Non-toxic zero VOC adhesive and moisture vapor barrier for hardwood and bamboo
Taylor Ironwood is a multi-functional premium-grade hardwood flooring adhesive designed to create a permanent waterproof bond on most subfloors. It's ultra-low odor, zero VOC (.1g/l), contains no solvents or isocyanates or formaldehyde and is FloorScore, GreenGuard, CRI+, certified with complete transparency (Mindful certified and is Red List Free).
Ironwood's specialty is that it can provide 95% moisture protection, control noise (STC 61db, IIC 66db), isolate cracks, protect from alkali attack, cure quickly in 6 hours, and provide a rock solid permanent bond to solid and engineered hardwood, bamboo, cork, and rubber flooring.
It's easy to trowel over most all clean, dry, stable, and porous subfloors and requires no PH testing. It can handle up to 15lbs (ASTM F3191) moisture vapor emissions rate (MVER) and relative humidity (RH) of 95%. Through its stable, cross-linking chemistry, Ironwood ensures that your flooring will stay where you want it. Refer to the technical data sheet and installation guideline for more details before applying this product.
When using Ironwood to glue down our GBS Strand Bamboo, only use the 1/4" x 1/4" V Notch Trowel. Other types of hardwood should check with manufacturer's instructions.
Why We Like It
This adhesive works perfectly for our GBS Strand Bamboo flooring when applied over most damp or dry surfaces. If you have potential moisture issues in your concrete or plywood subfloor, this is the right product for you. It checks all the boxes for safety, sustainability, sound deadening, and performance in both residential or commercial applications. It also has a 10 year performance warranty or lifetime warranty if applied by a certified flooring installer.
Features & benefits
- Non-toxic — contains no solvents, isocyanates, formaldehyde. .1 g/l VOCs and has very low odor
- IAQ Certified — FloorScore, GreenGuard, Mindful, CRI+ 3rd party certified
- Versatile — designed for solid and engineered hardwood, bamboo and cork flooring and underlayment, crumb rubber. For most others flooring types, see Taylor Resolute
- Fast cure — cures in 12 hours, light or heavy traffic in 6 hours. Aggressively bonds quickly; 45 min working time
- Easy to apply and clean up — spreads easily with proper trowel and cleans with damp cloth when wet and denatured alcohol or mineral spirits when dry
- Sound Reduction — helps reduce sound STC 61db, IIC 66db; complies with most apartment and condo HOA's
- Crack suppressant — prevents cracking in concrete subfloors
- Moisture control — controls 95% moisture vapor emission rate (MVER) and 95% relative humidity
- High performance — works well above , on or below grade over the following surfaces: APA underlayment grade plywood and OSB • Association grade particleboard • Cement backer board • Cementitious and anhydrite screeds • Concrete and radiant heated subfloors that do not exceed 85°F (30°C)• Existing well-bonded non-cushion-backed vinyl, tile and sheet flooring • Fully secured cork underlayments • Gypsum and lightweight concrete (primed with Taylor 2025 or Zephyr®) • Terrazzo (properly prepared with all waxes and surface finishes removed) • Well-bonded residue from cutback adhesives
- Easy to apply and clean up — spreads easily with proper trowel and cleans with damp cloth when wet and denatured alcohol or mineral spirits when dry
- Sound Reduction — helps reduce sound STC 61db, IIC 66db; complies with most apartment and condo HOA's
- Crack suppressant — prevents cracking in concrete subfloors
- Isolates mastic residue — can be applied directly over existing cutback mastics to create a strong bond. Please refer to manufacturers instructions for complete details
- 10 year performance warranty — against manufacturing defects and delamination due to substrate vapor or topical moisture for interior installation of approved flooring products over properly prepared substrates (see technical data sheet)
Specs
- CRI Green Label Plus
- FloorScore
- GreenGuard
- Red List Free
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