JB said:Does water CAUSE delamination?
sweendogg said:Ok.. (cracks fingers)... The type and quality of latex will vary at each carpet mill and within the mills the day to day quality of the latex will vary as well. In general, most latex adhesives are water based and contain fillers to help them go farther and keep cost down for a particular carpet mill. When a tufted carpet gets wet and remains wet for a substantial period of time, the latex softens because it has been reactivated. If there is a lot of water moving through the carpet there is a possibility that the latex can be washed out of a carpet. However, this usually requires a small bit of solvency r alkalinity to loosen the glue to be rinsed away. When the latex is wet, another possbility is that excess traffic in the wet area or too much physical disturbance could cause a delamination. If a carpet has been wet and the latex has a lot of filler, the filler can dry out and fall out leaving a shortage of material to maintain the structual integrity of the secondary and primary backings. Most times water alone will not cause delamination but there are plenty of special cases were water can and has caused delamination. So like the vast majority:
Yes and No.
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Willy P said:Depends on the quality of the latex and how much clay is in the mix.
[/quote:1jowq739]Willy P said:sweendogg said:Ok.. (cracks fingers)... The type and quality of latex will vary at each carpet mill and within the mills the day to day quality of the latex will vary as well. In general, most latex adhesives are water based and contain fillers to help them go farther and keep cost down for a particular carpet mill. When a tufted carpet gets wet and remains wet for a substantial period of time, the latex softens because it has been reactivated. If there is a lot of water moving through the carpet there is a possibility that the latex can be washed out of a carpet. However, this usually requires a small bit of solvency r alkalinity to loosen the glue to be rinsed away. When the latex is wet, another possbility is that excess traffic in the wet area or too much physical disturbance could cause a delamination. If a carpet has been wet and the latex has a lot of filler, the filler can dry out and fall out leaving a shortage of material to maintain the structual integrity of the secondary and primary backings. Most times water alone will not cause delamination but there are plenty of special cases were water can and has caused delamination. So like the vast majority:
Yes and No.
Give a cucumber we'll throw you some pickles!
I said the same thing in the Readers Digest condensed version. :wink:
[quote="Willy P":1jowq739]Depends on the quality of the latex and how much clay is in the mix.
Think about it, if it is wet and there is activity (walking on it, blowers under it etc) that's a lot of weight pulling on it that it was not designed for
Didn't water carve out the Grand Canyon?
And it won't F up carpet?
Come on now.
combined with time (to get technical) water can mess up anything.