Dowsil 982 silicone

Features & benefits:

• Cures to form a durable, long-lasting, high-modulus, flexible, weather tight bond
• Meets ASTM C-1369 specification for structurally glazed insulating glass units
• Excellent unprimed adhesion to glass and metal substrates, such as galvanized steel and aluminium
• Consistently non-slump, permitting automated glazing
• A 12 month shelf life from date of manufacture
• Noncorrosive byproducts
• Low shrinkage (< 5 percent)

Material supplier:

Dowsil™

Industry:

Insulating glass

Application:

Secondary seal

Material specs:

• Dowsil™ 982 silicone insulating glass sealant

Typical properties:

• Colour: Grey
• Ratio (A:B) by weight: 10:1-12:1
• Snap time: 30-90 minutes at a 10:1 ratio, dependent upon temperature and relative humidity
• Calibration factor:
  • Base (A): 0.2070
  • Catalyst 0.0740

Graco ExactaBlend AGP

• advanced glazing proportioner
• Proportioner part number:
  • With boom: 24R809
  • Without boom: 24R810

Delivery method

• Hose kit: 24R832
  • Base hose: 5/8 in x 10 ft (15.88 mm x 3.0 m)
  • Catalyst hose: 1/4 in x 5 ft (6.35 mm x 1.5 m) and 1/8 in x 5 ft (3.18 mm x 1.5 m)
• Restrictor kit: 24R804
• MD2 valve with 1/2 in x 36 element mixer
  • Applicator kit: 24P217
  • 1/2 x 36 element mixer: 512286
  • Shroud: 16T003
  • Min. flow rate**: 470 g/min
  • Max. flow rate**: 1125 g/min
• UL6000 valve with Tri-Core mixer
  • Applicator kit: 24P221
  • Min. flow rate**: 580 g/min
  • Max. flow rate**: 1875 g/min

Dowsil is a registered trademark of Dowsil Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Dow Chemical Company.