Description
Product Description:
FloArm Top HPU 4 Plus provides a smooth protective floor finish suitable for applications in dry or wet environment. It is recommended for floors having chemical and physical abuses. FloArm Top HPU 4 Plus is a dense and impervious system providing an ideal floor finish for applications in food, pharmaceutical and manufacturing industries including clean room, laboratory and warehouses, wherever a robust, low maintenance and durable floor is required.
Uses:
- Chemical plants
- Dairy, Food and Beverage industries
- Abattoirs
- Electronic component, manufacture & assembly
- Agrochemical and Oil industry
- Textile industry
- Pharmaceutical production
- Semi-conductor industry
- Warehousing and storage
Features and Benefits:
- Hard wearing – durable and abrasion resistant
- Fast application leading to quick hand over
- Low maintenance costs and low-down time
- Resistant to a wide range of chemicals and liquids
- Seamless – easily cleaned to maintain high
standards of hygiene - Low VOC
- Food Grade and microbiologically inert
- High thermal shock resistant
- Also available in antistatic variety
- Resists cleaning temperatures of up to 800C at 4
mm thickness
Packaging:
20.5 Kgs pack (Base + Pigment paste + filler + Hardener)
Application Methodology:
Step no.1: Surface Preparation
The concrete substrate must be sound and of sufficient compressive strength (minimum 20 N/mm2) with a minimum pull off strength of 1.5 N/mm2. The substrate must be level, clean, dry and free of all contaminants such as dirt, oil, grease etc. All previous floor coating if any must be mechanically removed to the maximum extent possible. It is acceptable to re-lay on floor coating that has a firm bond
(pull out strength of 1.5 N/mm2). Concrete substrates must be prepared mechanically depending upon surface condition using abrasive blast cleaning or scarifying or grinding to remove cement laitance and achieve an open textured surface. Weak concrete must be re moved and surface defects such as blowholes and voids must be fully exposed. Repairs (blow holes/voids and surface leveling) to the substrate must be carried out using appropriate repair product. The concrete or screed substrate has to be primed or leveled in order to achieve an even surface. All dust, loose and friable material must be completely removed from surfaces before application of the product, preferably by brush and/or vacuum. Ensure moisture content of the concrete surface below 4% – no rising moisture according to ASTM D 4263 (Polythene Sheet Method) and above 30C dew point.
Grove cutting: To offset shrinkage failure, grooves must be cut along the perimeter of the concrete substrate These grooves should be cut 100 mm from the walls/periphery. For large areas have grooves for every 3m by 3m. This would include all columns, machines and also along doorways. Finishing edges and day joints should also have grooves Grooves should be twice in thickness and depth to the
thickness of the floor, typically 8 mm deep by 8 mm wide for a 4 mm thick floor. Clean the prepared groves with air gun and remove all loose particles before application of primer FloArm Primer 1260 Step no.
2: Application of FloArm Primer 1260 as primer:
The concrete surface after proper and thorough surface preparation has to be primed with FloArm Primer 1260. The primer is a solvent free resin system. It is designed for better adhesion with the substrate and the flooring system. The primer should be mixed in the given proportions supplied. The entire contents of the hardener should be poured into the base and should be mixed using a low speed drill machine with an attachment for about 3 minutes @ (150-200 RPM) to get a homogeneous mix. Once mixed, the primer should be applied immediately on to the prepared concrete surface. After priming, the surface has to be kept for drying – approximately 8-12 hrs. For more information refer Primer TDS. Ensure that the grooves during priming do not get filled with the primer. This ensures proper anchorage of the FloArm Top HPU 4 Plus with the substrate.
Priming for new or highly moist Concrete/Rising moisture: FloArm Top HPU 4 Plus is tolerant to residual substrate moisture and can be installed directly onto 7 day old concrete, or onto old good quality concrete with average moisture contents without the use of special primers provided there is a functioning DPM within the structure. For abnormally high surface moisture or in sunken areas, proper moisture check is to be carried out and if required, use of special primers FloArm Primer 1250 or
moisture barrier underlays i.e., Campo® series of products are recommended.
Step no. 3: Product Mixing
Pre weighed Base and Pigment to be mixed with special design mixer (slow speed planetary double rotary mixer) first for 2 minutes till the pigment disperses properly. Add the entire qty of hardener into the mix and then agitate for another 30 seconds. Then add entire qty of filler component and mix it for two to three minutes till the homogeneous mass is obtained.
Step no.4: Product application:
After mixing immediately spread it on the primed concrete floor. Spread the material with a notch trowel
of notch size between 8-10 mm. Ensure the grooves are properly filled in and is without any visible depressions. As the pot life of the product is only 10 to 12 minutes, ensure during troweling that all joints during sequential application are applied on wet on wet. Finish the laid floor with a spike roller. Application (spreading and spike roller application) needs to be done very fast once mixing is over.
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