DEX-O-TEX
Crossfield Products Corp.
140 Valley Road
Roselle Park, NJ 07204
Tel: (908) 245-2800
Fax: (908) 245-0659
Web site: www.dexotex.com
E-mail: dexotex@cpcmail.net
3000 E. Harcourt St.
Rancho Dominguez, CA 90221
Tel: (310) 886-9100
Fax: (310) 886-9119
A) Composition
Dex-O-Tex Decor-Flor is a thin-section, trowel- or "broadcast"-applied
flooring designed to produce a jointless floor and integral coved base.
The completed floor is approximately 1/16" - 1/8" (1,59-3,18 mm) thick
and consists of colored quartz granules embedded in a clear epoxy mastic.
It is resistant to hydrocarbon greases, food creases and fats, and a range
of chemicals.
Dex-O-Tex Decor-Flor can be applied over concrete, metal or wood sub-surfaces.
(Consult Crossfield Products Corp. for detailed specification for wood
surfaces.)
Quartz aggregate granules are available in seven basic colors (brown,
buff, green, grey, blue, red, white). These aggregates may be mixed to
make any color combination which the above aggregates can produce.
B) Typical Uses
Floors for laboratories, toilet rooms, kitchens, food processing areas,
institutional floors, swimming pool perimeters, etc.
C) Advantages – Limitations
Advantages
1. Monolithic, including integral base.
2. Resistant to many chemicals. (Contact Crossfield Products Corp.
for separate chemical resistance table.)
3. Produces a rapidly-installed, decorative seamless floor at moderate
cost.
4. Installed only by Qualified Dex-O-Tex Contractors – factory trained
and approved.
Limitations
1. If sub-surface cracks, Dex-O-Tex Decor-Flor may reflect cracks to
some degree.
2. Water vapor transmission upwards through on-ground concrete slabs
may result in loosening of epoxy floors or improper curing of epoxy materials.
A) Compressive Strength
ASTM C-109
(Complete System)
8,556 psi
(609 kg/cm²)
ASTM D-695
(Resin Components)
12,900 psi
(909 kg/cm²)
B) Surface Hardness
ASTM D-2240 (Durometer)
Scale "D" 85
C) Indentation Characteristics
(Steadily Applied Load)
MIL-D-3134, Para. 4.7.4.2.1
(2000 lbs. on 1" steel ram imposed for 30 mins. – concrete substrate)
0.005" indent.
(.127 mm)
D) Indentation Characteristics
(Impacted Load)
MIL-D-3134, Para. 4.7.3
(2 lb. (.908 kg) steel ball dropped twice from 8 ft. height)
0.011" indent.
(0.27 mm)
E) Adhesion
ACI Committee 403 (Bulletin Title No. 59-43, pp. 1139-1141)
345 psi (100% failure in concrete) (24,3 kg/cm²)
F) Water Absorption
MIL-D-3134
Less than 1%
G) Abrasion Resistance
ASTM C-501 (H-22 Wheel)
19 Wear Index
H) Tensile Strength
ASTM D-638
(Resin Components)
4,400 psi
(310 kg/cm²)
I) Elongation
ASTM D-638
(Resin Components)
19.6%
J) Slip Resistance
Varies depending upon surface texture selected (2-1/2")
A) Prepare surfaces by careful and thorough removal of laitance, grease,
concrete curing agents and foreign matter.
B) Apply trowel coating of epoxy primer.
C) Trowel self-leveling epoxy adhesion coat. Into wet adhesion coat,
trowel or broadcast quartz granule aggregate to specified texture.
D) Apply coats of clear resin by trowel or squeegee to fill and seal
aggregate to specified texture.
Note: Special Dex-O-Tex Drains, Floor Cleanouts, etc., are available
from most major drain manufacturers. Consult Crossfield Products Corp.
for current listings and plumbing roughings.
Crossfield Products Corp. maintains offices and/or factories at all
addresses listed above. Qualified Dex-O-Tex Contractors are established
in all major trading areas in the United States, Canada and various European
and Far Eastern nations.
For maximum sheen and cleanability, floor should be routinely treated
with conventional maintenance finish followed by ordinary buffing.
Consult Crossfield Products Corp. for specification assistance, detailing,
etc. This consultation is highly recommended prior to specification.
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