Scrim-free epoxy intumescent from Sherwin-Williams

FIRETEX FX9500 is the next generation scrim-free epoxy intumescent from Sherwin-Williams, allowing flexible design and a reduction in a project’s costs.

FX9500 offers protection against cellulosic fires, on projects where external long term durability is a concern. The new coating covers 60, 90 and 120min time periods on a wide selection of steel sections, which have competitive loadings. It is tough and durable, has high build and sag resistance, uses a single leg airless spray, is mesh free, 95% volume solids and is boric acid free.

When in field trials, the applicator found, (compared with competitive products), that FX9500 was very easy to apply through a single leg pump; there was very little odour and that the finish was exceptional. To achieve the same finish with a competitor’s product a higher film would have to be applied then sanded off, leading to a great deal of wasted product and a less safe working environment. The finish of the FX series is so fine that the previous generation of the coating, M95, was used in a C5 environment on the external steel work of the Leadenhall building in London, UK, pictured.

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