Flame n' Aqua Shield Technical Report 3

Technical Report No. 3
24 March 1999

PROJECT: EVALUATION OF FIRE RETARDANT PROPERTIES OF
FLAME n' AQUA SHIELD

SUBJECT: STANDARD TEST METHOD FOR FIRE TESTS OF ROOF COVERINGS (ASTM E108-91a)

	Control Panel 1 - Industry Conventional Fire Treatment		Test Panel 2 - Flame n' Aqua Shield Formula 101JM Dipped
Type of Test	Control Panel 1	Comments	Test Panel 2	Comments
Spread of Flame Total Fire/Smoke Duration	9 minutes	Pass, no hole	1 minute	Pass, no hole
Area Effected/Charred	60 sq in	Pass, no hole	40 sq in	Pass, no hole
Flying Brand Number of Flying Brands	0	Pass	0	Pass, brand not glowing
Intermittent Flame Total Fire/Smoke Duration	1 minute	Pass	1 minutes	Pass, some cracking sound
Area Effected/Charred	84 sq in	Pass	29 sq in	Pass, some cracking sound
Burning Branding Total Fire/Smoke Duration	55 minutes	Fail, test terminated at 55 minutes	80 minutes	Pass, some cracking sound, no glowing flying brands
No. of Brands Burned Through	7	Fail, test terminated at 55 minutes	3 *	Pass, some cracking sound, no glowing flying brands
No. of Brands Extinguished	13	Fail, test terminated at 55 minutes	17	Pass, some cracking sound, no glowing flying brands

Conditions of Classification (Class C)
At no time during or after the intermittent flame, spread of flame, or burning brand tests shall:
- any portion of the roof covering material be blown or fall off the test deck in form of flaming or glowing brands that continue to glow after reaching the floor, or
- the roof deck be exposed or portions of the roof deck fall away in the form of particles that continue to glow after reaching the floor or sustained flaming of the underside of the deck.
- the flaming shall not spread beyond 13 ft. and there shall be no significant lateral spread of flame from the path directly exposed to the test flame.

Comments
- Material Tested: Class 1 Taper Sawn Cedar Shingles installed on a 1.17 m. x 1.07 m. deck
- Type of Treatment: Shingles dipped in FAS Formula 103BR for 4 hours, Air cured < 1 week, Rain tested for 12 weeks
- Date Test Panel Constucted and Treated: 98-06-22 ; Date Fire Tested: 98-12-08
- Test Method Used: Modified ASTM E108 - 91a (Ref. AGRA Report VA-4263, Section 3.0)
* Three small holes burnt through (4mm - 6mm)

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