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Let's say you've already decided: in the living room is parquet hallway to lay a laminate, in that room must be precisely to fix carpet, the kitchen - linoleum in the bathroom and tiled floors ... or just choose between the surface of the sea grass, and cork plates? In any case, before you raise the question of consolidating the foundation. One of the most popular options - glue. Naturally, going to buy glue, you've just have to know that they will be secured and to what. There are, of course, the compositions, positioned as universal. But it is very arbitrary: one group of materials are suitable for the other - not. Pasted material - the main criterion on which the share adhesives for floor coverings. The latter, in turn, is traditionally divided into hard (brick, ceramic tile, wood, including flooring, natural stone) and soft (carpet, linoleum, vinyl, rubber, cork). Each of them has its own varieties, which may affect the choice. Other options - the basis of the adhesive (polyurethane, latex, acrylic) and the solvent (or lack thereof). Adhesives for wood glue Here the choice depends on the size of the board, wood species (absorbing or not, whether resistant to swelling) and the number of layers in the floor plank. The main requirement of the adhesive in this case - elasticity. The material breathes and board size varies depending on temperature and humidity environment. In order for your floor with the whole remained even after long periods of time, the glue should not crumble when dry. Undesirable and water in its structure - a tree from the port. Do not forget about the ecology of the mixture. Now experts have created a set of compositions that meet all requirements and taking into account the specifics of the piece, shield or bruschatogo parquet or laminate, as well as a variety of reasons for its installation (wood, cement, stone, etc.). Aqueous dispersion adhesive - an expensive but environmentally friendly option. Use it as a rule, resistant to swelling oak covers. The most perfect - two. Their constituent powder binds the excess water that could harm the tree. The disadvantage of such mixtures - quite a long time completely set. But the tool is easy to wash off with water immediately after use. Glues are more prevalent in organic solvents. They dry faster, but in a liquid state fire risks. Alcohol species used for virtually all types of flooring (except made of several exotic species of wood). Vinyl adhesive is used to work with small strips of parquet. He does not have high strength, but environmentally safe. Limitation - it can not be used for bonding to plaster or gypsum. The fact is that when in contact with the alkaline environment of the vinyl eventually loses its properties. Polyurethane variants may be single component and bicomponent. In the first case, the hardener is a ambient moisture absorbed by the adhesive, the second - a special structure. The distinguishing feature - a very strong smell, so when installing indoors should be provided with proper ventilation. Its scope is wide, like no other. It is suitable for repair work, parquet, including art from exotic wood, or laminated to a separate section of the floor. Two-component (reactive) adhesives contain no solvents in general, and polymerized by a chemical reaction. They attach much stronger than all the others, do not sit down, suitable for any reason and harden the next day (that is already possible to polish the floor.) This is the only option when dealing with parquet flooring, which has been varnished at the factory, and therefore unevenness, roughness, arising from the shrinkage of the glue are not acceptable - you can not polish a floor. But when working with two-component mixtures have to use personal protective equipment. These compounds significantly more expensive than all the others. Separate class of adhesives for wood - for parquet floating manner. It is used when working with ready-ply laminate or parquet. The bottom line is that the composition is applied only to the grooves and ridges of parquet strips, glued them together, resulting in a moving monolith, as it were. By skirting the edge between the cover and the wall leaving a small gap. In this case, you warrant to imagine wholeness of sex and can not worry about the education gaps between the hardwood planks. Adhesives for flexible materials If you decide to lay a PVC floor covering, carpet or any other soft (flexible) material, it is necessary to know in advance all the way and gluing. Three of them: wet, and dry contact. In the first case, the composition is applied to the base and top immediately impose coverage. In the second version of grease and coating, and base. When the mixture dries, the coating is laid on the floor. In the dry method of adhesive applied on the base, dries for about an hour, and cover for him and then roll the platen. Importantly, we must find the right combination of coating and adhesive. If the composition contains water, which must be evaporated (wet method), it is only applicable to permeable surfaces. PVC-coating to stick better to the contact or dry. The first recommended only in case of sticking to the stage, as the usual laying on a flat surface contact adhesive quite inconvenient, since it does not make it possible to move the coverage in the process of laying, if it was properly packed. Recommendations for the application is always on the packaging glue - read them. The general principle is: either acrylic dispersion option, or recommended by the manufacturer of the coating. In any case, after applying to the adhesive should be five to ten minutes. Some acrylic blends such characteristics as the time for drying, up to 60 minutes, which is more convenient for laying large areas. For the jointing used cold or hot welding. The essence of the first method - the application of a special composition of the seam. Melting the edge of the newly arranged pieces of the roll, he seemed to weld them, and the joints become invisible. If the coating, which is already used for some time, the stitches slightly parted, buy a repair adhesive for cold welding. He is thicker and can fill the groove width of a few millimeters. Hot welding is installing a special plug in the expansion joints by building a hair dryer. Feature an adhesive for carpet - the ability to form relatively high scallops when applied with a notched trowel. Since the textile coating has uneven surface, such scallops perfectly fill the cavity, improving the adhesion. It is desirable that the adhesion of the base was at least 1 h per 1 sq. km. mm (see the label). In general, the market offers a huge number of options for flexible coatings, for the most part universal mixtures. But the choice is to remember that special trains safer, and a good all-purpose adhesive under the power to do only the leading manufacturers. The price of European brands - about 100-150 rubles. per kg. For a cheap suit and covers the more common version - from 10 rub. per kg. Packaging can be very different: there are also jars of 500 g, and a bucket of 25 kg. Glue consumption from an average of 100 to 500 g per 1 sq. km. m depending on the type of coverage and pasted the absorbency of the base. Special adhesives are sometimes necessary to solve the problem more specific than replacing the linoleum in the kitchen. Just for these cases, there are special glues. For example, conductive, respectively, to the conductive coating. Or frost, which can be stored, transported and even to use at subzero temperatures. If the floor needs to be done for a while, and then cover will be replaced, it makes no sense to spend money on permanent adhesive. For such problems is the so-called clips. They spent twice as slow, and the coating is removed with their application without any problems: the remnants of the adhesive simply washed away. Latches can be universal (for textile and PVC-coating) or specific. For carpet tiles produced a series of individual products, their features - the possibility of multiple applications. For areas with heavy traffic use special water-resistant or can withstand high temperature contact adhesive ... In general, for every taste.