Cementitious Coating - Sikagard® FlexCoat EM

Woven-mesh, polypropylene reinforcing fabric

Sikagard® FlexCoat EM is an alkaline resistant polypropylene woven-mesh fabric designed to reinforce Sikagard® FlexCoat waterproofing and traffic surfacing systems. Sikagard® FlexCoat EM adds strength and serves as a control to insure proper application thickness as well as providing a continuous coating over cracks and joints.

• Add strength
• Provides crack-resistance
• May be embedded with Sikagard® FlexCoat

Usage

Sikagard® FlexCoat EM is used in waterproof membranes and cementitious coatings beneath:

• Ceramic tile
• Marble
• Quarry tile
• Latex mastic surfacing
• Certain types of between slab or below-grade membranes

Advantages

• Add strength
• Provides crack-resistance
• May be embedded with Sikagard® FlexCoat

Packaging

10” wide x 300 ft long rolls (250 ft²)

Product Details

Product Information

Shelf Life

12 months from the date of manufacture

Storage Conditions

Packaging must remain unopened and material must be stored in a protected environment that is free from moisture, excessive heat, freezing temperatures, and direct sunlight.

Application

Application Steps

APPLICATION

• Pour membrane or coating material on surface and spread with a brush or trowel.
• Embed fabric into the wet material, overlapping seams 2" (50.8 mm).
• Work the material up through the weave of the fabric.
• Cut and fit additional strips of Sikagard® FlexCoat EM to reinforce flashing areas, cracks, sheet metal seams, drain and scupper openings, etc.

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