{"id":3464,"date":"2023-10-24T07:43:43","date_gmt":"2023-10-24T07:43:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/f-ball.com\/product\/stopgap-300\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T16:00:58","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T15:00:58","slug":"stopgap-300-heavy-duty-smoothing-compound","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/f-ball.com\/en\/product\/stopgap-300-heavy-duty-smoothing-compound\/","title":{"rendered":"Stopgap 300"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>STOPGAP 300 is a fast drying self-smoothing compound suitable for use in light to heavy-duty areas for preparing sound absorbent and non-absorbent subfloors prior to the installation of new floorcoverings.<\/p>\n<p>It is dimensionally stable with heavy-duty properties, ensuring long lasting performance even in demanding environments. It comes as a pre-blended dry powder designed for application between 2 &#8211; 20mm, and enables users to easily apply it by hand or with a pump.<\/p>\n<p>This smoothing compound allows users to lay floorcoverings on absorbent surfaces from 6 hours, and provides a walk-on-hard time of just 90 minutes at 20\u00b0C. This fast turnaround time helps flooring contractors to complete jobs more efficiently and to a high-quality standard. Its low odour, protein-free formula makes it suitable for use in biologically sensitive areas such as hospitals.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\" data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">STOPGAP 300 can also be used as a wearing surface making it ideal for commercial and industrial grade internal floors where the installation of floorcoverings is not required. It is suitable for use in areas such as storerooms, post rooms, workshops, corridors, and warehouses.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Our durable wearing surface is grey in colour and maintains excellent dimensional stability, ensuring long-lasting performance. Supplied as a pre-blended powder, this compound is designed for easy application from 5-20mm.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">In areas where water or other fluids may come into direct contact with the cured material, seal the surface with\u00a0<a title=\"https:\/\/f-ball.com\/en\/product\/stopgap-seal\/\" href=\"https:\/\/f-ball.com\/en\/product\/stopgap-seal\/\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"0\">STOPGAP SEAL<\/a>\u00a0from 24 hours. Sealing the surface helps to protect the floor and simplifies maintenance by reducing the adhesive of dirt and other debris.<\/p>\n<p>STOPGAP 300 delivers consistent results with its excellent fast drying and self levelling properties, making it a trusted choice by flooring professionals especially for heavy duty purposes. Explore how contractors have successfully used our heavy duty smoothing compound in real-world projects by reading our F-Talk article <a href=\"https:\/\/f-ball.com\/en\/ball-rewards\/f-talk-magazine\/july-2022\/project-of-the-month-english-spirit-distillery\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Heavy-Duty Floor Smoothing Compound and Wearing Surface<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":22905,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[83,138,85],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-3464","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-smoothing-compound","7":"product_cat-high-performance-smoothing-compounds","8":"product_cat-system-lvt","10":"first","11":"instock","12":"product-type-simple"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/f-ball.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/3464","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/f-ball.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/f-ball.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/f-ball.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3464"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/f-ball.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22905"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/f-ball.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3464"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/f-ball.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=3464"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/f-ball.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=3464"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/f-ball.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=3464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}