PVC JOINT SEALANTS - A STEP AHEAD

PVC, A VALUABLE BREAKTHROUGH FOR HOT-POURED SEALANTS, IS THE FIRST LONG-TERM PERFORMANCE WARRANTED SEALANT OTHER THAN THE NEOPRENE COMPRESSION SEALS. SEVERAL INSTALLATIONS OF PVC IN ROADS AND AIR BASES HAVE PROVED TO BE IN EXCELLENT CONDITION AFTER AS LONG AS SIX OR SEVEN YEARS, UNDER A VARIETY OF CONDITIONS RANGING FROM SUB-ZERO TO 120 DEGREE TEMPERATURES AND EXPOSURE TO JET FUELS AND CAUSTICS. BESIDES THE PROMISE OF EXCELLENT PERFORMANCE, PVC SEALANT COSTS LESS THAN SOME OTHER SEALANTS WHICH LAST FOR ONLY A YEAR AND CARRY NO WARRANTY, NOR DOES INSTALLATION LABOR HIKE OVERALL COSTS. PVC IS SELF-HEALING AGAINST ORDINARY TEARS, DOES NOT CREEP, CAN BE REPLACED FAIRLY EASILY WITHOUT REQUIRING NEWLY SAWN JOINTS AND IS RESISTANT TO DAMAGE BY JET FUEL. MOST REPORTS SHOW A 100 PERCENT RATING IN 90 PERCENT OR MORE OF THE CASES.

• Availability:
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• Publication Date: 1971-11

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: p. 51-3
• Serial:
  • Public Works
  • Volume: 102
  • Issue Number: 11
  • Publisher: Hanley Wood
  • ISSN: 0033-3840
  • Serial URL: http://www.pwmag.com

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Joint sealing; Pavement cracking; Performance; Sealing (Technology); Sealing compounds; Time
• Old TRIS Terms: Sealing; Time effects
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways; Materials;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00217203
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 28 1972 12:00AM