DCI 200 Polymer Modified

IMPROVED ADHESION CEMENTITIOUS ADHESIVE WITH NO VERTICAL SLIP FOR INTERIOR/EXTERIOR CERAMIC TILES

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Specifications

Overview Details Application Documents

Product Description

DCI 200 Polymer Modified is a cementi- tious adhesive with no vertical slip for in- terior/exterior ceramic and porcelain ti- les. DCI 200 is a C2TE class cementitious (C), improved (2), non-slip (T), adhesive. DCI 200 s is a grey or white-colored pow- der made from cement, selected graded sand, synthetic resin, and special additi- ves which can be used on walls and floors for a thin bed and medium bed installa- tions of tiles and stone material.

Field of Application

· For interior and exterior use

· For floors and walls

· For thin-bed and medium bed installa- tions of all types of tiles

· For thicknesses up to 10 mm

· Suitable for application over waterproo- fing products like Seal Master, Seal Ma- ster Elastic, Aquaprotect, etc.

· Suitable for floor heated substrates enhanced with Latex

· For heavy-duty and high traffic areas

· For installation of interior tiles up to 12,000cm2

· For installation of exterior tiles up to 6000cm2

· Suitable for application over waterproo- fing products like Seal Master, Seal Master Elastic, Aqua- protect etc.

Product Details

Product identity

Consistency: powder

Color: white or grey

Bulk density (kg/m³): 1250

Dry solids content (%): 100

Maximum grain size: 0.6 mm

Classification: EN 12004

PACKAGING

DCI 200 Polymer Modified is supplied in 25Kg paper bag.

COVERAGE / CONSUMPTION

1,5 kg/m2 with a 4 mm notched trowel

3 kg/m2 with a 8 mm notched trowel

3.5 - 4 kg/m2 with a 10 mm notched trowel

7 - 8 kg/m2 with a 20 mm notched trowel

Application Procedure

Preparation of the support

The support must be totally dried, mecha- nically hard, free of oils, grease, wax, paint, and lose particles. All substrates must not be subject to shrinkage after the instal- lation of the tiles. During the spring and summer period, renders must be cured C2TE Go to TDS Via Sorte, 2, 24030 Barzana BG, Italy for at least one week for every centimeter of thickness, and cement screeds must be cured for at least 28 days unless they have been made with DCI special binders for screeds such as Screed 80, Level S10, or with Level S30. Gypsum substrates or anhydrite screeds must be perfectly dry (max. residual moisture 0.5%), sufficiently hard, and free of dust. They must be tre- ated with DCI Grip Primer or Beton Con- tact, while areas subject to high humidity must be treated with Primer CTA.

Preparing the product

DCI 200 Polymer Modified must be mixed with clean water to obtain a homogenous mixture free of lumps. After 5-10 minutes resting, it must be mixed again. The paste is ready to be used. The quantity of water to be used is approximately 26-28 parts per 100 parts (by weight) of DCI 200 (equal to ca. 6.5 -7 liters of water). The mixture, produced in this way, is workable for at le- ast 4 hours.

Installing the tiles

It is unnecessary to wet the tiles befo- re installation; however, the backs are very dusty, they should be wiped in clean water. The tiles are installed under firm pressure to ensure good contact with the adhesive. DCI 200 Polymer Modified open time in normal temperature and humidi- ty is 15-20 minutes. Unfavorable weather conditions (high temperature, strong sun, drying wind) or high absorbent substrate may shorten the open time and, in some cases quite drastically, to just a few minu- tes. For this reason, there should be conti- nuous controls to see if the adhesive is still fresh to the touch or has formed a surface skin. Should a surface skin have formed, the adhesive should be retroweling. It is inadvisable to wet the adhesive when it has formed a skin because a non-adhe- sive film will be formed instead of dissol- ving the skin. Adjustment of the tiles, if necessary, should be carried out within 60 minutes following installation, after which time adjustment will become pro- blematic. The tiles installed with DCI 200 must not be subject to rain for at least the first 24 hours and must be protected from frost and direct sun for at least 5-7 days after application.

Applying the grout

The grout installation can be done after a minimum of 8 hours curing time at 23°C and 50% relative humidity for walls and after a minimum of 24 hours curing time at 23°C and 50% relative humidity for flo- ors. Conditions may change the setting and curing time significantly.