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"Imasco Corefactor – Basic Drainage Adhesive 4/Imasco Corefactor – Cavity Drainage Adhesive 2" System

System

Intended Substrate

Insulation

WPB

Adhesive

Base Coat

Primer

Finish Coat

Imasco Corefactor Basic Drainage Adhesive 4

concrete masonry

Imasco Flat EPS Foam

Protec

Polybase-Wet

Polybase-Wet

Imasco Prime

FlexCoat

Imasco Corefactor Basic Drainage Adhesive 4

glass-mat-surfaced gypsum sheathing

Imasco Corefactor Basic Drainage Adhesive 4

cement board

Imasco Corefactor Basic Drainage Adhesive 4

plywood/OSB

Imasco Corefactor Cavity Drainage Adhesive  

concrete masonry

Imasco Grooved EPS Foam

Protec

Polybase-Wet

Polybase-Wet

Imasco Prime

FlexCoat

Imasco Corefactor Cavity Drainage Adhesive  

glass-mat-surfaced gypsum sheathing

Imasco Corefactor Cavity Drainage Adhesive  

cement board

Results of Testing for Ash Content in the Products

Property

System Component

Unit

Requirement

Result

Ash content

WPB (Protec-C)

%

Report value

35.9

adhesive (Polybase-Wet)

%

Report value

51.6

base coat (Polybase-Wet)

%

Report value

51.6

finish coat (FlexCoat)

%

Report value

66.7

Results of Testing of Infrared Analysis of the Products

Property

System Component

Unit

Requirement

Result

Infrared analysis

WPB (Protec-C)

%

Report value

Report on file

adhesive (Polybase-Wet)

%

Report value

Report on file

base coat (Polybase-Wet)

%

Report value

Report on file

finish coat (FlexCoat)

%

Report value

Report on file

Results of Testing for Adhesion Bonding of WPB

Property

Unit

Requirement (No Detachment at Bonding Plane @)

Result

Adhesion bond

cement board dry state

MPa

0.3

0.46

cement board 2-h drying

MPa

0.1

0.40

cement board 7-d drying

MPa

0.3

0.38

Brick dry state

MPa

0.3

2.21

Brick 2-h drying

MPa

0.1

0.87

Brick 7-d drying

MPa

0.3

1.36

Concrete dry state

MPa

0.3

1.29

Concrete 2-h drying

MPa

0.1

0.98

Concrete 7-d drying

MPa

0.3

0.95

DensGlass Gold dry state

MPa

0.3

0.21Footnote (1)

DensGlass Gold 2-h drying

MPa

0.1

0.10Footnote (1)

DensGlass Gold 7-d drying

MPa

0.3

0.20Footnote (1)

Results of Testing for Adhesion Bonding of Adhesive

Property

Unit

Requirement (No Detachment at Bonding Plane @)

Result

Adhesion bond

adhesive to WPB (Polybase-Wet to Protec-C)

dry state

MPa

0.3

0.35

2-h drying

MPa

0.1

0.38

7-d drying

MPa

0.3

0.38

adhesive to insulation (Polybase-Wet to insulation)

dry state

MPa

0.3

0.2Footnote (1)

2-h drying

MPa

0.1

0.2

7-d drying

MPa

0.3

0.2Footnote (1)

Results of Testing for Lamina Bond Strength

Property

Unit

Requirement (No Detachment at Bonding Plane @)

Result

Adhesion bond

base coat to insulation (Polybase-Wet to insulation)

dry state

MPa

0.1

0.2

2-h drying

MPa

0.1

0.2

7-d drying

MPa

0.1

0.2

base coat to finish coat (Polybase-Wet to FlexCoat)

dry state

MPa

0.1

0.2

2-h drying

MPa

0.1

0.2

7-d drying

MPa

0.1

0.2

Results of Testing for Water Vapour Permeance (WVP)

Property

Component

Unit

Requirement

Result

WVP

WPB (Protec-C)

ng/(Pa·s·m2)

Report value at applied thickness

390

lamina (Polybase-Wet/FlexCoat)

ng/(Pa·s·m2)

≥ WVP of EPS

136

Results of Testing for Water Absorption

Property

Component

Unit

Requirement

Result

Water absorption

base coat (Polybase-Wet)

%

≤ 20 of the dry weight

14.4

lamina (Polybase-Wet/FlexCoat)

%

≤ 20 of the dry weight

10.1

Results of Testing of Water Absorption Coefficient
Property

Unit

Requirement

Result

Water absorption coefficient – WPB

kg/(m2·s1/2)

≤ 0.004

0.0016

Results of Testing for Water Impermeability

Property

Component

Requirement

Result

Water absorption

base coat (Polybase-Wet)

No penetration in less than 2 h

Pass

lamina (Polybase-Wet/FlexCoat)

 

Pass

Results of Testing for Mildew and Fungus Resistance

Property

Requirement

Result

Mildew and fungus resistance

No growth

Pass

Results of Testing for Accelerated Weathering Resistance
Property

Requirement

Result

Accelerated weathering resistance

No cracking, flaking or deleterious effects

Pass

Results of Testing for Salt-spray Resistance

Property

Requirement

Result

Salt-spray resistance

No cracking, flaking or deleterious effects

Pass

Results of Testing for Reinforcement Mesh Breaking Strength Resistance

Property

Unit

Requirement

Result

Weft

Warp

Initial strength

N/mm

35

40

35

Loss of strength at:

30-d soak

%

≤ 60

25

3

60-d soak

%

≤ 60

39

21

90-d soak

%

≤ 60

47

29

Residual strength at:

30-d soak

N/mm

≥ 15

30

34

60-d soak

N/mm

≥ 15

24

28

90-d soak

N/mm

≥ 15

21

25

Results of Testing for Durability under Environmental Cyclic Conditions

Property

Unit

Requirement

Result

Preconditioning (drainage evaluation)

L

Report water quantity

Introduced

13.5

L

Report water quantity

Drained

12.4

L

Report water quantity

Retained

1.1

Environmental cycling (60 cycles)

No cracking, blistering or sagging of base coat, and no detachment or crazing of finish coat

Pass

Adhesion bond strength after environmental cycling base coat

MPa

> 0.1

0.32

Adhesion bond strength after environmental cycling finish coat

MPa

> 0.1

0.31

Results of Testing of Impact Resistance

Property

Requirement

Result

Impact resistance of extra standard mesh, min. 200 g/m2

10 joules

Six of 10 free-fall drops must show no failure.

No perforation (broken mesh)

7/10 passed

3 joules

Six of 10 free-fall drops must show no failure.

No cracks

7/10 passed

Results of Testing for Wind Load Resistance

Reference Wind Pressure (kPa)

Sustained P1, P'1 (Pa)

Cycling P2, P'2 (Pa)

Gust P3 , P'3 (Pa)

Deflection Test Test Pressure (Pa) 3.3 P1, P'1

Deflection Test Measured Maximum Net Mid-span Deflections (mm) Stud Span 3 050 mm

Deflection Test Measured Maximum Net Mid-span Deflections (mm) Sheathing Span 406 mm

Q50 < 0.75

±750

Pass

±1 090

Pass

±1 600

Pass

+1 630

13.3

0.3

–1 630

13.9

0.1

Q50 < 1.00

±1 000

Pass

±1 460

Pass

±2 180

Pass

+2 180

16.3

0.3

–2 180

18.8

0.1

Maximum test pressure @ L/180 deflection

+2 740

17.4

Maximum test pressure @ L/180 deflection

–2 650

17.4

Ultimate structural test pressure

+3 911

Pass

Pass

Ultimate structural test pressure

–3 250

Sheathing separated from steel studs with complete buckling of the stud

Sheathing separated from steel studs with complete buckling of the stud

Results of Testing for Adhesion of WPB to Plywood/OSB Substrates

Property

Component

Unit

Requirement (No Detachment at Bonding Plane @)

Result

Adhesion bond to OSB

Protec-C

dry state

MPa

0.3

0.44

Protec-C

1-h soaking

MPa

0.3

0.44

Protec-C

24-h soaking

MPa

0.3

0.38

Results of Testing for Joint Disruption Resistance

Property

Unit

Requirement

Result Joint Width 2 mm

Result Joint Width 4 mm

Joint disruption resistance

The WPB at joints on 2 assemblies must show no cracking, delaminating or any other deleterious effects at a transverse bending of L/180.

Pass

Pass

Joint extension @ L/180

mm

Report value

0.65

0.74

Results of Testing for Joint Relaxation Resistance

Property

Unit

Requirement

Result

Joint relaxation resistance

kg/m2·s

Five WPB-coated OSB specimens subject to a 1.3-mm extension following exposure to 15 24-h environmental cycles must have a maximum average Water Transmission Resistance (WTR) rate of 2 × 10−7 kg/m2·s.

Sample No. 1

1.72 × 10−7

Sample No. 2

1.58 × 10−7

Sample No. 3

1.49 × 10−7

Sample No. 4

1.56 × 10−7

Sample No. 5

1.48 × 10−7

Results of Testing for Water Transmission Resistance (WTR)

Property

Unit

Requirement

Result

Water transmission resistance

kg/m2·s

Five WPB-coated OSB specimens subjected to a 25-mm head of water must have a maximum average WTR rate of 2 × 10−7 kg/m2·s measured at 10 days.

Sample No. 1

1.93 × 10−7

Sample No. 2

1.65 × 10−7

Sample No. 3

1.83 × 10−7

Sample No. 4

1.61 × 10−7

Sample No. 5

1.52 × 10−7

Average

1.71 × 10−7

Results of Testing for Water Vapour Transmission (WVT)

Property

Unit

Requirement

Result

Sample No.

Coated

Uncoated

Water vapour transmission

ng/Pa·s·m2

Report value of the WVT rate of the WPB in combination with the OSB applied at the maximum thickness and the OSB alone

1

283

354

2

321

350

3

312

378

Average

305

361Footnote (1)

Results of Testing for Accelerated Weathering Resistance of WPB

Property

Requirement

Sample No. and Result

Accelerated weathering resistance

The WPB applied over OSB must show no cracking, delamination, flaking or any deleterious effects following 250 hours of exposure to a Xenon arc.

1 – Pass

2 – Pass

3 – Pass

4 – Pass

5 – Pass

6 – Pass

Results of Testing for Drainage Capacity

Property

Requirement

Test Specimen

Result Retained water

After 1 h

After 48 h

Result

Drainage capacity

The unit-retained water (based on the projected drainage area) following 1 hour and 48 hours of drainage period must not be greater than 30 g/m2 and 15 g/m2, respectively, for any single test specimen. The drainage capacity must not be less than 98% of the water mass delivered into the EIFS wall specimen.

Panel 1

Per unit area (g/m2)

29.3

14.1

Pass

Drainage capacity (%)

99.5

99.5

Pass

Panel 2

Per unit area (g/m2)

29.2

13.2

Pass

Drainage capacity (%)

99.5

99.5

Pass

Panel 3

Per unit area (g/m2)

27.4

14.5

Pass

Drainage capacity (%)

99.6

99.6

Pass

Results of Testing for Nail Popping Resistance

Property

Requirement

Sample No. and Result

Nail popping resistance

There must be no cracking or delamination of the WPB following a 1-mm nail protrusion from the nail’s original preset of 1 mm below the surface of the OSB substrate.

1 – Pass

2 – Pass

3 – Pass

4 – Pass

5 – Pass

6 – Pass