Sealants

What is sealant?
• SEALANT’ is “any material placed in a
joint opening generally for the purpose of
weather proofing a building, so designed
to prevent the passage of moisture, air,
dust, and heat through all joints and
seams in the structure.”
Types of Construction Sealants

• Latex
• Acrylic
• Butyls
• Polysulfides
• STP/MS Hybrids
• Polyurethanes
• Silicones
Latex Sealants

• Interior applications
• Paintable with latex paints
• Not for “true”joints (those expected to
exhibit significant cyclic movement)
• Some refer to as caulk not sealant
Acrylic Sealants
• More flexible than latex
• Can be paintable
• Some refer to as caulk not sealant
Butyl Sealants

• Bond excellent to most substrates

• Poor weathering
• Good as adhesive in industrial and
packaging applications
• Sometime used in curtain wall where
adhesion to rubber compounds is
needed
• Most are stringy and difficult to apply
neatly
Polysulfide Sealants
• The first ‘high performance’sealant
chemistry
• Can be formulated for excellent chemical
resistance
• Good in submerged applications
• Require primer on almost all substrates
STP/MS Hybrid Sealants
• SilaneTerminated Polyether or
Polyurethane
• No glazing (avoid direct contact to glass)
• Excellent bonding, generally without a
primer to non porous substrates
• Good UV resistance
• Excellent weathering
Polyurethane Sealants
• Most common sealant for a wide variety of
substrates
• No glazing (avoid direct contact to glass)
• Excellent bonding, generally without a
primer especially to cement based
substrates like concrete and masonry
• More forgiving in less than perfect
application conditions
• Good UV resistance
• Excellent weathering
Silicone Sealants
• Structural bonding and stop-less glazing of glass
to frames
• Excellent UV and stability
• Good adhesion to many substrates especially
glass, often a primer is recommended on many
substrates, particularly porous
• Adhesion is adversely affected by less than
perfect application conditions
• High, medium and low modulus materials
available
Application
• Horizontal and vertical metal-to-metal and masonry-to-
masonry expansion and control joints
• Dissimilar material joints, such as metal-to-masonry or
concrete-to-wood
• Joints between precast concrete façade panels
• Spandrels
• Perimeter of doors and fixed window frames
• Exposed exterior masonry control joints
• Expansion or control joints in curtain wall
• Joints in exterior walls
• Concealed masonry-to-floor structure joints
• Repair of larger cracks
Advantages

• Improves Product Durability and Reliability.

• Increases Product Performance.
• Increases Design Flexibility.
• Increases Product Quality.
• Enhances Product Aesthetics.
• Improves Process Productivity and
Reduced Manufacturing Costs.
• Increases weathering characteristics.
Disadvantages
• Deterioration of sealants causes due to prolonged exposure to
water, ultraviolet light, and freeze-thaw cycles.
• Loss of Adhesion caused by the presence of coatings or
contaminants that prevent proper adhesion.
• Cohesive failure due to deterioration of the internal integrity of the
sealant; cracking parallel to the interface of the joint is an indication
of this type of failure.
• Inappropriate Choice of Sealant and Improper Joint Design may fail
the joint and losses the adhesion.
• Uncured Sealant that is often due to incomplete or improper mixing
of the sealant components, or from using materials that have
outlived their shelf life losses the adhesion and fails the joints.
• Bubbling and Blistering of the Surface losses the adhesion and fails
the joints.
Manufacturer

• TFE SALES MARKETING CORP.

• Mandaue Cebu Tradecenter
• Bostik Philippines, Inc.
• Rich World electrical and sales Co.,Ltd
Brands

• Sika
• Olivia
• Oak Ridge
• Kastar
Sources

• http://www.slideshare.net/PintuBadatiya/se
alants-45756170