FOCUS on adhesives, tapes, sealant & fillers: Sika, Weicon, Bond It & Ultratape
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Jonathon Harker
Tapes from Sika and Ultratape, adhesives from Weicon plus fillers and adhesives from Bond It – it’s all in Torque’s rundown of adhesives, tapes, sealants and fillers...
Sika
The latest from the Stixall range, by Everbuild – A Sika Company – is Stixall on a Roll – an invisible double-sided tape with extreme power.
Ideal for use when bonding glass or clear surfaces as well as many other applications, Stixall on a Roll bonds virtually all materials with outstanding adhesion, both indoors and outdoors.
Available in 19mm x 2.5mtr rolls, Stixall on a Roll is packaged within a high quality printed hanging sleeve for easy display and features the same instantly recognisable design as the rest of the Stixall range.
For information on Stixall on a Roll or any other product within the Everbuild or Sika ranges, contact your sales representative, call the sales office on 0113 240 2424 or visit www.everbuild.co.uk
Jonathon Harker
Weicon
German manufacturer Weicon offers a line of anaerobic adhesives and sealants that can be used in many industrial sectors: Weiconlock. These products not only lock or secure screw connections, but they are also suitable for fixing cylindrical joints or for sealing flanges and threaded pipes and fittings.
One example is Weiconlock AN 306-38. It retains cylindrical assemblies for bearings, gear wheels and bolts. AN 306-38 has a medium viscosity, a high strength and is hard to disassemble.
Weiconlock products are anaerobic adhesives and sealants that differ in strength, temperature resistance or viscosity. These adhesives are liquid plastics that harden in the absence of air. They are easy and fast to apply and economical in use. At room temperature, the products cure to handling strength within a few minutes and to final strength within a few hours.
The products of the Weiconlock line are resistant to changing temperatures, chemicals and solvents as well as to high vibration and impact.
www.weicon.com
Jonathon Harker
Bond It
As seen at Totally DIY & Tools and NMBS, Bond It has a brand new fibre reinforced, high strength, instant grab adhesive, Incredibond. Marketed via a superhero-fronted campaign, Incredibond is pitched as being highly versatile and suitable for virtually any bonding application. It can be used with impressive results on wood, OSB, chipboard, concrete, plaster, mortar, ceramic, metal, uPVC and most plastics.
Incredibond also benefits from a formulation which allows it to deliver performance to match solvent-based adhesives despite being solvent free, making it more environmentally responsible and more user-friendly, with no VOC emissions and a low odour.
Also new from Bond It is the ‘Squeezies' range, allowing end users to benefit from some of Bond It's most popular products - including the manufacturer's ‘Saves Nails' adhesive, Flexible Filler, Door & Window Sealant and Bathroom & Kitchen Sealant - in convenient, squeezable plastic tubes. Product can be applied without the need for skeleton / applicator guns whilst a resealable screw cap helps to reduce spoilage and enables small quantities to be used at a time. www.bond-it.co.uk
Jonathon Harker
Ultratape
The rebranded Ultratape range includes gaffer cloth tapes, builders tape, masking tape, double sided tapes, protection tapes, jointing tapes and more. That product line-up includes single sided cloth tape, a universal self-adhesive tape used in diverse applications including space missions, film sets and the armed forces. Based on waterproof backing with a high grab adhesive, they can be used in interior and exterior conditions. They are available in silver, black and assorted (red, blue, green, yellow, beige and white) in 50mm x 4.5 mm 12 packs. Bruce Douglas Marketing supplies not only Ultratape, but also own brand labels and boasts 100,000 sq ft of warehousing.
This article originally appeared in the April edition of Torque Magazine. Read the magazine in our archive and subscribe for free here. Wondering how to get your product in Torque features? It couldn't be simpler - read more here.
