Capitol Usa

Capitol adhesives are designed to work with a wide variety of carpet backings. At last count, there are in excess of 40 different types of carpet backings commercially available and the textures range from smooth to extremely rough. It is very important to know what the backing is prior to selecting a trowel because of this fact. To use a fine notc... h trowel on a rough backing will result in carpet bubbling or complete bond failure under high traffic conditions. To use a heavy notch trowel on a smooth back carpet may result in adhesive being oozed up through to the face pile and most certainly a reduction of adhesive coverage. Why is the trowel notch selection so important to proper flooring installation? Why is the trowel notch selection so important to proper flooring installation? On all of Capitol adhesive packaging you will find bold references to the proper trowel notching required for specific flooring types. It is important to follow these recommendations for several reasons. First of all, these recommendations are designed to give the maximum performance with the adhesive for the type of flooring to be installed. We've tested all of these installation conditions and the trowel recommendation is our way of helping you achieve a superior installation. Secondly, the trowel recommendation gives you the most cost effective solution for the adhesive balanced against the flooring selection. Sure, you can use a smaller trowel notch to get better coverage but you also risk not having enough adhesive on the floor for proper bonding. Let the technical experts at Capitol take the guesswork out of trowel selection. What does Open Time mean? What does Open Time mean? This is the amount of time required by the adhesive to flash-off prior to having the flooring covering installed. To install into the adhesive prior to this amount of time may result in bubbling and unnecessary rolling in order to get proper bond. What does Working Time mean? What does Working Time mean? This is the amount of time when the troweled ...Read More