This industry is also one of the major consumers of this adhesive, here it is used for binding plastic coated cloth (rexine), cardboard, reconstituted leather board, leather, and such other materials. In this industry the dilution is not advisable hence a little lower grade is used to get economy and that grade is used directly to get the required bond strength.

These Adhesives are used in Carpet backing for various use either directly in expensive carpets or mixed with mineral fillers in cheaper carpets. The advantages of using these adhesives are that it provides a protective layer to it as it lies in between carpet and floor, further it makes the carpet water resistant, because of this coating carpet doesn’t fold on the corners. In short we can say that it enhances the life of the carpet.

These Adhesives are used as gelling agent for lubricating oils in the manufacture of greases. Lubricating oils used for the purpose vary from formulation to formulation and the quality of adhesive and its quantity also varies with it.

Many industries use coir as their raw material but because of its fibrous structure it is difficult to bind coir hence coir is cleaned and straightened and an economical grade of latex based adhesive is sprayed on it to work as coir binder. Once it dries coir blocks can be cut and used and can be given a shape. Depending on the use of the coir the adhesive used can be curable or non curable. Back....