agree with pigarse used uzin 222 in a hospital but went off similar to f60 time wise can be a bit messy though comes off with a rub. Solvent free so no headaches later
Someone talk me thru F66 it is the only thing recommended for Polyflor Forest Fx & i've got a staircase to do next week.Can't get my head round the sponges?Why not a brush?
The sponges for the 66 are good imho, you can keep a bucket of water near by to keep clean and it puts it on easier than a spatula and thicker than a brush.
I would never use a spray adhesive to stick any impervious flooring whatsoever, i used to work for a company and when this came on the market everyone went mad on it and sprayed the back off the sheet cap cove etc. between a year and 18 months the company kept getting repeated phone calls from every job complaining of all the sheet and capping coming away from the walls and releasing from the cove. The company proceeded to get a lot of tech guys and reps down to get to the bottom of the problem which was always the spray adhesives, everyone came out and said it was a chemical within the spray which causes a reaction within itself from electro polymers or something causing it to go back to it original state of looking wet and gloopy. Obviously the spray cans were abandoned and f60 was back in action. We also found that once the sheet and capping had started coming away from the walls the only way to get it back to stick was clean all the spray off with a solvent cleaner and restick with a proper contact adhesive. I then stared work for another guy who loved spray and lord and behold back to square one with repeated call outs back to jobs about capping etc from a year or so. He's now gone back and startrd using grip fill contact which is in my opinion great. Just giving my experiences with the stuff and what's 20mins extra to do the job at the knowledge you won't be going back later on in the year spending hours cleaning and resticking?
Totally agree with you on grip fill contact ad it is really strong adhesive but in IMO I would not use it due to it being highly carcinogenic . Do you use a respirator when you use it .? You defo should ,plus if you are in a public environment you could find yourself / company in a lot of trouble, due to the skull and crossbones on the tin. I use uzin wk222 takes longer to go off but think of your health mate.
I've tried a few dif sprays, and the non-solvent based contacts. but nothing's grabs like 60 is there anything else close? and quicker etc did look into the grabfast gold 17kg spray bottles, still tempted...
Used to use the gold addy with gun and cannister. Really good strong addy quick too goes off in seconds.
You need something that grabs like f60 Dries quicker Stronger How about f61 why does noone ever mention f61 all people mention is f60 theres only 1 shop I know of that uses 61 round here everyone uses f60 why is it am Imissing ssomething with f60
I used 61 last yr wasn't impressed to say the least maybe I was just comparing it to 60 etc took forever to go off and the grab just wasn't what I was used to with 60
Surprised with that Ive always found it goes off quicker and as for the grab 61 is heavy duty 60 in normal contact
wait, stop the press lol I'm getting confused with 66, the non-solvent one! cheers Andy for earing that up!
I have used respirators in the past but they brought another H&S law about proper fitted ones and going on this course all day for a mask which your not allowed any facial hair, a lot of the companies I've worked for have managed to put clauses in their paper work about not using masks etc basically saying use at your own risk without a mask. I've never used any other contact adhesives apart from the main ones (f60/61 and grip fill ) the one you mentioned how long does it take to go off? Also I've used f46 to stick the sheet to the walls before just by paint brushing it on the cove and letting it go completely off, it's grabs like mad but does take ages to go off.
F61 is one of the best contact adhesives around, it can be re-activated when dry by giving it a bit of heat from a welding gun or a hot air blower. We have fixed many thousands square metres of sheet vinyl to walls and ceilings over the past 40 years and most of them are still up!
