Mesh Water

1. Fiberglass mesh fabrics are widely used in the construction industry around the world to strengthen the impact tensile and flexural strengths of coatings, rendered (stucco), caps, etc.

They are also used as part of the insulation Outdoor Finishing Systems (EIFSs) or in other words, outside Thermo Insulation Composite Systems (ETICS).

2. Knitwear fiberglass are made from glass son. The quality of the wire has a direct impact on the quality of the final product.

So when you compare fiberglass mesh fabrics, you must compare apples with apples!

3. Environment cement powder (fillers, rendered or stucco, caps, etc.) is very caustic because of the high alkalinity of cement and lime.

To resist In this environment / caustic alkali, the son must be protected with a substance resistant to strong alkalis.

The more often a copolymer of acrylic or latex SBR play this role.

The fabric is immersed in a liquid bath and his son were completely covered with the protective substance. Now the fiberglass mesh fabric is resistant to alkalis.

4. Fiberglass alkali resistant mesh fabrics vary much with the weight. Usually, the range of 50-450 g/m2 weight.

Obviously the heavier products are stronger, with greater impact and traction and they are used in places where high stresses are present.

5. Mesh Fiberglass Alkali-resistant range Also a lot with their mesh size.

Below we cite the mesh sizes and their most common applications in this area:

Mesh size 2x2mm: Used for building component or two component cement, mud leak Scrubbable. The combination of two components of sealants flexible fiberglass mesh fabrics gives very interesting and powerful solutions for:

- Sealing of balconies and terraces to receive as final layer of ceramic tiles. The tiles can be placed directly on the waterproofing layer with thin bed adhesive.

- Sealing of exposed water tanks and reservoirs or water towers. These buildings are stressed significantly due to temperature changes continuously. The sealing layer should have resistance to traction and high fiber mesh fabrics to come play this role.

- The sealing surfaces with a generalized profile cracking. As it is impossible to treat each individual crack, the only viable solution - except when using special coatings - is to combine the flexibility sealants cement fiberglass mesh fabrics.

End of Part 1

Chris Strogili

Civ. Eng. - MBA - DIPM

http://maconwaterproofing.blogspot.com/