colleague visited a hotel at the Gold Coast Airport, where the wet areas had all been sealed with a Bostik silicone that had gone yellow within a few months of being installed,” he says.

The selection of the right product is hard when there are hundreds to choose from across a number of different manufacturers. And in this case, says Wheeler, the customer had used a neutral cure silicone which, for the most part, is correct. The reason it went yellow is because it was used in a bathroom pod, manufactured offsite and stored until it’s shipped. Neutral cure silicones, particularly light-coloured ones, will go yellow if they don’t have good exposure

to UV light. Even though the contractor used a sanitary-grade silicone that’s fit for purpose in a bathroom, it didn’t perform as required as it was ultimately the wrong type of technology base for this specific application.

“If they’d have spoken to us, we could have advised them to use a more appropriate sanitary grade silicone of the correct type,” says Wheeler. Even if they had tried to interpret published product guides, this particular applications is CSS F.A.T. MAG 23

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“The first thing you have to ask yourself is, do you want a sealant or an adhesive?”

Scott Richards, HB Fuller

Examples of the product range from HB Fuller (left) and Sika (right).

SEALANT OR ADHESIVE?

So where do you start in choosing the right product? “The first thing you have to ask yourself is, do you want a sealant or an adhesive,” explains Scott Richards from HB Fuller. “Because there’s a misconception that they both do the same thing. A sealant is purely to seal 24 CSS F.A.T. MAG

two gaps to create a watertight seal or an air barrier. Whereas an adhesive is designed to combine or to cementify two substrates together.”

While that sounds like a blindingly obvious step, Kristopher Webb from Sika points out that it’s a surprisingly complex question. “We have products that are sealants and adhesives for example,” he says, “because in one particular application, a product might be only suitable as a sealant, but in the next application it might be suitable as an adhesive. For example, if you wanted to bond something quite light to a wall, you could probably use one of our products that would be considered a sealant. If you want to bond something heavy, then you would need to step that technology up and use an adhesive, which is why sometimes you will see some products called a sealant/adhesive.”

Just using brand or technology to guide you isn’t always the best step either, adds Scott Richards.

“Silicone is probably a good technology to look at as an example. Everybody uses silicone. You have about 10 or 15 different types and grades of silicone, and some just fill a gap, whereas some have adhesive properties in there. Furthermore,

sometimes certain brands will have subsectors and sub-brands off their main brand, but people’s perception is that one brand is one product. At HB Fuller we’ll have a product under a sub-brand, and it might have four or five different technologies under that, whether it be a fast grip or a high tack or a water-based, or acrylic-based. So we try and banner all our products into categories, but sometimes people get confused because they’ll think, ‘I’ll grab that Fuller’s FulaFlex product’, but we might have five different types of FulaFlex within that space.”

OTHER FACTORS TO CONSIDER

Choosing between your sealant or adhesive, then, is a matter of figuring out the right tool for the right job says Kristopher Webb. “I think the next question I’d like to know is what are the two substrates that you’re wanting to either seal between, or you’re wanting to bond together” he adds. “I would also then ask other factors related to the application such as, is it going to be exposed to external weather conditions including UV exposure? What’s the movement expectations? Is it going to be exposed to any chemicals? Will it be

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a little more specific and would not be obviously detailed in said guides.

“Even if they knew there was no UV exposure over a prolonged time, they may have decided to use an acetic-cure sealant instead,” says Wheeler. “But then if you switch to an acetic-cure sealant, you can’t use that on most ferrous materials, like metal taps and tapware, because acetic-cure has acid in it, which etches and damages the surface of ferrous metals. So you can’t use that either. It’s hard to put all of that information on a one-page selection chart for customers.”

And that’s just one product for one application. When it comes to adhesives and sealants, there are thousands of products across multiple manufacturers in a hundred different channels. It’s hard for end user to assimilate or retain all the information.

“My advice to an end-user, trying to decide on a product, would be to call a manufacturer.”

David Wheeler, Bostik

Examples from Bostik’s Fireban range.

permanently immersed in water?”

The site of the application, and whether it’s internal or external, is of particular importance. “In Australia, it’s all about moisture content,” says Scott Richards. “A lot of sealants are moisture curing, so moisture has to be out of the air for the sealants to cure. When we look at acrylics, for example, it takes a lot longer because they’re water-based and water has to evaporate out of the sealant in order for it to cure. But a polyurethane or a hybrid technology, reacts differently.

“The difficulty for manufacturers like ourselves is that temperature, moisture and humidity can change so much. In Far North Queensland during winter, we’re still getting 30–32-degree temperatures, and high humidity during wet seasons. In Tasmania it was reported the other day they had minus 14 degrees overnight. You can’t really have different formulas for different states, so you’ve got to try and have a formula that can work within a large temperature range.”

Perhaps the most important question though, is what are you bonding? “A sealant or an adhesive can only be good as what the substrate is,” says

Richards. “And if that substrate’s not back to bare state—so it doesn’t have any contamination or previous sealants or oils on it—you can’t expect the sealant to do what it’s supposed to do. When we offer advice, the key thing is the substrate, and we say the sealant’s only as good as the substrate.”

THE PRICE IS RIGHT

The next question people will invariably ask is, will this product do a good enough job for what I want? It’s human nature to choose the cheapest available product to do as good a job as possible, Richards says. “Let’s say we had decided an adhesive was needed in a situation,” he explains. “I would ask, ‘Are we talking a short-term bond or are we talking a full-term bond?’ The short-term bond may be cheaper, and everybody wants to try and pay as cheap as they can for a product.”

“The multiple options available and complicity of product selection is ultimately traceable back to price and suitable performance,” says David Wheeler from Bostik. “For instance, you could have a general, all-rounder product that does a bit of everything and has a higher price point. However, you

can always buy a lower performance product that covers less applications. On the other side, you can have products that are by design, very specific for an application and focus on key performance indicators. These tend to cost more as a result. Manufacturers tend to focus on core types of products or technologies.

As they are all different, the offers in the market tend to cross over to a degree, leading to lots of differing options available to the end user. Another good example of complicated selection is when the application itself requires multiple performance standards to be met. For instance, an external joint that requires sealant. It needs to be UV resistant, meet trafficability requirements, be resistant to weather and meet expected movement requirements. Not to mention work with the type of joint design including the substrate material, the width and other requirements. Some technologies are great with movement, but can’t withstand traffic for example. So selecting a product can be daunting. The key point here is, the applicator selecting the product is ultimately responsible for the installation.

So selecting the right product is absolutely essential to a job well done.”

All reputable manufacturers of sealants and adhesives invest an enormous amount in their technology, and as a result, have a strong vested interest in offering training and advice to end users of their products.

“My advice to an end-user, trying to decide on a product—call a reputable manufacturer you’ve heard of for advice,” says David Wheeler.

“And bigger companies like Bostik, we’ll test any product that we make with any substrate that you want to seal or adhere under our P.A.T.S program. A free service to our customers. We’ll test it and say, ‘Yes, this is correct’ or, ‘No, we don’t have a product’. Or we might say, ‘Here are three different options. It depends what you want from your product.’

Often, we’ll have multiple options for an application. We will test a substrate material, whether it be a plastic, concrete or a new type of system or substrate.

We’ll test it and come back to you and say, ‘Here’s what we recommend for that application’. And we’ll give them a proper report and a warranty on that application.

We’ll actually warrant that bespoke test.

So I would recommend doing that.”  CSS F.A.T. MAG 25

YOUR BUSINESS

Your next car Purchasing a new vehicle is a big expense for a small business. Here’s what you need to know about vehicle financing and choosing the right option for your circumstances.

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“With a good old-fashioned lease, you just pay a monthly amount. You claim GST on that monthly amount, but you don’t own the goods. When it comes to your profit and loss, the lease payments are deductible and that’s it.”

Kirsty Fox, Spitfire Accounting Solutions

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hether it’s a ute, van or ordinary sedan, a vehicle is essential for your work if you’re a tradie. And when your business needs a new vehicle, one of the first decisions is usually how to finance it. So, what are your options and how can you figure out which one is best for your business?

Accountant Kirsty Fox from Spitfire Accounting Solutions, which specialises in the trades, says there are

three main options for vehicle financing: finance lease, hire purchase and chattel mortgage. Crucially, each has different implications for tax and cashflow.

“With a good old-fashioned lease, you just pay a monthly amount,” says Fox. “You claim GST on that monthly amount, but you don’t own the goods. When it comes to your profit and loss, the lease payments are deductible and that’s it.”

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vehicle. If you haven’t paid off the loan over the loan term, you may be required to make a ‘balloon payment’ to cover the outstanding amount.

“The thing about hire purchase is that the GST on the principal and interest contract is fully claimable, and you do that on the BAS when you make your first payment,” says Fox. “If you’re reporting on a cash basis, for example, and you make your first payment in April, the entire GST for the vehicle, finance, the interest on it, everything CSS F.A.T. MAG 27

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like that, is claimable at that BAS.” Unlike a lease or hire purchase, a chattel mortgage allows you to take immediate ownership of the vehicle.

The lender takes out a mortgage on the vehicle as loan security, and you pay off the loan from the income the vehicle generates in your business.

Repayments are usually structured over two to five years. The longer the term, the cheaper the repayments, but the more interest you need to pay.

It’s a lot like taking out a mortgage on a house, explains Fox. “A chattel mortgage is a security over the actual property itself, so you own the goods,” she says. “Importantly, the GST on the vehicle is claimable when you buy the vehicle, so you get that whole lot then and there, which is good for cashflow.”

Top choice

Hire purchase used to be the most popular option among tradies until about 10 years ago when lenders started offering chattel mortgages. Paul Raye, a partner at Think Accountants, says about 95 per cent of vehicle financing is now done through chattel mortgage.

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“We get people who contact us and say, ‘I’ve just entered into this vehicle financing arrangement, but I probably should have called you before I did that’.”

Paul Raye, Think Accountants

around seasonal cashflow.

At the end of the chattel mortgage loan term you have two options: pay the balloon payment and keep the car, or pay the balloon payment by trading in the vehicle and get a new car and new chattel mortgage.

“It’s usually at that point that people decide if they’re going to buy a new vehicle and just keep turning vehicles over every couple of years, or pay that balloon out and keep the vehicle,” says Fox. “The main thing it comes down to is cashflow and how much of a payment you can afford each month.”

at the end of the term to lower monthly repayments. The higher the balloon repayment, the lower your monthly repayments.

“The great attraction for tradies is basically that people will claim the GST back up front, so it tends to be more attractive from a cashflow point of view,” says Raye. “And with a flexible balloon, you can structure your repayments to suit your cashflow. Let’s say you have a 40 per cent balloon over 48 months— while you may end up paying more [than the cost of the vehicle] over the period of the loan, it suits your cashflow much better.” Many lenders also allow businesses to structure repayments

Expert consultation

Even though most tradies end up choosing chattel mortgages to finance their vehicles, that doesn’t mean you should make the decision without chatting to your accountant first, says Raye.

“We get people who contact us and say, ‘I’ve just entered into this vehicle financing arrangement, but I probably should have called you before I did that’,” he says. “They often haven’t structured the purchase in the way they should have— perhaps they’ve bought it in their name instead of in the business structure—and there are implications for their business.” 

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