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Aquakote
Single component acrylic topcoat that protects cementitious fireproofing from carbon dioxide, chloride ions and weather, and lets moisture vapour pass.
The system cures to form a weatherproof coating with high diffusion resistance to carbon dioxide making it ideal for protecting lightweight Cementitious Fireproofing, MONOKOTE Commercial grade and AVIKOTE Petrochemical grade materials. It provides protection against aggressive atmospheric pollution and chloride ions and is breathable allowing moisture vapor to pass through.
- Cures to form an elastomeric membrane capable of facilitating movement in the substrate
- Accommodates live crack movement up to 2mm
- Breathable coating
- Fast and easy application
- High elongation and recovery rate
- Resistances to sulphate attack
- Excellent carbon dioxide diffusion resistance
- High diffusion resistance to chloride ions
- Pack we stock
- Pail
What it goes with
Fire protection for structural steel.
Aquakote is part of the system around the fireproofing. Turn up the fire and compare bare steel with coated steel.
Fire rated cement, explainedThe system
Where Aquakote sits in the system.
Steel, bonding agent, the sprayed fireproofing, and the topcoat that protects it from carbon dioxide and weather. Pull the layers apart; tap one for its data sheet line.
A labelled diagram, not to scale.
The system, top to bottom
0.20 litres per m² per coat over a troweled surface. Overcoating time 4 hours. White, grey or beige.
Related documentation
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Technical data sheet
2 pages · 132 KB · PDF
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Safety data sheet
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Product sheet
This page on A4, with the BOQ clause · Print or save as PDF
The manufacturer's own document, unaltered. The manufacturer revises its data sheets: ask us for the current edition before you specify.
Application
Where it is used.
In the words of the technical data sheet.
- 01Lightweight Cementitious Fireproofing
- 02MONOKOTE Commercial grade
- 03AVIKOTE Petrochemical grade materials
Where it is not the right product.
- Ensure the temperature should be 3°C above dew point while application
- Protect adjacent areas from overspray
- Opened containers should be covered always when not in use
- In high temperature, the containers should be kept closed to prevent skinning of top layer
Specification
Technical data.
- ASTM C642
- ASTM D412
- ASTM D4541
- Solid content by volume
- 50%
- Chloride ion diffusion coefficient (60 days, Taywood method)
- Nil
- Reduction in water absorption (ASTM C642)
- 92%
- Reduction in chloride ion penetration
- 96%
- Elongation (ASTM D412)
- 400%
- Adhesion (ASTM D4541)
- 1 N/mm2
- Tensile strength (ASTM D412)
- 3 N/mm2
- Overcoating time
- 4hrs
- Full drying time
- 24hrs
- Colours
- White, Grey and Beige colors
Values as the technical data sheet prints them. They are not a specification for your project: the current data sheet and the tested fire design are.
For quantity surveyors
BOQ clause.
Ready to paste into a bill of quantities or a specification. It names Aquakoteas one compliant product, “or approved equivalent”, against the standards the data sheet states. Unit, quantity and rate are yours to set.
Item description
Supply and apply elastomeric anti-carbonation topcoat: Aquakote, or approved equivalent meeting the standards and classes declared in its data sheet: ASTM C642; ASTM D412; ASTM D4541. Substrate preparation and application strictly to the manufacturer's current technical data sheet. Materials delivered in the manufacturer's sealed original packaging, labelled with the batch number.
Built from the manufacturer's technical data sheet. Check the clause against the current edition before the bill is issued. Every clause in one spreadsheet: the specifier pack.
On site
Packs, mixing and storage.
- We stock
- Pail
- Mixing
- It is recommended that first coat be applied thinned down 10% to 15% on dry clean surface. Full concentrated second coat shall be applied to achieve the final finish.
- Storage
- Store in a cool, dry conditions, away from sources of heat and naked flames, in the original unopened pails
Aquakote in Tanzania
Tell us the area. We will quote the job.
Sahihi supplies the CMCI range in Dar es Salaam. Send the quantity of Aquakote you need, or describe the job and we will work it out with you.