Self Leveling Floor Underlayment Finds Purpose In Old Floor Restoration

Self Leveling Floor Underlayment Finds Purpose In Old Floor Restoration

Often people think that the only kind of underlayment there can be is the padding that goes under a carpet, but in essence, that’s what an underlayment does, and that’s where it got its name from as it lays under something else. Some concrete floors are very severely damaged. Thus before laying a floor down over it, something must be done to make it stable enough to receive some floor treatment or other. Often a shot blaster becomes the proper solution to those larger problem floor conditions. A shot blaster is a mechanical machine that literally shoots various sized shots at the flooring so that eventually, the floor is basically as flat and debris-free as possible, all ready to receive a self-leveling floor underlayment. The shot blaster has its own vacuum system. Thus clean up of debris is nominal at best.

As you can imagine having a self-leveling floor underlayment is of extreme importance. At least the self-leveling part of it is. Basically, in a liquid form, a self-leveling floor underlayment will seek its own level, much as water does, so that when dried or cured, it creates a completely flat underlayment.

There are definitely exceptions, though, to having to use a self-leveling floor underlayment which could save a tremendous amount of time should an underlayment be unnecessary, not to mention the cost that could be saved. For instance, when Silikal comes to you to give you an estimate, they may well respond that instead of using an underlayment, their product known as SILIKAL® R 62 resin may be utilized instead. This Silikal product is actually a reactive, slightly elasticized resin that can be utilized for self-leveling coatings. This can actually bypass the underlayment process entirely, saving a great deal of time, energy, and cost.

The above named Silikal product is actually characterized by good quality flow properties. Do take note of the word elastic in the description. This is extremely important when using the product on wooden floors that could conceivably move ever so slightly when weight is put on them. By being slightly elasticized, will not cause the resin to break at any time. This kind of advanced product is what has made Silikal rise to be at the very top of flooring products, as you can well imagine. Their constant laboratory tests have made their products the best in the world.