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Features & Benefits

• Uses:
  • Large-scale containment basins
  • Retaining walls
  • Foundations
  • Hanging gardens
  • Flat roofs
  • Swimming pools
  • Bathrooms and shower booths cublicles/wet rooms
  • Terraces.
• Remains unaltered and is resistant to alkalis contained in cement
• Resistant to atmospheric agents
• Dimensionally stable
• Light and easy to handle
• Easy to cut
• May be adapted to the profile of all types of substrate.
• Non-woven fabric, macro-holed to enhance the bond between the first and second layer of the flexible, waterproof membrane in which it is embedded
• Made up of continuous, synthetic, polypropylene fibres joined together with a mechanical needle-punch procedure
• Particularly recommended for strengthening Mapelastic Turbo and Mapelastic Smart
• Thanks to its special properties, the characteristics of Mapelastic Turbo and Mapelastic Smart such as toughness, punchresistance, ultimate elongation and crack-bridging, are further improved

Preparation

A) Protection and waterproofing of concrete structures and units

The surface on which Mapetex Sel is to be applied must be sound and perfectly clean. Remove all cement laitance, flaky parts and traces of powder, grease, oil and release agents by sand-blasting or washing down with high-pressure waterjets.

If the structure to be waterproofed and protected with Mapelastic Turbo, Mapelastic Smart are deteriorated, repair the surfaces with products from the Mapegrout or Planitop ranges after removing all damage.

B) Waterproofing of terraces, balconies, bathrooms and swimming pools

• CEMENTITIOUS SCREEDS:
  • Slump cracks or cracks caused by plastic or hygrometric shrinkage must be sealed beforehand with Eporip
  • If thicknesses of up to 2 cm have to be levelled (to create falls, fill out dips, etc.) use Adesilex P4
• EXISTING FLOORS:
  • Existing floors and coverings in ceramic, gres, klinker or terracotta etc. must be well bonded to the substrate and free from substances which could compromise the bonding, such as grease, oil, wax, paint, etc
• RENDERS:
  • Cementitious render must be sufficiently cured (7 days per cm of thickness in good weather conditions), well bonded to the substrate, resistant and free from all dust and paint
  • Dampen absorbent surfaces to be treated beforehand with water

Application

• Preparation of Mapelastic Turbo or Mapelastic Smart (refer to their technical data sheets)
• Manual application or by spray of a 1-2 mm thick uniform layer of Mapelastic Turbo or Mapelastic Smart
• While the product is still fresh, carefully lay the Mapetex Sel on the surface, and press it firmly using a flat-bladed trowel to make sure that it is perfectly wetted
• Application of a uniform 1-2 mm thick second layer of Mapelastic Turbo or Mapelastic Smart, in order to completely cover Mapetex Sel. Adjacent sheets of Mapetex Sel must overlap by at least 5 cm at both the longitudinal and transverse junction points.