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Glue Down Commercial Resilient Tile | INSTALLATION

Mohawk Commercial Resilient Tile is recommended for a variety of commercial applications, including educational, institutional,

healthcare, retail, ofce and hospitality environments and may be installed over most properly prepared substrates, making it

suitable for installation on all grade levels where moisture conditions do not exist.

Substrate & Testing Requirements

All substrates to receive resilient ooring shall be dry, clean, smooth, and structurally sound. They shall be free of dust, solvent,

paint, wax, oil, grease, residual adhesive, adhesive removers, curing, sealing, hardening, or parting compounds, alkaline salts,

excessive carbonation or laitance, mold, mildew, and other foreign materials that might prevent adhesive bond.

All substrates to receive moisture sensitive oor covering must be tested for moisture.

ASBESTOS WARNING! DO NOT MECHANICALLY CHIP OR PULVERIZE EXISTING RESILIENT FLOORING, BACKING, LINING

FELT, ASPHALTIC “CUTBACK” ADHESIVES OR OTHER ADHESIVES. Previously installed resilient oor covering products and the

asphaltic or cutback adhesives used to install them may contain either asbestos bers and/or crystalline silica. Avoid creating dust.

Inhalation of asbestos or crystalline dust is a cancer and respiratory tract hazard. Smoking by individuals exposed to asbestos bers

greatly increases the risk of serious bodily harm. Unless positively certain that the previously installed product is a non-asbestos

containing material, you must presume it contains asbestos. Regulations may require that the material be tested to determine

asbestos content and may govern the removal and disposal of material. See current edition of the Resilient Floor Covering

Institute (RFCI) publication “Recommended Work Practices for Removal of Resilient Floor Coverings” for detailed information and

instructions on removing all resilient covering structures.

Concrete Substrates

New and existing concrete suboors should meet the guidelines of the latest edition of ACI 302 and ASTM F 710, “Standard

Practice for Preparing Concrete Floors to Receive Resilient Flooring” available from the American Society for Testing and Materials.

• Never use liquid adhesive remover or solvent cleaners for removing old adhesive residue or other substances on the

substrate; their use will cause failure.

• On or below-grade slabs must have an effective vapor retarder directly under the slab.

• Wet curing 7 days is the preferred method for curing new concrete.

• Curing compounds (DO NOT USE). If present they can interfere with the bond of the adhesive to the concrete.

• Remove curing compounds 28 days after placement, so concrete can begin drying.

• Concrete oors shall be at and smooth within the equivalent of 1/32” in 12” and 3/16” in 10 feet.

• F-Number System: Overall values of FF 36/ FL 20 may be appropriate for resilient oor coverings.

• Glossy or waxed oors may require a higher value FF 75/ FL 50 to prevent telegraphing issues.

Relative Humidity (RH) – Tests must be performed per the latest edition of ASTM F 2170 - IRH (Internal Relative Humidity

Test). Three tests should be conducted for areas up to 1000 SF. One additional test, for each additional 1000 SF.