Merkrete All About Solutions, Sneak Peeks at Coverings 2022

Booth N2562 could not contain all the solution knowledge Merkrete dispensed at Coverings 2022 in Las Vegas last week, with demonstrations spilling over to the venue’s Innovation Installation Stage.  Merkrete, a Parex USA brand, brought its 50 years of tile setting material knowledge to the Las Vegas Convention Center to show industry leaders better and more streamlined solutions designed to provide better results and save time.   

Merkrete National Technical Manager Brett Mauney conducted tours around Booth N2562 for groups of the world’s top contractors April 6 and 7.   The tours gathered to hear about Merkrete’s Slake-Free mortar and grout technology that is saving their peers approximately 12 hours per pallet of material used.  The groups also got a taste of the product solutions that were more fully explored during half-hour demonstrations conducted on the Innovation Installation Stage.  On stage, Mauney and Merkrete Technical Representative Hector Flores showed audiences the performance benefits and ease of use of several Merkrete products in different application scenarios.   The team mixed Merkrete Pro Patch Plus and applied it to a mockup substrate to make it flat and acceptable to receive tile.   Another demonstration saw them roll Fracture Guard FD over a clefted substrate mockup to provide crack isolation protection.  Finally, the duo applied Hydro Guard SP-1 over a model shower pan, effectively waterproofing the pan and drain assembly.