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Product Naming and ASTM Standards

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Behind the scenes with Tower Sealants.

What happens here

Dale explains that the 'Accelerator' product name is inspired by his past racing career, adding a personal touch to the brand. He elaborates on two main ASTM classifications for caulk: C-834 for aesthetic sealants (meant to join two substrates smoothly) and C-920 for high-performance elastomeric sealants, which are designed for extreme conditions with high joint movement, freezing/sub-freezing temperatures, and large daily temperature swings. He emphasizes that their products often exceed these minimum standards.

Goal: Differentiate between caulk types based on ASTM standards and their applications.

Tools and materials

  • Tower Accelerator Caulk Tower Sealants — Fast-drying caulk for quick paint applications, designed for aesthetic sealing (meets ASTM C-834)
  • Tower Tech 2 Caulk Tower Sealants — High-performance elastomeric sealant for extreme conditions (exceeds ASTM C-920)

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And this is manufactured by tower sealants and the product is called a Accelerator and I'm the chemist is going to talk a little bit about this product because it was something I learned This is something you have to hear what this product actually does what it resolves and industry goes back to You know my controversial methods of caulking your tape, but a accelerator The little trivia. What was that named after? It was named after the racing after the racing So a accelerator goes right back to your racing routes and racing cars That's pretty cool a little fun fact with tower sealants. So cool Someday if you ever get an race car again, you got to put me in the passenger seat I would love to be in a race car someday. There's nothing like being in a race. Nothing like being in a race car Cool, so Dale when it comes to you know a accelerator versus tower tech to again is there, you know any Anything that would you know adversely affect the quality of a fast ride caulking versus one that's you know a typical You know dry caulking maybe two hours four hours. I mean yeah There's absolutely no difference in the terms of quality It's just a using a different polymer and has different functionality. There's no adverse side effects From you using one or the other so it's kind of like just You know making a cake versus a pancake. I mean they just got different recipes and they serve a different purpose And they taste a little bit differently But you can have a cake that tastes good and you can have a pancake that tastes good. That's correct I just came up with that myself So so I got another question So you um mentioned something and I know like I've seen You know this a lot and this might you know go back to um the chemist and we're gonna be involved interviewing the mad scientists behind all this stuff and He what I've learned from him was absolutely amazing But I know you know all this stuff like the back of your hand too. So what does um It says exceeds a stm c-834 standards. What does that mean? Yeah, it's a it's a specification There's really two two classifications a call. There's a stm c834 minus 18. That's just a test But that's for an aesthetic type sealant where you have a stm c920 or test specifications for extreme conditions That typo. So is that something like is a um, I'm a repainter So I do a lot of residential repaints interior exterior Repainting do I need to be reading these tubes of caulking and do I need to be looking for that? Is that something…

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