We promised you research after our presentation in Puerto Rico, and now the palm trees are a memory, we are excited to announce our new whitepaper: Performance Testing HydroGel Against Osmotic Blistering Risk Criteria.
Have you worked with HydroGel before? If not, it’s a a single-component, highly elastomeric, hot spray-applied polymer rubber gel with exceptional adhesive properties. It is used for both pre-and post-applied waterproofing. If you regularly read our case studies, you’ll know that it is ideal for restoration projects.
In brief, the flexibility of the polymer rubber gel, combined with the durability of the various protection sheets, creates a high-performance, substrate-responsive waterproofing system.
Waterproofing systems like HydroGel that have a liquid-applied component are often easy to install, and, despite their fancy attributes, are at attractive price points. However, everything has its flaws and some of these systems can be susceptible to osmotic blistering when in contact with liquid water for extended periods of time.
This means they fail.
So, we wanted to know how likely is HydroGel to fail via osmotic blistering? How does our system perform? Is it really the best?
To find this out (and answer more questions), our research team tested Hydrogel by modified ASTM D570 and ASTM E96 methods to see how it performed with respect to osmotic blistering. Two tests were performed: Inverted Wet Cup Permeance Testing, and Water Absorption Immersion Testing.