Eagle Roofing Felt Adhesive is a solvent based, cold applied bituminous adhesive for bonding successive layers of roofing felt, formulated for convenience and safety, ensuring affinity and a strong final bond to bituminous membranes.

Use Eagle Roofing Felt Adhesive to bond roofing felts to metal, timber, concrete and asphalt, lap cement, or for bonding chippings to flat roofs.

Application

Apply with a stiff brush, mop or squeegee.

To avoid thickening in cold weather, store Felt Adhesive in a warm room overnight prior to use.

Care needs to be taken over preparation of surfaces before application. All surfaces must be free from oil, dirt, dust and loose debris. All traces of algae and fungus growth should be removed using a stiff brush and the surface treated with a fungicide to kill any remaining spores thereby discouraging the return of any growths.

Felt Adhesive should be applied to the surface and left for 15 to 30 minutes (depending upon drying conditions) in order to develop its full tackiness. The felt should then be placed into the wet adhesive film carefully, rubbing or rolling each section down to ensure maximum contact with the adhesive and to expel air trapped between the surface and the felt. Wherever possible the felt should be rolled into the felt adhesive and rolled with a light roller (15 to 25Kg).

The overlaps should be at least 75mm on the side and 150mm at the ends. To ensure a complete bond at the side and end laps, Felt Adhesive can be applied to the underside of the felt and well compacted.

When using with a timber structure the first layer of felt must be nailed down in order to comply with BS 8217:1994 Successive layers of felt may then be bonded with Felt Adhesive.

When used on concrete surfaces that are porous it will be necessary to first prime the surface with Bituminous Primer, ensure that the primer is completely dry before the first layer of felt is applied.

24 hours after laying felt check all bondings to ensure that full adhesion has been obtained. Particularly check all laps, if in doubt, press home or re-roll any that appear to be lacking adhesion.

Coverage

Approximately 2m² per litre.

Cleaning

Tools may be cleaned with white spirit. Minor spillages should be wiped off surfaces before the Felt Adhesive has set. Major spillages should be mopped up immediately with an inert, absorbent material, such as sand, and disposed of in accordance with regulations.