Hardwood flooring contractors can now install both solid and engineered wood flooring products in just one step with Bostik’s fast-curing adhesives which include sound reduction without underlayments of cork, rubber or other materials.
Jake Stadler, Bostik’s market manager for hardwood & soft flooring systems, stated, “Working with hardwood adhesives offering maximum grip along with sound abatement present so many advantages. For multi-family housing, occupants don’t want to be annoyed by footsteps or a blasting home theater above or below. Bostik adhesive installation systems with Sound Guard not only minimize these bothersome interruptions; they completely eliminate the need for mats or underlayments.”
Bostik now offers five products specifically designed to improve acoustics. Independent laboratory testing results on Bostik’s single-step products are:
- Ultra-Set SingleStep2, a high performance AXIOS Tri-Linking adhesive, moisture control and sound reduction membrane
- IIC sound damping rating up to 70 dB.
- Vapor-Lock, a hardwood adhesive, moisture control and sound reduction membrane
- IIC sound damping rating up to 69 dB.
- GreenForce, a high-performance AXIOS Tri-Linking adhesive and moisture control membrane
- IIC sound damping rating up to 66 dB.
- Pro-MSP, a hardwood adhesive with moisture vapor protection
- IIC sound damping rating up to 64 dB.
- MVP4, a moisture vapor protection, anti-fracture and noise reduction membrane
- IIC sound damping rating up to 62 dB.
For more information, visit https://www.bostik.com.
