Fabric Seal Fire Retardant Concentrate by Flame Seal Products.

FABRIC SEAL CONCENTRATE APPLICATION

FABRIC SEAL CONCENTRATE FIRE RETARDANT
DILUTION AND SPRAY APPLICATION

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Mix Before Use : UNKNOWN FABRIC BLENDS: Test small strips of the fabric with different mixtures of our flame retardant and treat as follows:

1. Dip a piece of dry, clean fabric cloth in a 3-1 mixture of Water to Fabric Seal Retardant Concentrate and dry.

2. Hold the fabric vertically. Place the flame of a match next to one edge of the vertical piece for 12 seconds. It will blacken where the flame was. Remove the match. If it does not sustain a flame or smoke excessively when the match is removed, this is the mixture to use. Check for color fastness. If this does not work do Step 3.

3. Dip another piece of the fabric in a 2-1 mixture of Water to Fabric Seal Retardant Concentrate and let dry. Test with flame as in Step 2. If that does not work, then go to step 4.

4. Dip another piece of the fabric in a 1-1 mixture of Water to Fabric Seal Retardant Concentrate.
Test as in Step 2.

5. Retreatment is recommended after three (3) dry cleanings or one (1) machine washing with water.

Mix Water to Chemical (Example: 3-1 is 3 parts water, 1 part chemical.)	MIXTURE: PARTS - WATER to FABRIC SEAL CONCENTRATE
"NATURAL FIBERS"
(SILK : DO NOT TREAT SILK - WATER STAINS)
1."COTTON"	3-1, or 2-1
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2. "NATURAL + SYNTHETIC BLENDS"
Example: COTTON+POLYESTER	2-1 or 1-1
Example: RAYON / RAYON+POLYESTER	2-1 or 1-1
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"SYNTHETICS"
1. 100% POLYESTER	1-1
2. NYLON OR BLENDS CONTAINING NYLON	1-1 or Up to full strength

AFTER DILUTION: APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS:

FABRIC SEAL

DIRECTIONS:

1. ITEMS TO BE TREATED MUST BE CLEAN AND DRY.

2. TREAT A SMALL SECTION OF MATERIAL TO TEST FOR COLOR FASTNESS.

3. MIST BOTH SIDES OF MATERIAL IF POSSIBLE. MAKE SURE TO MIST ALL SIDES OF ANY FOLD IN THE MATERIAL. ( IF MATERIAL DOES NOT ABSORB CHEMICAL ADD 1/2 - 1 OUNCE OF CLEAR IVORY DISHWASHING LIQUID TO ONE QUART OF FIRE RETARDANT. MIX WELL JUST PRIOR TO USE. THE IVORY WILL ACT AS A SURFACTANT AND WILL HELP THE FABRIC ABSORB MORE EASILY.)

4. ALLOW AMPLE TIME TO DRY.

5. RETREATMENT IS RECOMMENDED AFTER THREE (3) DRY CLEANINGS OR ONE (1) MACHINE WASHING.

6. USE PRODUCT IN AREA WITH ADEQUATE VENTILATION.

(COVERAGE RATE IS APPROXIMATELY 300 SQ. FT. PER GALLON )

CAUTIONS:

1. STORE OUT OF REACH OF CHILDREN.
2. IF SWALLOWED, GIVE LARGE QUANTITIES OF WATER. CALL A PHYSICIAN.
3. IN CASE OF EYE CONTACT, FLUSH THOROUGHLY WITH WATER FOR 15 MINUTES. CALL A PHYSICIAN
4. USE WITH ADEQUATE VENTILATION.
5. MAY BE IRRITATING TO SENSITIVE SKIN . 6. AFTER USING , WASH HANDS THOROUGHLY.

CHEMICAL COMPOUND IS NON-TOXIC AND CONTAINS NO LISTED CARCINOGENS AS PUBLISHED BY THE E.P.A.

OVERVIEW AND TIPS:

INTRODUCTION:

The following is a general overview of Fabric Seal Fire Retardant characteristics, application mechanisms, and some potentially useful tips, tricks, and precautions in dealing with Fabric Seal Retardant.

Fabric Seal Retardant is a line of aqueous fire retardant penetrants, varying in concentration and usage. Treatment involves a thorough wetting of the substrate by the fire retardant solution, followed by removal of the excess solution. Generally, this excess is removed by mechanical means and then the water is removed through evaporative drying - enhanced, or not.

Wetting may be performed using standard wetting procedures and equipment dipping, spraying, vacuum loading, etc. The equipment needs to be plastic, stainless steel, or other non-corrosive material as the liquid forms of Fabric Seal are electrolytically corrosive. Excess liquid should be removed by pinch rollers, spinning, forced air, vacuum, wringing etc before final drying. The excess may be recycled. Final drying may be achieved by any reasonable method that the treated material will handle heat, forced air, etc

TREATMENT:

The idea is to allow a sufficient amount of liquid to evaporate in place, so that an adequate amount of the fire retardant chemicals is left behind. I.e. the physical removal of too much liquid by other than evaporative mechanisms can reduce the effectiveness of the treatment. Put plainly, the material needs to be dried from a well-saturated state. The flip side of this argument is that treatment often causes some stiffening of the substrate the heavier the treatment, the greater the stiffening effect. Therefore, real world applications are a balancing act of degree of fire retardance vs. tolerable degree of stiffness. Our guidelines take this into consideration.

ENHANCEMENT TIPS:

Several methods may be used to enhance the penetration/performance of the solutions and reduce the stiffening effects. The better the penetration of the Fabric Seal into the substrate, the better the fire retardance. This may, in turn, allow the use of a less concentrated product to achieve the desired results.

Surfactants may greatly improve the penetration of the solutions into some materials, by reducing the surface tension of the water molecules and allowing better wetting of the substrate. While we have found many surfactants to be compatible with the Fabric Seals, Ivory Liquid is still the most benign, yet beneficial, surfactant we have found. We would greatly appreciate any input on this subject. Levels of to 1% solution weight are suggested. Caution : Elevated surfactant levels tend to increase smoke generation during burning.

Heating the solutions may also have a pronounced effect. An increase in fiber penetration, performance, and suppleness, may all be seen, especially with synthetics. A temperature around 130 F has proved to be effective in our experiments. Taking the temperature much beyond 130 F does not seem to show significant improvements in performance. Of course, heating and surfactants may be used together providing the surfactant is safe to heat.

TIPS ON TESTING AND PROBLEM MATERIAL:

Multi-layered materials, twisted materials (ropes and even some yarns), or any end products where the inner area of the product is effectively sealed off from penetration by the outer layers, present special problems especially with synthetics.

Dont be fooled by the apparent flame retardancy seen on a low flame (cigarette lighter, etc) if you have to pass a larger scale test. When a larger flame melts through the outer layers and reaches the unprotected material beneath it will likely flame. If the inner layers are not reachable by heating and/or surfactants the individual layers/strands may have to be treated separately to obtain sufficient fire retardancy. Another fooler is incomplete drying. Be sure that the fabric you are test burning is completely dried. You may have an apparently successful test one day, only to find out several days later that you now fail.

Finally, a somewhat strange phenomenon may be encountered in blended weaves. The fabric may burn more readily in one direction than the other, or one fabric may selectively burn away, leaving the other behind. Be sure and test in all directions. Of course, you will have to treat the whole fabric as the most flammable entity (dont forget to try heating in these cases.)

SPRAYING TIPS:

Spraying must be done in a smooth and uniform fashion. Incorporating a lot of air into the solutions when spraying, such as rigorous pumping of a hand sprayer, can cause spotting due to beading of the solution and a reduction in protection particularly in the more concentrated solutions. Also the more complete the coverage, the better the fire retardance treatment of both front and back surfaces is preferred where applicable.

CONCLUSION:

The bottom line is that there are vast numbers of fabric variations and treatment requirements. The Fabric Seal products are uniquely versatile products designed to solve a variety of flame retardant requirements across a broad array of materials. In our experience, Fabric Seal can effectively treat just about any material with even moderately penetrable fibers. Our recommended treatments (included in this package) are merely a broad guideline intended to give you a place to start for determining your individual needs. Our website (www.flameseal.com) contains a wealth of information, including testing information. Our technical department is always available by phone, or email, to help with individual problems but, once again, final application methods and treatment levels will have to be determined by the end user.

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PRODUCTS ARE GUARANTEED TO PERFORM THEIR FIRE RETARDANT FUNCTION AS REPRESENTED BY THIRD PARTY TESTS, IF APPLIED ACCORDING TO MANUFACTURERS PUBLISHED INSTRUCTIONS. PRODUCTS MAY NOT BE DILUTED OR ALTERED PRIOR TO USE.

There are no other warrantees either expressed or implied since Flame Seal Products, Inc. cannot control the actual application of the products. Users must determine usability and suitability for their particular requirements, as well as compatibility with the exact materials to be treated or coated.

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