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Tackifier and Related Products
A 'Tackifier' is a bonding or adhesive agent that is used for hydraulic seeding and hay or straw mulch tacking. Wind will often blow hay and straw away, while the impact of rain will often cause breakdown of the surface topsoil allowing fines to seal and promote ponding, encouraging the possibility of erosion. Usually tacking was done by spraying an emulsified asphalt emulsion directly with or over the mulch.
In search of a solution, the Reinco research and development team introduced the first biodegradable powdered tackifier in 1968. This multi purpose product called 'Terra Tack™' (which became the industry benchmark for performance), could be used to effectively keep hay and straw mulch in place. Reinco Mulch Binder (RMBplus) was an improved formulation of the earlier products. Through 2007, Reinco offered TRACER™ TACKIFIER which was an improved formulation, applied at 6 lbs per acre verses the earlier 100 lb rate.
Today, Reinco offers Terra Tack™ SC packaged in convienent 6 lb jugs. Readily mixed with water in a hydrograsser or similiar mixing/spraying apparatus, the tackifier slurry is then oversprayed onto the long fiber mulch and when cured becomes a permeable linked mat. This method of seeding is now aptly referred to as the 'Three Step Method' (3SM).
Terra Tack™ SC Tackifier is a powdered, multipurpose, hay and straw tackifier, fiber mulch binder, and temporary soil stabilizer, designed for mixing in a Hydrograsser, Tackifier applicator, or with similar equipment, for use by professional landscape contractors. This product is the latest in our tackifier line that spans several decades. It replaces our prior formulations that include: Terra Tack™, Terra Tack™ AR, Terra Tack™ MP, RMBplus and TRACER. (MSDS)
This 8 horsepower, 250 gallon capacity machine fits in the back of a half ton pickup truck to apply a half acre charge of tackifier slurry over new mulch. Available skid or trailer mounted. Standard 1-1/4" hose is utilized to spray up to 180 feet with extention hoses. As a 'Mini-Hydrograsser' mix up a slurry to do small patch or washout repairs up to 21000 square foot applications.
