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Hardwood floors are often found in older buildings and present a difficult substrate for additional flooring surfaces during renovation. KÖSTER SL Flex is a mineral based underlayment for application to a wide variety of substrates including concrete floors, screeds, asphalt, steel, tile, or wooden floors. The material is flexible enough to accommodate the movements of the wooden surface as well as high localized pressure resulting from furniture or dropped items.
Before installation, the substrate has to be free of dust and bonding inhibiting substances. When applying over tongue and groove wooden floors, cleaning agent and care product residues such as wax must be completely removed, if necessary, sanded off. Painted areas must be sanded and subsequently vacuumed. Floor boards must be firmly attached to the joists with screws. Open or wide joints between the boards, defects, and hollows have to be filled with an acrylic jointing compound.
The prepared wooden surface is then primed with the single component water-based bonding agent KÖSTER VAP I 06 Primer. KÖSTER SL Flex stabilizes the substrate due to its high flexural strength. As a result, the substrate warps and bends less, allowing for the installation of rigid flooring materials such as tile.
Always adhere to the specifications in the respective Technical Guidelines.
