MOELLER STONE CARE
Stonetec may have been postponed, but the STEIN editorial team has been asking around and presenting you with lots of news from the fields of materials, construction chemicals, tools & more and art foundries in the 06/2020 print issue since the end of May. This news is now also published online – today the second part of the construction chemicals section
Thanks to new production methods and formats, ceramics are in greater demand both indoors and outdoors. The HMK. R157 intensive tile cleaner for cleaning and stain removal on tiles, porcelain stoneware, terracotta, brick, clay and clinker tiles. In addition to general soiling, this mildly alkaline cleaning concentrate specifically removes building dirt, oil and grease films, residues of wax-based or self-glossing care products and much more in indoor and outdoor areas. The demand for protective products without classic solvents is increasing, and now the HMK. S232 stain protection – water-soluble reinforced by HMK. S747 Fleckstop-Aqua. HMK.S747 Fleckstop-Aqua reduces the penetration of water, dirt, oil and grease and is ideal for protecting matt polished, sandblasted and rough surfaces of natural and artificial stone, and can also be used on unglazed tiles and brick products. HMK.S747 Fleckstop-Aqua is mildly acidic and not suitable for polished or shiny acid-sensitive surfaces made of marble or limestone. Due to the current situation, the next 100 cases will also be equipped with two mouth-nose protection masks.
www.moellerstonecare.eu
PCI
PCI is completing the rapid screed range in its Novoment product family: the new Novoment Light rapid screed mortar has been designed on the basis of lightweight fillers and weighs around 50 percent less than conventional screeds. For screed layers as well as building renovators and tilers, this means problem-free screed work even where the weight per unit area plays a key role, e.g. on wooden beam ceilings and wooden floorboards as well as structurally critical substrates indoors and outdoors and in damp rooms. Renovations of old buildings and subsequent work can be planned and implemented more easily with this addition to the range of specialist quick-setting mortars. After mixing with water, the mortar is easy to apply and compact. Additional smoothing of the surface is hardly necessary after stripping and rubbing. A load-bearing, fully bonded screed layer is applied in just one work step. A great relief for construction sites that are difficult to access: Workers do not have to transport additional sand for mixing, easy, effort-saving handling in confined areas is easy on the health. PCI Novoment Light can be applied in around one hour and still dries quickly. The screed can be walked on after around six hours and tiles can be laid after just one day. The new ready-mixed mortar is low-shrinkage and low-curvature, virtually eliminating the risk of cracking in the edge areas. It is also suitable for use under underfloor heating systems, basement floors and in shower areas. Available in 15 kg bags with the same area performance as a conventional screed mortar, the 30 kg bag is also very low-emission in accordance with GEV-EMICODE EC1 PLUS. “We have developed a ready-mixed mortar that offers real added value for tradespeople and retailers. The development of such new products is based above all on our practical experience and the continuous exchange with processors and specialist dealers,” says Dr. Tobias Gutberlet, Product Manager Building Technology at PCI Augsburg.
www.pci-augsburg.eu
TENAX
Tenax planned to make its “Perfect Color Match System – Color Matching, Bonding and Silicone” the focus of communication at Stonetec. Even though the trade fair has been postponed, the Tenax Color Matcher app is already available: it can be downloaded from Google Play or the Apple App Store and is also available as a desktop tool on the Tenax website that can be used easily and without registration. It contains the common quartz composite/agglomerate/artificial stone ceramic manufacturers and their product names and generates suggestions in no time at all as to which colors of Tenax Titanium or Glaxs Fast adhesives, Solido Quarzo putty and neutral-curing SI silicone are suitable for the respective material. For natural stone and artificial stone materials that are not listed in the app, a chain of cured real sample plates is available at cost price.
www.tenax.it