ROCKITE - DESCRIPTION & SPECIFICATIONS


	ROCKITE

Now you'll want to go out of your way looking for cracks, holes or breaks to repair in your garage or basement floors and walls... or posts, columns, pipes, railings or fixtures that need to be anchored into masonry or plaster where nails and screws won't hold. Your friends and neighbours will think you are an expert with a magic touch because in just a matter of minutes everything is cleaned up and the job is done PERMANENTLY! And you'll be a little surprised yourself when you discover how easy it is. No hazardous chemicals, heat or complicated instructions are involved. You just mix ROCKITE with enough water to get the consistency you want. On floor jobs you pour it into place. For walls you make it thicker and apply it with a spatula or trowel. Either way it works wonders. After a few days, weeks, or years, you'll come back to find that ROCKITE really is stronger than concrete with many times the holding power than cements you've used before.

NOTE: Do not use ROCKITE in swimming pools. When used outdoors, ROCKITE should be allowed to dry out thoroughly for seven days and then protected with a coat of good grade exterior paint. ROCKITE should not be used underwater or as a primary structural member. ROCKITE should not be used outdoors for anchoring in porous materials, such as brick, limestone and granite, when they are exposed to wet conditions.

ROCKITE is an expanding, fast-setting, pourable, hydraulic type cement more than twice the strength of fully-cured and conventional concrete. When mixed with water to pourable consistency, it flows and seeps into place as though it were molten lava. It takes an initial set within 15 minutes. Within 1 hour it develops a compression strength of 4500 lbs per square inch. Its adhesion is due to expansion and when fully set, it grips metal to concrete permanently.

1 pound of ROCKITE Cement yields 18.3/4 cubic inches. 92 pounds of ROCKITE Cement yields 1 cubic foot.

General: The compound shall be a hydraulic type cement which, when mixed with water, will harden rapidly to produce a permanent bolt-setting anchor. The compound shall conform to the following specifications, all of which are based on the performance of the test specimens at room temperature and in laboratory air.

Application: It shall be applied by pouring into place in a semi-fluid state, and shall be ready to use subject only to the addition of clear water.

Consistency: It shall require no more than 3 pints of water to 10 pounds of compound to achieve a pourable consistency that will flow freely from an inverted container.

Setting time: It shall have an initial set of no more than30 minutes at 70°F and shall have a final set of no more than 60 minutes as determined by Gilmore Setting Needles.

Linear Movement: It shall not shrink on setting, but shall exhibit a slight expansion of not more than 0.002 inches per lineal inch.

Weight per Cubic Foot: It shall require no more than 92 pounds of dry compound mixed with 3.5 gallons of water to fill one cubic foot of volume. Weight after setting up shall not exceed 120 pounds per cubic foot.

Compression Strength: 2-inch cubes made in accordance with ASTM standards tested on a Baldwin-Southwark Machine of 60,000 pounds capacity shall have the following average compression strengths:

Age:	1 hour	4,000 psi
	24 hours	5,000 psi
	7 days	8,000 psi

Content: The compound shall contain neither Portland cement, ferrous metals, nor rust-promoting agents.

Strain-Bearing Ability: The compound shall produce a setting with an average strain-bearing ability for each respective bolt and opening size, as shown in the following chart:

Diameter of Bolt to be fastened*	Diameter of Opening	Depth of Opening**	Average Strain-Bearing Ability (lbs) ***
3/8"	1.1/4"	3"	8,600
1/2"	1.3/4"	4"	15,500
3/4"	2.1/2"	6"	32,700
1"	3.1/2"	8"	59,000
1.1/4"	4.1/4"	12"	94,200

* All bolts shall be equipped with a washer large enough to fit the diameter of the opening with only enough tolerance so that the washer will be free to reach and rest snugly against the head of the bolt at the bottom of the opening.

** Depths shown are based on opening drilled in sound concrete having a compression strength of 3,600lbs per square inch. In the case of weaker concrete, the depth shall be increased to provide a greater purchase to the concrete slab. This minimises the danger of failure due to fracture of the concrete when subjected to extreme strains.

*** Data determined by tests in which the strains recorded were limited to stresses sufficient to rupture mild steel bolts of each respective diameter. In no case was the setting injured.