Specifications

Brand

Shaw Floors

SKU

SHAW-111SA

VOC

VOC content 0.5 grams per litre; meets USGBC LEED EQ credit 4.1. Shaw's brand page states low odour, low VOC and Greenguard certification for indoor air quality

Coverage

Moisture and sound plus wood installation: 30-35 sq ft/gallon. Adhesive only: 60-70 sq ft/gallon for engineered 3/8"-1/2" thick up to 5" wide; 50-60 for engineered over 5" wide and 1/2" thick; up to 80 for engineered 1/4" thick. Shaw states coverage is approximate and varies with subfloor porosity, trowel angle, temperature and installer technique

Product type

One-component, 100% solids, cross-linking MS-polymer hardwood flooring adhesive that also acts as a concrete moisture inhibitor, sound reduction system and crack isolation layer. Solvent and isocyanate free, non-flammable, low odour. Off-white medium paste; working time about 50-70 minutes; one year shelf life unopened at 70F

Trowel notch

3/16" x 1/4" x 1/2" flat V-notch with spacers (trowel included) for the moisture and sound application; 3/16" x 1/4" x 5/16" flat V-notch for engineered over 1/2" thick. Replace the blade with each pail as the spacers wear

Container size

4 gallon pail, trowel blade included

Sound reduction

Shaw states it meets IIC and STC building code requirements for sound reduction. No numeric IIC, STC or delta-IIC values are published for it, so none are quoted here

Moisture control

Rated for concrete below 3 lbs per 1,000 sq ft per 24 hours (ASTM F-1869) or below 75% relative humidity (ASTM F-2170), and wood subfloors below 12% moisture. Requires the specified substrate preparation: 45 day cure, CSP 1-3 profile, intact below-slab vapour retarder, flat to 3/16" in 10 ft

Applicable flooring

Interior installation of Shaw hardwood products and mineral-core resilient flooring

About this product

Shaw TotalWorx 3-in-1 Ultra is a one-component, 100% solids, cross-linking MS-polymer flooring adhesive that does three jobs in a single troweled layer: bonding the floor, inhibiting concrete moisture, and providing sound reduction and crack isolation. It is not an underlayment and not three separate products. Which jobs you get depends on the trowel and spread rate, so the same pail covers roughly half the area when it is used as a moisture barrier. Shaw states it is solvent and isocyanate free, non-flammable and low odour, with a VOC content of 0.5 grams per litre. Shaw's current specification allows its use as a moisture control adhesive for engineered wood only, applied with the trowel supplied in the pail. Sold as a 4 gallon pail with a clip-on trowel blade included.