Acrylic thickeners for waterborne flooring adhesives

• Rheotech^™ M 02 provides the best compromise in terms of performance for flooring adhesives with good hold up, good structure with an excellent balance between drip/flow resistance and ease of application
• Viscoatex^™ 730 and Rheotech^™ 3800 would be more recommended for carpet adhesives as they provide better flow properties

Key takeaways:

• Formulation
• Brookfield viscosities at 20 rpm
• Spatula test
• Flow curves
• Visco elasticities