General Purpose Neutral Silicone Sealant for Window and Door Sealing

Window & door sealing RTV-1, neutral-curing, Good adhesion on many substrance Excellent weatherability long shelf life

Characteristics

HX-4800 is one-component, neutral-curing, silicone sealant with good adhesion and weather proofing property, long shelf life for the windows and doors industry.

HX-4800 cures at room temperature under the action of atmospheric moisture to give a permanently flexible silicone rubber.

Special characteristics

¨        Non-sag

¨        Ready gunnability at low (+5°C) and high (+40°C) temperatures

¨        Flexible at low (-40°C) and high temperatures (+100°C)

¨        Excellent weather proofing property

¨        Good adhesion on plastics

¨        Good tooling characteristics

¨        Non-corrosive to metals

¨        Suitable for alkaline substrates such as concrete, mortar, fibrous cement

Color:

Transparent, Black, White, Grey,

other colors are available according customer's require

Application

Sealing between glass and frame of windows and doors

Sealing of joints between windows or doors with wall

Sealing of connecting and expansion joints in the building

Adhesion

HX-4800 exhibits excellent primerless adhesion to many substrates, e.g. glass, tiles, ceramics, enamel, glazed tiles and clinker;  metal, e.g. aluminium, steel, zinc or copper; impregnated, varnished or painted wood; and many plastics.

Users must carry out their own tests due to the great variety of substances.

The adhesion can be improved in many cases by pretreatment of the substrates with a primer.

Restrictions on use

HX-4800 may be discolored in contact with some organic elastomers, e.g. EPDM, APTK and neoprene.

HX-4800 is not recommended for use on natural stone, such as marble, granite, quartzite, as it can cause staining.

HX-4800 is not recommended for sealing of aquaria.

The curing time can be extended at lower temperature, low humidity or by low volume of air change.

Package:

	Content	Package size	Boxes size	Boxes/pallet
Cartridge	300ml	24	305(L)*205(W)*240(H)mm	72
Sausage	600ml	20	360(L)*210(W)*260(H)mm	72

Shelf Life

At least 12 months

Storage

Please keep the product stored in a cool (below 25°C), dry place in moisture-tight original container.

The best before date of each batch is shown on the package.

Product data

Property	Unit	Value
Density at 23C	[g/cm3]	1.48
Consistency		Non-sag
Extrusion rate at 23C	[ml/min]	350
Skin-forming time at 23C/50% r.h.	[min]	30
Hardness, Shore A	SHA	40
Tensile strength	[N/mm2]	0.4
Ultimate elongation	[%]	300
Modulus at 100% elongation	[N/mm2]	0.30

(These figures are intended as a guide and should not be used in preparing specifications)

General Purpose Neutral Silicone Sealant for Window and Door Sealing