Investigation of rain surface erosion and bonding strength of different wall care putty materials along with different walling materials

Abstract

In tropical countries such as Sri Lanka, wall care putties are applied as primers in building constructions providing a smooth shield for the wall. This research study was conducted to investigate the durability performance in terms of rain surface erosion and the bonding strength by shear testing of different wall care putty materials along with walling materials. Four types of walling materials and ten types of wall care putty mixtures were selected. Accelerated erosion test and lap shear strength test were conducted and bond breaking patterns were examined. X-ray diffraction analysis was conducted to investigate the chemical compositions of putty mixtures. Results demonstrate that cement block walling material and putty C+10% cement wall care putty mixture have the highest bonding strength. Similarly, cement added putty mixtures showed higher durability and bonding strength than putties in their pure form.