Interviewee
Angelo Giangiulio
Corporate Product Manager, Wooden Flooring Line, Mapei Group (Italy)
Mapei's ECO PRIM PU 1K TURBO and ULTRABOND ECO P909 2K FAST enable rapid wooden flooring installation, suitable for various settings and complex patterns. These products are also eco-sustainable, emitting low VOCs, and solvent-free, ensuring safety and comfort.
What Mapei solutions enable wooden flooring to be installed rapidly?
Within the line of materials specifically developed by Mapei for installing wooden flooring there are mainly two products that enable installation operations to be carried out quickly. The first one is ECO PRIM PU 1K TURBO one-component, moisture-curing polyurethane primer. Thanks to its rapid-drying properties, this product is particularly recommended for consolidating and waterproofing both concrete and anhydrite screeds (including heated screeds) when you need to complete preparation of substrates quickly before installing wooden flooring.
The second one is ULTRABOND ECO P909 2K FAST two-component polyurethane adhesive, which guarantees rapid hardening: around 12 hours at ambient temperature. After application, this adhesive forms a strong film with high bonding strength to any type of substrate, including non-absorbent substrates.
Type of wooden floorings supplied by Bembé Parkett were installed on the floors in the Munich Criminal Justice Centre with the rapidhardening adhesive ULTRABOND ECO P909 2K FAST.
What environments and what conditions are these products recommended for?
They may be used in both residential and commercial environments where floors need to be installed quickly. In particular, the combined use of these two products (ECO PRIM PU 1K TURBO and ULTRABOND ECO P909 2K FAST) ensures rapid, simple installation, such as when wooden flooring needs to be installed in a special pattern, for example herringbone. In fact, using this system enables wooden elements installed in the middle of a space to become bonded after a short space of time so that the other wooden elements can then be installed quickly in the adjacent areas.
Simple installation, quick… and also sustainable?
Absolutely, this is also a highly sustainable solution because both products are certified EMICODE EC1Plus for their very low emission of volatile organic compounds (VOC) by GEV, the German Association for installation materials with controlled emissions. What is more both products are solvent-free, so particularly safe for both installers and end users of wooden flooring. Materials that contribute highly effectively in creating a high level of comfort in internal spaces where they are used.
