Aquaflex Adhesive

In the late 90’s, manufacturers of flooring in an effort to improve indoor air quality replaced solvent-born flooring adhesives with water-based formulations. A noble idea, but one that ultimately resulted in billions of dollars in claims due to adhesive failure.

Q: How has the flooring industry responded?

A: Not by fixing what they arguably broke, but rather, offering the industry another product to buy in the form of a 2-part epoxy concrete moisture barrier or Moisture Mitigation.

If the material used to adhere flooring is affected by excessive concrete moisture and pH; then why develop a costly moisture barrier product, that can add over $5.00/sf and delay projects for weeks? Why not just make the moisture sensitive adhesives simply WATERPROOF. A waterproof adhesive doesn’t require moisture mitigation. In fact, it doesn’t even require moisture testing.

If a standard installation requires floor prep, adhesive application and setting of flooring materials; then any additional process or application will involve more time, labor and money. Why put yourself through the agony, when all you need is a waterproof glue?

Q: Do we certify installers?

A: Certification implies the process requires some extra measure of expertise or effort. Aquaflex doesn’t require the installer to do anything he didn’t do the week before; prep, spread, set and roll.

The installation of Aquaflex is nearly identical to standard adhesive. Simply trowel over SMOOTH, CLEAN concrete. Aquaflex will bond to nonporous, polished, sealed or epoxy-coated concrete. We actually bond test to glass! Aquaflex is bi-functional and is the only adhesive in flooring with either a Wet-Set or Dry-Set application.  Aquaflex will tach up in 30 mins and begin to transition hard after 3 hrs.  Full cure is fast and ready for retail foot traffic and light rolling loads in less than 3hrs.

Delta IIC – Delta IIC tests the impact insulation difference between flooring materials installed with standard adhesive and the same flooring installed with Aquaflex. The difference (Delta) between those two values is the Delta IIC. A Delta IIC test is the best way to compare the sound absorption of an acoustic system because the results are independent of construction. You don’t have to worry about satisfying a certain slab thickness, ceiling height or application condition. The higher the number, the better the performance. Aquaflex not only eliminates failures due to concrete moisture, but also makes for a quieter occupied space.

Aquaflex scores a ΔIIC 14, using our supplied and patented CBD notch trowel (1/32″ x 1/16″ x 9/64″) equal to 6mm of cork underlayment!

Why question if one manufacturer’s concrete repair product is compatible with another manufacturer’s adhesive. We’ve taken the time and effort to create the whole installation package. When you purchase Aquaflex, you’ll receive the adhesive, concrete repair mortar, trowels, trowel handles, adhesive remover with a scratch-less abrasive sponge and all the free hand-holding from our technical staff that you’ll ever need.

Q: What demonstrates professional expertise better, than a company who has patented and innovated industry leading chemistry in every facet of the flooring installation?

A: Aquaflex is the only WATERPROOF flooring installation system in the world that’s patented to be so. That’s not a product claim!  We had to prove it to the US Patent office.  As well as the patent offices in Australia, Canada and the European Union!

All that is required to formulate and produce environmentally sensitive installation materials is a few good ideas and time invested in the lab. Just as the iPhone has evolved over the years, so too has adhesive chemistry. Raw materials are available today that didn’t exist five years ago. At Aquaflex, we’re never satisfied, and we continually work to evolve every aspect of our product line.

• EASY… No shot-blast, just make the slab SMOOTH & CLEAN
• DEACTIVATED… our newest patent pending innovation, extending our shelf life beyond 12 months!
• BI-FUNCTIONAL… set tile either WET or DRY.
• FAST… activate and simply spread, set and roll.
• TROWEL HAND… like spreading warm butter!
• GREEN… Aquaflex is GREEN, non-hazardous, having BIO-BASED and sustainable content.
• LEED… Aquaflex will qualify, see our Resources page for more info.
• SAFE… Aquaflex passes CHPS IAQ 01350 with flying colors.
• RED LIST FREE… registered and certified by ILFI.
• ZERO “0” VOC… Aquaflex is “0” zero VOC when measured by ASTM D6886
• EXTENDED WORKING TIME… up to 3hrs of “working time” to set tile
• UNIVERSAL… works with any flooring tile material, rubber to VCT to LVT to carpet tile to vinyl sheet.
• PERFORMANCE… warranted to an UNLIMITED moisture level, top to bottom.
• WARRANTED… we offer the ONLY warranty in the industry with moisture testing NOT REQUIRED!
• NO VAPOR BARRIER?…  No problem, warranted.

Don’t settle for spending over of $5.00/sf for Moisture Mitigation and only receiving a one-sided warranty for moisture coming from a concrete source.  Aquaflex is warranted to moisture/water from both directions… TOP TO BOTTOM!

Aquaflex is the only warranted, two-sided solution in the world. Yes, that’s right, even if the floor floods, your warranty is enforce. WATERPROOF means WATERPROOF. As an extra measure of assurance, we’ve backed our warranty with a $4 million per incident liability policy against moisture failure. Ask our competitors if they will do the same and wait for total silence.

Know your rights and STOP the manufacturer’s DOUBLE SPEAK…

We’ve all heard the claim that some flooring manufacturer, somewhere, will not honor their “advertised warranty” if an alternate adhesive is used. There is a problem with this practice, IT DOESN’T SQUARE WITH FEDERAL LAW. Flooring manufacturers DO NOT produce adhesive. Rather, they resell adhesive just like any distributor. Combining one manufacturer’s warranty for flooring with another manufacturers adhesive warranty is called a “Tie-In” warranty and it’s been illegal since 1975.