MavClad — epoxy mortar

Where epoxy mortar earns its keep

MavClad is one of Maverick's two main system lines — the 100% solids epoxy mortar system that builds the floor itself, with coatings and sealers going over it. It is specified for high-abuse floors: heavy manufacturing, machine shops, warehouse walk lanes, and integral cove work. It installs at 3/16 to 1/4 inch troweled. The base MavClad EM uses graded silica sand; **MavClad EIF** is the epoxy iron-filled mortar system, substituting iron shot when impact and abrasion are the primary driver. The iron-filled idea carries across to the other main line: **MavCrete UIF** is the urethane cement iron-filled mortar, pairing the thermal-shock tolerance of urethane cement with iron aggregate for the hardest floor of that type. Read the letters and you have the binder: EIF is Epoxy Iron-Filled and lives in MavClad; UIF is Urethane Iron-Filled and lives in MavCrete. There is no MavClad UIF.

Say it out loud, then check yourself

1. 01
   Give two reasons epoxy mortar fails under thermal shock.

   First, epoxy resin has a much higher coefficient of thermal expansion than concrete, so repeated hot-cold cycling puts high shear at the bond line. Second, epoxy mortar cures to a rigid matrix and lacks the flexibility to accommodate substrate movement. The result is cracking and delamination.

2. 02
   A crew primed MavClad EM with SLE. At 8 hours the primer is still fingertip-tacky. Defect or next step?

   Normal next step. The mortar goes over a fingertip-tacky primer — that tacky window is the correct condition for a chemical bond between primer and mortar. Proceed. If the primer had blushed white or cured hard, that would be the defect.

3. 03
   Name three environments where MavClad EM is the wrong choice.

   Blast freezers or thermal-shock zones; green or high-moisture concrete; outdoor or UV-exposed floors.