Environmentally Friendly Wood-Flooring Adhesives<br>Challenges Moisture Resistance of Urethanes
Meta-Tec (patent pending) is a high-solids, one-part reactive cross-linking amide-ester-acrylate chemistry created by W.F. Taylor Co., Fontana, Calif., for wood flooring as well as other flooring materials and construction-adhesive applications. This system forms an interpenetrating network adhesive that exhibits early wet-lay properties of quick initial-grab "green strength," strong elastomeric bond, hydrophobic (waterproof) film and low-VOC emissions.
"Our new Meta-Tec technology-based generation of wood-flooring adhesives are stable products that react under a wide range of temperature and humidity conditions to solve the problems associated with urethane, solvent-based and emulsion-based adhesives -- without the worry of potentially unhealthy solvent or isocyanate emissions," said W.F. Taylor President Jack Raidy Jr.