Acrylic carpet tile

Our houses are built of wood (cellulose and lignin), sheathed with particleboard (wood chips pressed with plastic resin), wrapped with plastic sheeting, clad with siding (vinyl), and decorated with plastic shutters. Buildings with wood siding are covered with paint. Inside, water flows through plastic pipes, the floors are covered with tiles (vinyl) or carpeting (polyester, nylon), the walls are covered with wallpaper (vinyl) or painted (acrylics), and the... 

The other major uses of acrylic latexes are in textile finishing (e.g., stain and wrinkle resistance), adhesives, and floor polishes and waxes. Adhesives are used in many applications, including pressure-sensitive tapes, contact adhesives, and construction adhesives for carpeting and floor tiles. Peelable labels and stamps probably got their start with the Post-it note, invented by Spencer Silver and Art Fry at 3M company many years ago. 

In construction applications, acrylic adhesives showed a spectacular 15- to-20-fold increase. In 1975, the predominant outlet was concrete binders but by 1987 acrylics were being employed in significant quantities for installation of ceramic tiles, decorative bricks and stones, carpeting, as a binder for cellulose insulation, and in concrete binders and adhesives. These applications account for about 90% of acrylic adhesives in construction. 

The broad spectrum of adhesion displayed by acrylic adhesives make filled acrylics excellent candidates for bonding substrates made of cel-lulosics, leather, fabric, ceramic, foil, plastic, mietal, and various foams. Typical examples include panel and subflooring adhesives, decorative brick mastics, ceramic tile adhesives, carpet adhesives, floor tile adhesives, and contact adhesives. 

A number of synthetic rubbers are produced by emulsion polymerization and are, therefore, available in latex form. Those of greatest commercial interest are SBR, acrylic, neoprene, and vinyl acetate-ethylene. Rubber latexes, particularly natural and SBR, have been used for many years in carpet and upholstery backsiz-ings, bag, shoe, and bookbinding adhesives, tile mastics, tire cord dips, and wookworking adhesives. 

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