What properties of mortar can be improved by redispersible polymer powder (RDP)?
Release time:
2025-12-15
RDP redistributes in water and, after curing, forms a continuous polymer network/film inside the mortar pores and around cement hydration products. This strengthens bonding between particles, improves flexibility, and blocks part of the pore channels—so the hardened mortar becomes stronger in adhesion, more flexible, and more durable.
What properties of mortar can be improved by redispersible polymer powder (RDP)?
- Improves impact resistance, toughness, and abrasion resistance
RDP forms a polymer film in the hardened mortar and improves the microstructure, helping the mortar absorb impact and resist wear. - Improves workability and adhesion during application
RDP improves wetting and workability, making spreading/troweling easier and improving “stickiness” during construction. (Some RDP systems can also help stabilize entrained air, depending on formulation.) - Improves adhesion (bond strength) and flexural/tensile strength
RDP significantly increases bond strength to different substrates (e.g., concrete, masonry, insulation boards), and improves flexural and tensile strength.
(Note: RDP does not mainly increase “compressive strength”; it mainly improves bonding and flexibility-related strengths.) - Improves crack resistance, freeze–thaw durability, and aging resistance
Because the polymer film adds flexibility and helps relieve stress from temperature changes and movement, it reduces cracking and improves durability under freeze–thaw cycles. - Improves water resistance (reduces water absorption) and impermeability
RDP helps reduce capillary water uptake and improves water resistance.
(Important: true “hydrophobicity” usually comes from silicone/water-repellent additives or special hydrophobic RDP grades; normal RDP mainly improves water resistance and cohesion, not strong water repellency by itself.)
Main applications of RDP
- Interior/exterior wall putty
- Tile adhesives
- Tile grouts / joint fillers
- Dry-mix bonding/priming “interface” mortars
- ETICS/EIFS basecoat & insulation mortars
- Self-leveling underlayments
- Repair mortars
- Decorative/render mortars
- Waterproof / water-resistant mortars (formulation dependent)
Why performance improves
RDP redistributes in water and, after curing, forms a continuous polymer network/film inside the mortar pores and around cement hydration products. This strengthens bonding between particles, improves flexibility, and blocks part of the pore channels—so the hardened mortar becomes stronger in adhesion, more flexible, and more durable.
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