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STAUF Warrants Underlayments

Test Results Confirm Four Stauf Adhesives Products Compatible with Underlayments from 3 Major Brands

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, June 26, 2007 – Officials at Memphisbased Stauf Adhesives reported today that test results from ist laboratory in Germany confirm that four of its products can be used with underlayments from three major companies – Tarkett, Foam Products, and Sound Solution – both to adhere the foam to the subfloor and to adhere wood flooring to the foam.
 
The underlayments are Quiet-Cor Sound DeadeningUnderlayment from Tarkett, Sound Solution Underlayment from Healthier Choice, and Silencer HD Underlayment from Foam Products Corporation. (Note: currently over two dozen underlayments are warranted.)
 
Stauf will warrant the use of its adhesives for both gluing the foam down and gluing wood flooring to the foam underlayment. Stauf’s four adhesives are:
 
Stauf stresses that normal installation procedure must be followed to ensure superior results. The recommended Stauf Trowel for adhering the underlayments to the subfloor with any of the above adhesives is the No. 3 Stauf Trowel, XTR-3G (5/32" x 1/8" x 3/16"). (Note: a new Stauf Trowel XTR-15 has been introduced with flat-V notches spaced 3/32“ x 3/32“ x 3/32“) Stauf installation instructions found on each pail must be used.
 
Stauf USA is headquartered in Memphis and is the United States marketing and sales arm for Stauf Klebstoffwerk GmbH, a 179-year-old German specialty adhesive company that sells a wide variety of adhesive products. Stauf is owned and operated by the seventh generation of the Stauf family.
 
The company sells adhesive products throughout Europe, Asia and the Middle East. Ist product line in the US includes the unique Solva-Mastic WFR-930, a solvent-based wood floor adhesive that contains no water or chlorinated solvents. Like the SMP-960 and 940, and the PUM 950, the WFR-930 either meets or exceeds EPA and environmental regulations. The company also produces primers, sealers, trowels, floor prep products and cleaners to complete the line.
 
For more information about Stauf Adhesives and its products, call 1-866-GLUE USA (866- 458-3872)

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