URETHANEBUSTERS Don't Compromise on Performance: Dow Corning Delivers Silicone Sealant Performance at Urethane-Competitive Prices Quality-conscious architects, specifiers and construction professionals already know that Dow Corning® brand silicone sealants outperform urethane. But if you thought silicone was only for big-budget, high-end construction projects, think again. You can now rely on two professional-grade 100% silicone sealants designed especially for the small- to mid-size construction market: Dow Corning® Contractors Weatherproofing Sealant (CWS) and Dow Corning® Contractors Concrete Sealant (CCS). These products are priced to compete aggressively against urethanes while still delivering many of the same advantages of our premium sealant products. CWS and CCS are the perfect sealant choice for low-rise buildings such as schools, churches, warehouses, strip malls, condominiums, small apartment buildings and office complexes. And because CWS and CCS are 100% silicone they:
Whether you’re an architect, specifier, or contractor, with CWS and CCS you’ll no longer have to settle for urethane on your small- and mid-size projects. Why CWS and CCS Are the Right Choice for Architects and Specifiers Color Application Flexibility Why CWS and CCS Are The Right Choice for Contractors Paintability Urethane sealants quickly degrade when exposed to UV radiation. These latent defects make callbacks more likely and reflect poorly on the quality of your workmanship ... even if you had no control over which sealant was specified. Encouraging the use of price-competitive, 100% silicone CWS and CCS instead of urethane can benefit your reputation and your budget! With a virtually unlimited palette of colors available, you don’t have to compromise performance for paintability. Want to use silicone on a paintable surface? No problem with the Paint and Seal Application Method! What is the Paint and Seal Application Method?
What are the advantages of the Paint and Seal Application Method?
What are people saying about the Paint and Seal Application Method? Jayson Barnhart, president of CAPROCK Specialty Contractors, LLP, in Dallas, Texas, says, “It [Paint and Seal] is a little more work on the front end, but the results are outstanding. And, unlike our urethane jobs that have cracking and peeling paint, we have yet to get a callback or complaint about joints we filled using silicone sealants and this method. The seals and color retention are still beautiful, even after baking in the Texas sun for a couple of years. When I figure how much that saves me in callbacks alone, the extra prep required at installation is nothing.” (If you want a coating that has the movement capability of a sealant – take a look at Dow Corning® AllGuard Silicone Elastomeric Coating) Application Flexibility Why CWS and CCS Are the Right Choice for Everyone Price
CWS and CCS carry a 5-Year Weatherseal Limited Warranty from Dow Corning, a brand name you can trust from a company that stands behind its claims. Many urethane products carry no published warranty. With CWS and CCS, you don’t have to compromise performance for price. Dow Corning: A Brand Name You Can Trust, Experience You Can Depend On When you work with Dow Corning, you benefit from our decades of construction industry expertise, our global service and technical support resources and customized construction services tailored to meet your needs. We offer you total building system solutions, backed by some of the best product warranties in the industry. Whether you are designing and building a new structure or renovating an existing one, Dow Corning can help you create an envelope of strength and protection with our silicone construction materials. WHAT CONSTRUCTION PROFESSIONALS ARE SAYING ABOUT CWS AND CCS We use CWS and CCS on lots of different projects: tilt-up, retail shops, schools and office buildings. They tool better than urethane sealants and are much easier for my guys to run. They don’t need any priming, they’re easy to apply and they adhere very well. Also, urethane will sometimes bubble and these sealants don’t. We first used CWS on a project two or three years ago and we never got any callbacks. -- Matt Covington, CFO, Apostle Glass, Upland, California, USA We install over a million feet per year ... our bread and butter is tilt-up windows. We just started using both CWS and CCS about six months ago and began prepping our customers for the change six months before that. We tested both products thoroughly and are very happy with the results. They’re great for customers who don’t need the 20-year warranty that comes with Dow Corning’s premium sealants. And the price is absolutely competitive with urethane. I have recommended CWS and CCS over urethane on projects because I felt they would perform better. -- Kal Zam, Owner, F.J. Zam Company, Santa Fe Springs, California, USA My company uses CWS a lot for envelope restoration work ... it’s great on porous substrates. We’ve used it on condo complexes for stucco-to-aluminum window frame joints. This stuff is amazing – it applies beautifully, tools wonderfully and has incredible adhesive and cohesive properties. It also accommodates dynamic movement really well and the warranty is very attractive. I love it. CWS is a great alternative to urethane when a premium sealant like Dow Corning® 795 isn’t needed. -- Jeff Ferguson, President, Rezcom Hydra Seal, Ltd., Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada We started using Dow Corning sealants about two years ago and were very happy with the results. Before then we used mostly Tremco® Dymeric® or Sonneborn Sonolastic® NP 1 and NP 2 products. We now use CWS on aluminum window framing and CCS on concrete control joints on all new projects. Both materials have excellent adhesion and are very easy to apply and tool. Their price is very competitive with urethane products and the performance is much higher. Dow Corning’s service and warranty are also better. Silicone-based sealants from Dow Corning are more UV resistant, last longer and cure faster than urethane-based sealants. Both CWS and CCS are tack-free only a few hours after application so the finished joints look and stay cleaner. They are also a lot easier to work with in both cold and hot temperatures. -- David Stanek, Owner and President, Dynamic Enterprises, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada We use CCS on tilt-up windows and doors and CWS for general-purpose applications like finish perimeter beads. Both products are relatively inexpensive, are very high quality and have great color fastness. A lot of times, guys in the field tend to be resistant to new products; but my crew immediately liked the field application characteristics of CWS and CCS. My superintendent really likes them because they have long tooling times and good workability. For me, I like the great adhesion to unprimed substrates, the high quality of the product and the price. When CCS was first introduced, I saw an immediate opportunity to use it for restoration work: it’s very cost-effective compared to urethane, has a much longer service life and has great color retention. Both CWS and CCS are great finish caulks; they look great and are far superior to urethane. -- Alex Rojas, Owner and President, Tru-Proof, Inc., Miami, Florida, USA We’ve used Dow Corning products for 25 years. When it comes to sealants we always prefer to go with silicone. We’ve had great adhesion with CWS and CCS ... we’re very pleased. We use them on warehouses, precast bases and windows ... for almost anything we can. The aesthetics are great and they really hold up under extreme weather conditions. Here in Edmonton the temperature ranges from freezing cold in the winter to very hot in the summer. Our climate is also very sunny, which makes for a lot of UV problems as well. Urethane just doesn’t hold up under these conditions. Plus, unlike most urethane sealants, with Dow Corning we get a warranty. Before, it was often too costly to use silicone sealants, but these products are the perfect compromise. They really changed the market for us. -- Jim Pruden, President and General Manager, PSL Contracting, Ltd., Edmonton, Alberta, Canada We’ve been in business over 35 years and have used both urethane and silicone sealants. We first tried Contractors Concrete Sealant about a year ago. In Edmonton, we find that tilt-up corners take extreme movement. It’s a real problem and CCS has performed well for us in this application. It’s also very good on sidewalks, which tend to pull away from the buildings here because of the temperature extremes. We really like it on masonry joints, too. Because a lot of brick is pre-siliconized, we have to use a sealant with a very low modulus that doesn’t need priming and CCS works really well for this. We’ve used Dow Corning products for years, but price was sometimes a problem. The price on CCS is very reasonable. It tools very nicely and is easy to gun. Many buildings are still spec’d with urethane, and we will often ask for a change to CCS. The 5-year warranty is more than sufficient for most of our projects so we feel comfortable doing that. Like anybody, we’re in business to stay in business. With CCS, it’s a no-brainer. Who wouldn’t want to use a product that does the job better and costs less? -- Laurence Cote, Owner, Bradcan Caulking & Restoration, Inc., Edmonton, Alberta, Canada We have used CWS for about two years and find it to be a very good product for the price. We use it in many field applications and in our fabrication processes. It works really well on metal-to-metal and exterior perimeter joints that require 25% movement or less. We also use CWS for glass-to-metal cap beads on our operating sashes and for slope glazing. In fabrication, we do our end dams and thermal break seals on our subsills with CWS. Because CWS is a silicone, I can caulk in colder temperatures instead of waiting for warmer weather like I would with a urethane sealant. Granite State Glass uses CWS because it provides the performance of silicone at a cost that competes with urethane. -- Hank Parker, Field Supervisor, Granite State Glass, Belman, New Hampshire HOW TO CONTACT US For more information or the name of the Dow Corning sales representative or product distributor in your area, call 1-800-322-8723 or 1-989-496-6000. Dow Corning has sales offices, manufacturing sites, and science and technology laboratories around the globe. Telephone numbers of locations near you are available at www.dowcorning.com. For technical or product questions, call the Dow Corning Technical Information for more information. NOTE: Any review, recommendation or statement made on behalf of Dow Corning relating to any engineering design, architectural drawing, product formulation, end-use specification or similar document is limited to the knowledge of the product properties as determined by laboratory testing of material produced by Dow Corning. Any comments or suggestions relating to any subject other than such product properties are offered only to call the attention of the engineer, architect, formulator, end-user or other person to considerations that may be relevant in an independent evaluation and determination of the appropriateness of such design, drawing, specification, document or formula. LIMITED WARRANTY INFORMATION – PLEASE READ CAREFULLY The information contained herein is offered in good faith and is believed to be accurate. However, because conditions and methods of use of our products are beyond our control, this information should not be used in substitution for customer’s tests to ensure that Dow Corning’s products are safe, effective, and fully satisfactory for the intended end use. Suggestions of use shall not be taken as inducements to infringe any patent. Dow Corning’s sole warranty is that the product will meet the Dow Corning
sales specifications in effect at the time of shipment. DOW CORNING SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS ANY OTHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTY OF FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR MERCHANTABILITY. DOW CORNING DISCLAIMS LIABILITY FOR ANY INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES. Dow Corning is a registered trademark of Dow Corning Corporation. We help you invent the future is a trademark of Dow Corning Corporation. ©2005 Dow Corning Corporation. All rights reserved. 
And because CWS and CCS are 100% silicone they: • Are proven performers with successful track records in diverse applications. Why CWS and CCS Are the Right Choice for Architects and Specifiers Color Application Flexibility Paintability Urethane sealants quickly degrade when exposed to UV radiation. These latent defects make callbacks more likely and reflect poorly on the quality of your workmanship ... even if you had no control over which sealant was specified. Encouraging the use of price-competitive, 100% silicone CWS and CCS instead of urethane can benefit your reputation and your budget! With a virtually unlimited palette of colors available, you don’t have to compromise performance for paintability. Want to use silicone on a paintable surface? No problem with the Paint and Seal Application Method! A proven, innovative procedure known as the Paint and Seal Application Method makes it easy to use silicone sealants like CWS and CCS on paintable substrates. What is the Paint and Seal Application Method?
What are the advantages of the Paint and Seal Application Method?
What are people saying about the Paint and Seal Application Method? Jayson Barnhart, president of CAPROCK Specialty Contractors, LLP, in Dallas, Texas, says, “It [Paint and Seal] is a little more work on the front end, but the results are outstanding. And, unlike our urethane jobs that have cracking and peeling paint, we have yet to get a callback or complaint about joints we filled using silicone sealants and this method. The seals and color retention are still beautiful, even after baking in the Texas sun for a couple of years. When I figure how much that saves me in callbacks alone, the extra prep required at installation is nothing.” (If you want a coating that has the movement capability of a sealant – take a look at Dow Corning® AllGuard Silicone Elastomeric Coating) Application Flexibility Why CWS and CCS Are the Right Choice for Everyone Price
CWS and CCS carry a 5-Year Weatherseal Limited Warranty from Dow Corning, a brand name you can trust from a company that stands behind its claims. Many urethane products carry no published warranty. With CWS and CCS, you don’t have to compromise performance for price. Dow Corning: A Brand Name You Can Trust, Experience You Can Depend On When you work with Dow Corning, you benefit from our decades of construction industry expertise, our global service and technical support resources and customized construction services tailored to meet your needs. We offer you total building system solutions, backed by some of the best product warranties in the industry. Whether you are designing and building a new structure or renovating an existing one, Dow Corning can help you create an envelope of strength and protection with our silicone construction materials. WHAT CONSTRUCTION PROFESSIONALS ARE SAYING ABOUT CWS AND CCS We use CWS and CCS on lots of different projects: tilt-up, retail shops, schools and office buildings. They tool better than urethane sealants and are much easier for my guys to run. They don’t need any priming, they’re easy to apply and they adhere very well. Also, urethane will sometimes bubble and these sealants don’t. We first used CWS on a project two or three years ago and we never got any callbacks. -- Matt Covington, CFO, Apostle Glass, Upland, California, USA We install over a million feet per year ... our bread and butter is tilt-up windows. We just started using both CWS and CCS about six months ago and began prepping our customers for the change six months before that. We tested both products thoroughly and are very happy with the results. They’re great for customers who don’t need the 20-year warranty that comes with Dow Corning’s premium sealants. And the price is absolutely competitive with urethane. I have recommended CWS and CCS over urethane on projects because I felt they would perform better. -- Kal Zam, Owner, F.J. Zam Company, Santa Fe Springs, California, USA My company uses CWS a lot for envelope restoration work ... it’s great on porous substrates. We’ve used it on condo complexes for stucco-to-aluminum window frame joints. This stuff is amazing – it applies beautifully, tools wonderfully and has incredible adhesive and cohesive properties. It also accommodates dynamic movement really well and the warranty is very attractive. I love it. CWS is a great alternative to urethane when a premium sealant like Dow Corning® 795 isn’t needed. -- Jeff Ferguson, President, Rezcom Hydra Seal, Ltd., Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada We started using Dow Corning sealants about two years ago and were very happy with the results. Before then we used mostly Tremco® Dymeric® or Sonneborn Sonolastic® NP 1 and NP 2 products. We now use CWS on aluminum window framing and CCS on concrete control joints on all new projects. Both materials have excellent adhesion and are very easy to apply and tool. Their price is very competitive with urethane products and the performance is much higher. Dow Corning’s service and warranty are also better. Silicone-based sealants from Dow Corning are more UV resistant, last longer and cure faster than urethane-based sealants. Both CWS and CCS are tack-free only a few hours after application so the finished joints look and stay cleaner. They are also a lot easier to work with in both cold and hot temperatures. -- David Stanek, Owner and President, Dynamic Enterprises, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada We use CCS on tilt-up windows and doors and CWS for general-purpose applications like finish perimeter beads. Both products are relatively inexpensive, are very high quality and have great color fastness. A lot of times, guys in the field tend to be resistant to new products; but my crew immediately liked the field application characteristics of CWS and CCS. My superintendent really likes them because they have long tooling times and good workability. For me, I like the great adhesion to unprimed substrates, the high quality of the product and the price. When CCS was first introduced, I saw an immediate opportunity to use it for restoration work: it’s very cost-effective compared to urethane, has a much longer service life and has great color retention. Both CWS and CCS are great finish caulks; they look great and are far superior to urethane. -- Alex Rojas, Owner and President, Tru-Proof, Inc., Miami, Florida, USA We’ve used Dow Corning products for 25 years. When it comes to sealants we always prefer to go with silicone. We’ve had great adhesion with CWS and CCS ... we’re very pleased. We use them on warehouses, precast bases and windows ... for almost anything we can. The aesthetics are great and they really hold up under extreme weather conditions. Here in Edmonton the temperature ranges from freezing cold in the winter to very hot in the summer. Our climate is also very sunny, which makes for a lot of UV problems as well. Urethane just doesn’t hold up under these conditions. Plus, unlike most urethane sealants, with Dow Corning we get a warranty. Before, it was often too costly to use silicone sealants, but these products are the perfect compromise. They really changed the market for us. -- Jim Pruden, President and General Manager, PSL Contracting, Ltd., Edmonton, Alberta, Canada We’ve been in business over 35 years and have used both urethane and silicone sealants. We first tried Contractors Concrete Sealant about a year ago. In Edmonton, we find that tilt-up corners take extreme movement. It’s a real problem and CCS has performed well for us in this application. It’s also very good on sidewalks, which tend to pull away from the buildings here because of the temperature extremes. We really like it on masonry joints, too. Because a lot of brick is pre-siliconized, we have to use a sealant with a very low modulus that doesn’t need priming and CCS works really well for this. We’ve used Dow Corning products for years, but price was sometimes a problem. The price on CCS is very reasonable. It tools very nicely and is easy to gun. Many buildings are still spec’d with urethane, and we will often ask for a change to CCS. The 5-year warranty is more than sufficient for most of our projects so we feel comfortable doing that. Like anybody, we’re in business to stay in business. With CCS, it’s a no-brainer. Who wouldn’t want to use a product that does the job better and costs less? -- Laurence Cote, Owner, Bradcan Caulking & Restoration, Inc., Edmonton, Alberta, Canada We have used CWS for about two years and find it to be a very good product for the price. We use it in many field applications and in our fabrication processes. It works really well on metal-to-metal and exterior perimeter joints that require 25% movement or less. We also use CWS for glass-to-metal cap beads on our operating sashes and for slope glazing. In fabrication, we do our end dams and thermal break seals on our subsills with CWS. Because CWS is a silicone, I can caulk in colder temperatures instead of waiting for warmer weather like I would with a urethane sealant. Granite State Glass uses CWS because it provides the performance of silicone at a cost that competes with urethane. -- Hank Parker, Field Supervisor, Granite State Glass, Belman, New Hampshire HOW TO CONTACT US For more information or the name of the Dow Corning sales representative or product distributor in your area, call 1-800-322-8723 or 1-989-496-6000. Dow Corning has sales offices, manufacturing sites, and science and technology laboratories around the globe. Telephone numbers of locations near you are available at www.dowcorning.com. For technical or product questions, call the Dow Corning Technical Information for more information. NOTE: Any review, recommendation or statement made on behalf of Dow Corning relating to any engineering design, architectural drawing, product formulation, end-use specification or similar document is limited to the knowledge of the product properties as determined by laboratory testing of material produced by Dow Corning. Any comments or suggestions relating to any subject other than such product properties are offered only to call the attention of the engineer, architect, formulator, end-user or other person to considerations that may be relevant in an independent evaluation and determination of the appropriateness of such design, drawing, specification, document or formula. LIMITED WARRANTY INFORMATION – PLEASE READ CAREFULLY The information contained herein is offered in good faith and is believed to be accurate. However, because conditions and methods of use of our products are beyond our control, this information should not be used in substitution for customer’s tests to ensure that Dow Corning’s products are safe, effective, and fully satisfactory for the intended end use. Suggestions of use shall not be taken as inducements to infringe any patent. Dow Corning’s sole warranty is that the product will meet the Dow Corning
sales specifications in effect at the time of shipment. DOW CORNING SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS ANY OTHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTY OF FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR MERCHANTABILITY. DOW CORNING DISCLAIMS LIABILITY FOR ANY INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES. Dow Corning is a registered trademark of Dow Corning Corporation. We help you invent the future is a trademark of Dow Corning Corporation. ©2005 Dow Corning Corporation. All rights reserved. |