ProductFocus
Adhesives, Fillers + Finishes
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f there’s one product category in the industry you need to stay on top of, it’s adhesives, fillers and finishes, because they are constantly evolving and improving. Check out the products on the following pages to make sure you’re up to speed on the latest our industry has to offer.
Bona US Bona R851 adhesive is a silane-based wood flooring adhesive that provides exceptional green-grab and final-shear strength, Bona says, adding that it spreads easily. An easy-to-clean product, it won’t harm finish or prefinished floors. The adhesive is water-solvent and isocyanate-free. www.bona.com
Bostik Inc. Bostik’s Ultra-Set Single-Step is a onepart, trowel-applied, tacking, moisturecure urethane adhesive and moisture vapor protection membrane. It’s formulated with patented ThicknessControl Spacer Technology to ensure proper membrane thickness between hardwood flooring and the substrate. The product does not contain water, and it has zero VOCs. www.bostik-us.com
Chemque Inc. Fortane LD is a urethane adhesive for glue-down installations on all grades and types of wood flooring to all subfloors common to wood flooring. It uses Chemque’s No Hollow Spot technology, and it is VOC-compliant and compatible with Fortane MVS Ultra. www.fortane.com
DriTac Flooring Products LLC DriTac 1001 All-In-One is a fourin-one product that provides green wood flooring adhesive, a concrete moisture control system, a sound control system and a crack suppressant. It offers zero VOCs, zero solvents and helps contribute to LEED point qualifications, the company says. www.dritac.com
Franklin International Titebond 811 Advantage Urethane Wood Flooring Adhesive is formulated for the installation of parquet, engineered flooring and solid plank flooring. It is a moisture-resistant adhesive that offers enhanced strength development and an exceptional final bond, the company says. Titebond 811 Advantage may be used for above-, on- and below-grade applications on all common substrates. www.titebond.com
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Product Focus Adhesives Hardwood Industry Products The EZ Pro Injector Repair Kit is a heavyduty, self-standing gun that repairs voids and hollow spots. Two types of injectiongrade adhesive make this a versatile tool for engineered, solid and bamboo flooring, the company says. www.hardwoodindustry.com
MAPEI Corporation Ultrabond 990 is a solvent-free, moisture-cure, urethane wood flooring adhesive. It has great wet-grab and trowel-ridge holding characteristics, the company says. It can be used with bamboo, cork, acrylic-impregnated wood and prefinished wood flooring, as well as parquet and solid hardwood planks. www.mapei.com
Stauf-USA Adhesive LLC Stauf SMP 960 and 940 are the latest advances in wood flooring adhesive technology, the company says. Both are manufactured using MS Polymer to provide shear strength and reliability. Both products are moisturecure with no water, isocyanate, solvents or VOCs. www.staufusa.com
Synthetic Surfaces Inc. Adhesive #113D is a one-part curing urethane that pours and spreads easily, instead of being a heavy, filler-loaded paste, the company says. The product is VOC-compliant, low-hazard and water-free, weighs only 10 pounds per gallon, fights mold and has a negligible odor, the company says. www.nordot.com
W.F. Taylor Meta-Tec MS-Plus Advance Wood Flooring Adhesive is one of W.F. Taylor’s newest products. It is a 100 percent solids, modified-silane polymer. The adhesive offers concrete moisture inhibition and sounddeadening properties in a single-coat application. Installers now have an install window of up to 70 minutes. The adhesive comes in 4-gallon pails. www.wftaylor.com 46 Hardwood Floors n February|March 2010
Product Focus | Adhesives, Fillers + Finishes Fillers
Berger-Seidle America
Glitsa American
Berger-Seidle offers a complete system of products for hardwood flooring filling applications and problems. This system includes PafukiSuper, a solvent-based wood flour cement; TrowelFiller, a waterborne wood flour cement using wood dust from the parent floor; LT Export Thix-Primer, an oil-modified intercoat filler; and GelFill, a waterborne intercoat filler, among other products.
Glitsa Wood Flour Cement provides an exact match between filler and flooring. It uses actual sanding dust from the same species of wood as the floor and will take on the color of the sanding dust used. Wood Flour Cement accepts stain and ages consistently with the flooring, the company says.
www.berger-seidle.com
Bona US Pacific Filler is a waterborne compound specifically designed for filling cracks, holes, chips, gouges and broken edges in hardwood floors prior to finishing. The high-solidscontent formula is ready to use. The filler is trowelable from the pail, or can be thinned with water for full trowel filling. It is Greenguardcertified. www.bona.com
www.glitsa.com
Woodwise/Design Hardwood Products This company’s line of Wood Fillers includes: Woodwise Full-Trowel Filler, Wood Patch, No Shrink Patch-Quick, Powdered Wood Filler, Pre-Finish Filler and Epoxy Wood Patch. www.woodwise.com
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Product Focus | Adhesives, Fillers + Finishes Finishes
Arboritec USA Inc.
Lenmar Inc.
Arboritec Avenue is a two-component waterborne wood floor finish enhanced with Arboritec’s proprietary accelerated nano technology. With nano-sized ceramic particles, Avenue offers advanced adhesion, durability and scratch resistance. In addition, the product is low-VOC and has exceptional dry and cure times, the company says.
Evolution is Lenmar’s newest waterborne polyurethane floor finish. This system offers extraordinary finish quality, even without the optional catalyzer, Lenmar says. With the catalyst added to the final coat, the resulting finish is an improvement over standard isocyanate-cured waterborne polyurethane systems, the company adds.
www.arboritec.com
www.lenmar-coatings.com
Basic Coatings
Loba-Wakol LLC
Basic Coatings introduces StreetShoe 275, a low-VOC, water-based finish. The product is available in four sheens for commercial, sport or residential floors. A coat can be applied with a roller, T-bar or paint pad and foot traffic resumed the next day, the company says.
Loba’s WS 2K Supra wood floor finish is now available in Extramatte, an ultra low-luster finish enhancing its long-wearing ability, the company says. The product contains less than 100 g/L VOC content and qualifies for LEED credit.
www.basiccoatings.com
Bona US Bona offers a variety of VOC-compliant waterborne finishes. The finishes are durable and beautiful, and there is no need for the homeowner to vacate during the finishing process, the company says. The finishes are Greenguard-certified for indoor air quality. www.bona.com
www.loba-usa.com
Monocoat Monocoat Natural Oil wood finishes are plant-based and produce a durable, lasting oil finish with a handrubbed appearance, the company says. They color and finish wood in a single coat and are available in clear, as well as 34 colors. www.monocoat.us
PoloPlaz Dura Seal Dura Seal offers its Water-Based Polyurethane as a high-performance alternative to its existing oil-based finish. This product applies just as easily as the company’s oil-based polyurethane and retains the traditional look without the need for a hardener, the company says. Clean-up simply involves applying water instead of mineral spirits. www.duraseal.com
Glitsa American GlitsaMax is Glitsa’s newest waterborne finish, a two-component commercial and residential finish that provides excellent durability and the body of a solvent-borne finish, the company says. Glitsa’s waterborne line includes Quality Seal, Infinity II residential finish, and Infinity ProLink, an optional crosslinker for Infinity II for added durability. www.glitsa.com
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PoloPlaz Zenith is a non-ambering, commercial-grade, 2K waterborne polyurethane finish formulated to protect all residential and commercial wood floors with heavy traffic volumes, the company says. Zenith is VOCcompliant and suited for LEED projects. www.poloplaz.com
Professional Coatings Inc. Pro-Coat Premium Radcoat is an aliphatic UV waterbourne urethane designed for on-site, heavy commercial applications with limited downtime. Because of new polymerization technology, this chemistry yields a product with outstanding scuff, scratch and abrasion resistance. www.procoatinc.com
Product Focus | Adhesives, Fillers + Finishes Finishes
Saman Saman says its Pure Performance oil- and water-based varnishes are environmentally friendly, durable and scratch- and wear-resistant. The varnishes dry fast and can be applied with a brush, roller or pad applicator. www.saman.ca
Spartan Chemical Company Spartan Chemical offers AquaSport, a waterborne wood floor product line consisting of AquaSport Wood Floor Finish, AquaSport 2-Part Wood Floor Finish, AquaSport Sanding Seal, AquaSport Wood Floor Cleaner and AquaSport Wood Floor Maintainer. Spartan has also developed a waterborne line of wood floor care products that meet VOC regulations in all 50 states. www.spartanchemical.com
Synteko Floor Finishes Synteko offers an array of high-quality waterborne wood floor finishes created for professionals, the company says. Manufactured in the U.S., Synteko Sealmaster is a one-component, fast-drying, waterborne sealer; Synteko Extra is a one-component, waterborne floor finish; and Synteko Best is a two-component, highly durable, waterborne floor finish. www.synteko.com
TC Dunham Paint & Coatings Inc. TC Dunham Paint now has a replacement for its Evan Lite Lacquer Sealer: Quick Seal Sanding Sealer. It’s a waterborne sealer and can be used with water- or oil-based polyurethanes. Quick Seal applies easily, dries in 45 minutes and is low-odor, the company says. It penetrates and seals wood for a smooth finish. www.dunhampaint.com
United Gilsonite Laboratories New environmentally friendly Zar Ultra Max Wood Stain features Core/Shell Technology. This process allows for a dual-stage dry, which allows it to blend well, the company says, adding that it’s low-odor and dries fast. It eliminates streaks and lap marks, providing a rich, even color comparable to an oilbased stain, the companys says. www.ugl.com
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Product Focus | Adhesives, Fillers + Finishes Finishes
West Wind Hardwood VerMeister Aqua Tenax is a waterborne sealer. It’s designed to work on high-tannin and oily woods, minimize lap marks and reduce grain raise, VerMeister says. It is 37 percent solids and NMP-free. www.vermeister.com
West Wind Hardwood offers Oli-Natura High Solid Hard Wax Oil, which combines oil and liquid wax. This latest product from Oli-Natura is VOC-free and is nearly 100 percent solids. When treating wood, the oil penetrates deep while the wax remains on the surface and produces a silky gloss that can be further intensified through polishing. www.westwindhardwood.com
Waterlox Coatings Corporation Waterlox’s best-selling Original Satin Finish is formulated as a traditional interior tung oil finish and provides a stain sheen with a 20- to 25-degree gloss level. An alternative to polyurethane floor finishes, Waterlox Original Satin Finish forms a protective, yet elastic, finish against common household spills, moisture and foot traffic. www.waterlox.com
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WoodCareUSA LLC WOCA is a penetrating and hardening oil finish for commercial and residential applications. It provides a hard-wearing and natural-looking floor, the company says, and is available in many colors. This easy-to-repair finish is VOC-free and requires only one application when using the WOCA single-coat polishing pad, the company adds. www.woodcareusa.com