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Russ Hinkle, AIA, CDT, LEED BD+C
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Username: rhinkle

Post Number: 139
Registered: 02-2006


Posted on Monday, August 22, 2016 - 12:01 pm:   Edit PostDelete PostPrint Post

Anybody have any experience with Vapor Lock additive or topic products?
Russ Hinkle
Mark Gilligan SE,
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Username: mark_gilligan

Post Number: 803
Registered: 10-2007
Posted on Monday, August 22, 2016 - 12:45 pm:   Edit PostDelete PostPrint Post

What are they?
ken hercenberg
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Username: khercenberg

Post Number: 1007
Registered: 12-2006


Posted on Monday, August 22, 2016 - 01:19 pm:   Edit PostDelete PostPrint Post

If it's a variation on sodium silicate please don't waste your time.

Speaking from personal experience, not as a member of the firm where I am employed, I would not consider this to be a beneficial option.
Russ Hinkle, AIA, CDT, LEED BD+C
Senior Member
Username: rhinkle

Post Number: 140
Registered: 02-2006


Posted on Friday, August 26, 2016 - 12:50 pm:   Edit PostDelete PostPrint Post

http://www.spggogreen.com/
It's a concrete additive in the family of we can cure your moisture flooring options better than the other guy. They also have a self leveling underlayment and a liquid product to go over existing concrete. The contractor has thrown it out there as an alternative and we have been asked to evaluate it along with a few other products. Basically, we have senior living. memory care projects where spills and urine are a problem. How to seal the concrete under the carpet/flooring is the question. We have slab on grade and self-leveling gypcrete on plank. The challenge is that most of these products are looking to combat the issue of water based adhesives and moisture in concrete. Not the same criteria as our challenge. Similar, but not the same.
Russ Hinkle

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