What are the advantages and features of installing methyl methacrylate bulk floors?
What are the benefits of methyl methacrylate bulk floors? Where they are recommended to be used and what features of installation they have? Sincerely, Ivan Petrovich.
Hello, Ivan Petrovich! One of the main advantages of methyl methacrylate (MMA) self-leveling floors is the fast polymerization of the coating. The floors harden 2 hours after application. At the same time, the coating can be operated in intensive mode without worrying about its integrity. This quality is important where fast installation of floors is required without stopping the production process.
When laying the coating there is an unpleasant odor of strong concentration, so it is necessary to organize the ventilation of the room during the work or turn on the ventilation equipment at full capacity.
Installation at low temperatures
An undoubted advantage of methyl methacrylate self-leveling floors is the possibility of their arrangement at significant negative temperatures. Installation is carried out even in forty-degree frost. This property allows the use of this flooring in cold rooms. In addition, MMA flooring can be laid in open areas, namely:
- in parking lots;
- on the tracks;
- at the entrances;
- on unglazed balconies;
- on bridges, etc.
The polymer surface is not afraid of oil and gasoline stains, as well as a number of other chemically active substances. MMA floors are called "street" coatings because they are able to withstand large temperature extremes and not perceive ultraviolet radiation.
MMA floors are expensive
The presence of many advantages affects the price of MMA floors, because materials made on the basis of methyl methacrylate resins are more expensive than the components included in polyurethane and epoxy coatings. The work on the installation of such quick-hardening floors is also rated higher, because high demands are placed on the skill of the workers. There are no worthy competitors to methyl methacrylate coatings where it is required to complete work as soon as possible and immediately put the floors into operation.
