SealOnce™ Adhesive
Bonds Vinyl to Wet Concrete...SquidGee SealOnce™ is moisture-activated and cures in wet conditions, but water is not necessary. Apply a heavy, tall bead of SquidGee SealOnce™ to the bottom of the SquidGee™ Dry main section. Position the main section next to the wall and press gently down on the floor. Apply only 3 pounds of weight with each hand and press down gently, seesawing the baseboard right, left, right.
Long-term, light compression when install the system will create the most watertight, long-lasting bond between the waterproofing system and the concrete foundation. Your second to last step in the installation process is to caulking the front of the system where the main section meets the floor. This is a very important step! View this basement waterproofing step in a video.
Use one tube of SquidGee SealOnce™ adhesive for each main section. Click here to learn tips when using the SquidGee SealOnce™.
SquidGee SealOnce™ bonds water tight in wet conditions!
Helpful SquidGee SealOnce™ tips directly from our customers.
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Use an empty box as a work station. Just hang your SquidGee™ Dry main section with the bottom side up on one edge of the box. This will make installing our basement waterproofing system even simpler. Notice how the empty box is used to hold the SquidGee™ main section while the SealOnce™ is applied.
Caulk a tall bead of adhesive. What you need when placing your SquidGee SealOnce™ on the bottom of your main section is a tall bead of adhesive. This tall bead of adhesive will seep down into the pours of the concrete basement floor to give you a long-lasting watertight bond.
DO NOT press down on SquidGee™ main section. Once you apply the SealOnce to the bottom of the main section it is critical that you set the section in place along the wall and DO NOT press down. Once the section is set for 30 seconds, do not disturb the section by pressing or installing Butt-Joints. In fact, its best to wait two or three days before installing the Butt-Joints. This will ensure your basement waterproofing system has the most secure, water tight bond to the floor.
Caulk the joint where the system meets the floor. As soon as you set each main section into place on your basement floor, caulk the joint where the system meets the floor and feather the SealOnce up onto the face of the main section and out onto the floor. This can be done with many different tools. You can use either a folded piece of cardboard or a cornering tool from you local hardware store to feather the SealOnce™ up onto the face of the main section and out onto the floor. Or, you can dip your fingers into some liquid laundry soap and slicking the SealOnce™ so it feathers down onto the floor tight.
Drain your SquidGee™ System. When draining your basement waterproofing system to a floor drain, take a short piece of 4" PVC pipe (you would purchase this from your local hardware store) and slice it into two halves, each piece will now look like a crescent shape. Next, seal the edges of the half-round PVC pipe with the SealOnce™ adhesive to the floor. All the water in the SquidGee™ System will run under the dome-shaped pipe to your basement floor drain. If you are draining your SquidGee™ System to a sump pump, click here for directions.
