Description

FORM FLUID BAL is a versatile, water-based dispersion polymer liquid designed to enhance various construction and renovation projects. Its multi-functional nature allows it to serve as a bonding agent, primer, and admixture for adhesives and grouts, making it an invaluable asset for both professional builders and DIY enthusiasts.

Key Features

• Compatibility: Suitable for a wide range of substrates including timber, plaster, cement:sand screeds, anhydrite screeds, rendering, and vinyl tiles. This adaptability ensures effective application across different surfaces.
• Versatile Use: Ideal for both interior and exterior environments, including dry and wet areas. When used as an admixture with cement-based adhesives or grouts, it performs exceptionally well even in areas of total immersion, such as swimming pools.
• Performance Enhancement: Improves the strength, flexibility, and water resistance of cementitious products. It is also effective in priming and sealing substrates before tiling, and can be used as a slurry coat for cement or plaster mixes.

Physical Properties

• Appearance: White liquid
• Pack Sizes: Available in 1 litre, 2.5 litre, and 5 litre options

Application Details

• Coverage (as primer):
• Undiluted: 12 m² per litre
• 1:2 dilution: 36 m² per litre
• 1:4 dilution: 60 m² per litre
• Drying Time (as primer): 15–30 minutes at 20°C

Limitations

FORM FLUID BAL is not suitable for use on painted surfaces, existing non-porous surfaces, epoxy coatings, waterproofing products, matting systems, or as a primer in swimming pools. Understanding these limitations ensures optimal application and performance.

Shelf Life

The product maintains a shelf life of 12 months when stored under dry conditions, providing long-term usability.

Safety and Handling

Classified as non-hazardous under normal handling and use, though acute exposure may cause irritation to mucous membranes, respiratory tract, skin, and eyes. Ingestion may lead to nausea and gastrointestinal irritation. It is not classified as corrosive, irritating, sensitising, mutagenic, carcinogenic, or hazardous for aspiration or specific organ toxicity. Additionally, it is not considered dangerous goods for transport across road, rail, marine, or air.

Disposal

Disposal should be conducted in accordance with local regulations, with recycling recommended where possible.

Regulatory Compliance

All components of FORM FLUID BAL are listed on or exempt from the Australian Inventory of Chemical Substances (AICS), ensuring compliance with relevant regulatory standards.