Floors/flooring self-leveling materials

Polymeric overlays are used on concrete pavements to protect them from dust, excessive wear, cracking, crazing, spalling and to provide an attractive appearance. These materials are applied on concrete pavements in the form of screeds, self-levelling material or floor coatings. Epoxies, polyurethanes and acrylics are commonly used, epoxies being the most commonly chosen. Table 1.4 gives the suitability of these materials for different environments. 

These are used to produce prepackaged products such as decorative wall coatings, ceramic tile adhesives, self-leveling floor overlays and patching mortars for concrete structures. On site, addition of the product manufacturers specified amount of water produces a material with the desired properties. During the wet mixing, the... 

Floor topping A polymeric material applied on concrete floors for a specific reason. Screed floorings and self-levelling floors are included in this category. 

The area of self-leveling underiayments (SLU) is out of a technical perspective probably the most complex one if it comes to applications of redispersible powders. On a given uneven substrate (i.e. screed or surface to be refurbished), self-leveling mortars have to provide a suitable, smooth and solid substrate in order to apply all kind of flooring materials Kke carpets, wood parquet, PVC, tiles etc. Self-levebng underiayments should be applicable in an easy and efficient manner, even for large areas. 

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