Karndean Designflooring Adhesives
Karndean adhesives are all low odour and solvent free*
*except Fiba-Bond UV outdoor adhesive
Installation and Application Guide
adhesives
Indoor Outdoor Sunlight/
Product Underlay Wet Area
Installation Installation Heater
Bond 1: Hi-Tack Mega-Bond
Flotex Mega-Bond1 NA 5 NA
Bond 2: Mega-Bond 80002
Coral Brush Activ Mega-Bond 80004 NA 80002 NA
PS System: Hi-Tack Bond 1: Hi-Tack Hi-Tack
Flotex Tile 3 NA 5 NA
Permanent: Mega-Bond Bond 2: Mega-Bond 80002
Knight Tile/Plank
Opus
Michelangelo
Van Gogh Mega-Bond NA Regupol K30 80002 8000
Da Vinci Adhesive6
Art Select
HDC Plank/Tile
Looselay Plank Nil or Hi-Bond PS7 NA No acoustic underlay Mega-Bond7 Hi-Bond PS7
required to comply
with noise abatement
regulations
Indoor Only
Pedigree Carpet Fiba-Bond Fiba-Bond UV NA 8000 NA
Notes
1. For non-porous subfloors (such as an existing vinyl floorcovering) you can use Mega-Bond providing the “Double-Drop
System” is employed. Data sheet available on request.
2. 8000 Polyurethane 2-Part Adhesive is only required where permanent puddling is expected. Domestic bathrooms,
kitchens, laundries and commercial patient care areas of healthcare buildings are not considered “permanent” wet areas
and Mega-Bond is satisfactory.
3. “Permanent” bonding system in this context means areas subjected to extreme heavy traffic or places where high point
loading occurs such as heavy trolley traffic and some instances of castor chair wheels. Otherwise use the “Pressure
Sensitive” (PS) Hi-Tack peelable bonding system.
4. Coral Brush Activ is only recommended for outdoor use where adequate canopy protection is provided. 8000 Polyurethane
2-Part adhesive will prevent wet seepage to the edges and seams of the Coral Brush Activ when no diminishing strip or
cover strip is employed. Because Coral Brush Activ is impervious the larger general areas may be adhered with Mega-Bond.
5. When using the recommended Airstep Suporta Pad underlay; Bond #1 (Hi-Tack) is the Suporta Pad to the subfloor.
Bond #2 (Mega-Bond) is the Flotex Sheet or Flotex Tiles to the underlay. Because Suporta Pad is only partially absorbent,
it is essential to allow the Mega-Bond to slightly tack-up first to avoid the surface floor covering from ‘bubbling’.
6. When using the recommended Regupol 4515 Acoustic Underlay, both bonds (Regupol to subfloor and tile/planks to
Regupol) Regupol RV adhesive must be used, not Mega-Bond Adhesive.
7. It is essential to refer to the detailed Karndean Looselay installation instructions. Most relatively small rooms in domestic
dwellings can be installed without adhesion, but for larger areas and most commercial applications a grid, plus perimeter
sticking, using Hi-Tack pressure sensitive adhesive is required. If the installation is considered a domestic wet area
(kitchen, bathroom etc) or commercial potential wet area (aged care facility etc) then full spread using Mega-Bond is
required in order to seal all plank joins from potential liquid seepage.
Additional information is printed on the relevant adhesive use label and important specific product
installation information is contained on the instruction leaflet found in every roll or box.
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