Isovertical Stone Carpet Resin for Vertical Surfaces
It is a ready-to-use resin with a consistency suitable for use on surfaces requiring vertical application such as skirting boards, bathroom walls, countertop walls and stair risers in interior spaces. Before application, the resin is applied to the wall with a spatula. After waiting for 15 minutes, the same resin is mixed with the aggregate to prepare the mixture. The high viscosity structure of the resin allows the mixture, which is taken in hand-sized amounts with a trowel, to be applied to vertical walls with a trowel.
Difference Between Polyurethane and Epoxy Resin
In stone carpet or permeable floor applications, different resins are used for economy. The polyurethane epoxy difference is frequently encountered in applications, especially because epoxy resins can be obtained at more affordable prices. However, when it comes to comparison, polyurethane resins show higher performance than epoxy resins in outdoor areas. You can compare the polyurethane epoxy difference according to your budget and application area and choose the most useful one for you with the information in our article.
Epoxy resins are hard resins by nature. This hardness is a problem especially for outdoor applications. Since the ground will expand and contract in hot and cold weather due to the physics of the structure, the risk of cracking is high. In addition, the binders that can withstand the vibrations that will occur on the vehicle roads are polyurethane-based products produced for these applications. The difference between polyurethane epoxy comes from exactly this. Epoxy resins cannot perform on such moving grounds, the bonds that bind the stone to each other break and the stones can separate from each other over time. Epoxy resins do not have yellowing resistance. Therefore, the color of the stone yellows over time and the real color of the stone is lost. In order to prevent yellowing and preserve the color of the stone, the use of aliphatic polyurethane resin is a must. In addition to the elasticity and strength factors that make polyurethane resins successful, the difference between polyurethane epoxy and polyurethane is that polyurethane resins are more resistant to scratching, cracking, temperature differences and chemicals than epoxy resins.
119 Non-yellowing resistant 120/S Yellowing resistant
Since yellowing is not noticeable in the colors seen below due to the use of aromatic stone carpet resin, you can use the economical solution Elastan® 119 resin in these colors. You can also use the economical Elastan® 119 non-yellowing resistant resin in combinations of these colors.
The stone carpet resins used in Elastopave® are used by the world's leading chemical company BASF. The products are polyurethane based and are resistant to water and frost, and are produced for outdoor surfaces. Our company does not use epoxy-based resins outdoors.
Aromatic Stone Carpet Resin Elastane 119
BASF Elastan® 119 is a special stone carpet resin produced as a stone binder. Thanks to the special formulation of the resin, it can serve as a stone binder for decades. It should not be forgotten that the necessary infrastructure preparations must be made completely for this. As mentioned above, BASF Elastan® 119/S aromatic stone carpet resin is chemically resistant to UV rays and physically yellows. This yellowing causes the originality of the stone color to be lost. In aromatic stone carpet resin, there is no loss in the bond structure of the resin other than yellowing. Aromatic resins, which provide serious economy during application, minimize this problem when warm colored stones are first used together. Since the resin on the upper surface of the stone will be exposed to abrasion between 6 months and 1 year, the color of the stone can return to its original color. You can see in the pictures below that the aromatic stone carpet resin used in the Eskişehir Millet Garden application, which our company manufactured in 2020, disappears due to surface abrasion within 1 year and the stones return to their original colors.
Aliphatic Stone Carpet Resin BASF Elastan® 120/S
This resin is also polyurethane based and its most important feature is that it keeps its color stable after application without any reason. It does not yellow in any way. With this feature, it can be used in all kinds of stone colors. When light and cold colors need to be used, Elastan® 120/S is the perfect choice. It is the ideal resin to use especially in interior applications since the original color of the stone is very important.
You can open 119 TDS.Pdf and 120/S TDS.pdf files by clicking the buttons below and examine them in detail.
119 Non-yellowing resistant 120/S Yellowing resistant