What is Polymer Modified Cementitious Overlay?

The polymer modified cementitious or popularly known as PMC is a new version of cement concrete used for construction or repair of flooring, swimming pools, roads, water tanks, septic tanks, flyovers, drains, silos, pedestals, ship decks, pipes etc. The PMC is a proportionate mixture of cement and natural or synthetic rubber latexes developed in the 1930s for more durability, water-heat-moisture and crack resistance, and for a long life of brick and cement related-structures and buildings. Get the assistance of Deco Polymer for availing best polymer modified cementitious overlays and related services.

The inception of the PMC industry was from the basic concrete dealing trades and paint manufacturing business in the year 1923. In order to understand PMC in a simplified language, polymer concrete is a specific type of concrete where the polymer is used proportionately to make the concrete strong, durable, and long lasting as well as to replace the lime-type cement because of its unavailability. Sometimes, polymer is used in Portland cement to produce polymer Cement Concrete or popularly PCC or Polymer Modified Concrete popularly PMC.

The meaning of overlay is a thin concrete cement product which is kept over the concrete in order to repair or in new construction as a decorative material. Overlays are sometimes as thin as feather depending upon the finishing wishes of the owners or architects.

While talking about PMC, often polymer modified mortar comes in between. A polymer modified mortar is made out of polymer for replacing the purpose of a portion of the traditional binders. Polymer added mortars are usually stronger, more adhesive, tough, chemical resistant and water-heat-moisture and crack resistant.

Since PCC or Polymer Modified Concrete is a separate phenomenon in relation to Portland cement, Portland cement is type 2 Portland cement which is commonly used in constructions, which further requires heat and hydration.

Natural polymer and latex come from one source, and the stable emulsion of microparticles of polymer is latex. There is synthetic latex which is originated from polymerizing the monomer like styrene which is emulsified with surfactants. These types of latex products are latex gloves, latex clothes, latex condoms etc.

Polymer Modified cementitious overlay is claimed to be adhesive. A common man may find the relation between concrete and adhesion. A polymer modified tile adhesive is a cement-based tile adhesive which can comfortably fix ceramic tiles, quarries, mosaics, natural stone, terrazzo, marble etc. in exterior and interior constructions namely floors and walls.