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CASE STUDIES

Worcestershire County Cricket Club

F Ball ‘beats the clock’ at Worcestershire County Cricket Club

BALL AND CO’s Stopgap 1200 from 60 minutes and dry enough to selected to install artificial grass on the
F ‘high-performance’ smoothing receive floorcoverings in as little as four balcony of the ladies’ pavilion.
compound and Styccobond adhesives hours when applied at a thickness of 2-5mm. Says the company: ‘The fibre-reinforced
were used to prepare subfloors and ‘Once the subfloor was fully prepared, adhesive is designed to be a user-friendly,
install floorcoverings extensively at Stockade carpet was installed in the one-part, moisture-curing alternative
Worcestershire County Cricket Club as part changing rooms and main areas using to traditional polyurethane and epoxy
of significant investments in modernising F Ball’s Styccobond F3 adhesive for textile adhesives for internal and external heavy-
and upgrading facilities. floorcoverings. The water-based rubber/ duty applications. It offers high initial grab
Cheltenham Flooring Services, which resin flooring adhesive offers excellent and, once cured, is highly resistant to
was contracted to undertake the work, wet grab and benefits from an early surface water, making it ideal for outdoor
had a strict two-week window in which buildup of strength.’ areas subject to heavy foot traffic.
to complete the project while the team Flooring contractors then used F Ball’s Furthermore, its fast-setting properties
was training away. It began by removing Styccobond F44 pressure sensitive acrylic allow the welding of sheet floorcoverings
old carpet and vinyl floorcoverings in the adhesive to install Polyflor Polysafe safety to take place from as little as two hours.’
main changing rooms, umpires’ rooms flooring in the changing rooms. Kevin Keegan of Cheltenham Flooring
and players’ and officials’ areas. This also ‘Styccobond F44 is a solvent-free, acrylic Services said: ‘The project went incredibly
required lockers and other fixtures and emulsion adhesive, which provides high smoothly despite the tight turnaround.
fittings to be moved. bond strength, strong initial tack and a There were long days, but we got it done.
Stopgap 1200 was then applied long open time. It’s protected against F. Ball products helped with the tight
throughout the areas. Says F Ball: ‘It’s biodegradation and suitable for securing time constraints. We use them all the
formulated so it can be applied over a wide-range of vinyl sheet and tile time, so we knew we could rely on them.
minimal old adhesive residues, eliminating floorcoverings, rubber floorcoverings and Fast-track properties allowed us to work
the need for mechanical removal and some PVC or polyurethane-backed textile quickly, and the client was extremely
saving time in these situations. floorcoverings.’ happy with the quick turnaround and the
‘Low-odour, self-smoothing and fast- Also as part of this phase of works, high-quality finish.’ 
drying, Stopgap 1200 is walk-on hard F Ball’s Styccobond F73 PLUS was www.f-ball.co.uk

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