F. Ball and Co. Ltd. will use this year’s Flooring Show to debut Stopgap 1600, a new fast-drying, fibre-reinforced smoothing compound that is formulated especially for use over underfloor heating systems, as well as unveiling a new packaging design for its range of floor smoothing compounds, and celebrating 50 years of its industry-leading Recommended Adhesives Guide (RAG).
Stopgap 1600 can be used to encapsulate electrical wired or water-fed underflooring heating and cooling systems installed over a wide range of internal subfloors in both domestic and commercial environments. It is walk-on hard from three hours after application and ready to receive floorcoverings in as little as 12 hours.
The packaging of F. Ball’s popular floor smoothing compounds has been redesigned to aid selection and achieve visual consistency across the range. Distinctive icons highlighting key features and supporting identification and differentiation together with product-specific colour schemes.
Stopgap 1600 will be the first product to feature the new packaging, with designs for other smoothing compounds being phased in over the coming months.
The RAG lists the compatibility of F. Ball adhesives with over 6,000 branded floorcoverings from over 200 leading international floorcovering manufacturers. Each year since 1973, F. Ball has published an update to what has evolved into the foremost guide to floorcovering-adhesive compatibility. In addition to an A5 printed book, a constantly updated version of the guide is available on the F. Ball website, and as a mobile app, which is free to download from the Apple App store or Google Play.
Delegates are invited to attend a drinks reception at the F. Ball stand (B1) on the Monday afternoon of the show to celebrate the 50th edition of the RAG.
Visitors to the F. Ball stand at the Flooring Show will also be able to watch live demonstrations of F. Ball products delivered by F. Ball’s head of training plus experts from the company’s technical service department on the stand’s live demonstration area.
Representatives from the F. Ball Marketing, Sales and Liaison teams will be on hand throughout the exhibition to answer any questions that visitors may have about F. Ball’s products and technical support, including free training courses delivered at the F. Ball Centre of Excellence in Staffordshire. Contractors attending the show can also find out how to become a member of the Ball Rewards scheme, which entitles them to claim cashback each time they purchase F. Ball products, as well as a range of exclusive benefits, such as the opportunity to enter regular competitions and extra cashback on promotional products.
Commenting on the company’s attendance of the exhibition, F. Ball sales director Darren Kenyon said: “We are particularly excited to reveal the latest addition to F. Ball’s range of flooring installation products, which combines high-performance features. We are also looking forward to seeing some of the first reactions to the new packaging for our smoothing compounds, which we expect to be well received.”
Find F. Ball at The Flooring Show, Harrogate Convention Centre, 17 – 19 September 2023, Stand B1.
