Table V. VOC Content Limits for Adhesives, Sealants, Adhesive Primers and Sealant Primers, As Applied  


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  • Adhesive, sealant, adhesive primer or
    sealant primer category
    VOC content limit (pounds VOC per gallon, less water and exempt compounds)* VOC content limit (grams VOC per liter, less water and exempt compounds)*
    Adhesives
    ABS welding 3.3 400
    Ceramic tile installation 1.1 130
    Computer diskette jacket manufacturing 7.1 850
    Contact bond 2.1 250
    Cove base installation 1.3 150
    CPVC welding 4.1 490
    Indoor floor covering installation 1.3 150
    Metal to urethane/rubber molding or casting 7.1 850
    Multipurpose construction 1.7 200
    Nonmembrane roof installation/repair 2.5 300
    Outdoor floor covering installation 2.1 250
    Perimeter bonded sheet vinyl flooring installation 5.5 660
    Plastic cement welding, other than ABS, CPVC or PVC welding 4.3 510
    PVC welding 4.3 510
    Sheet rubber installation 7.1 850
    Single-ply roof membrane installation/ repair 2.1 250
    Structural glazing 0.8 100
    Thin metal laminating 6.5 780
    Tire retread 0.8 100
    Waterproof resorcinol glue 1.4 170
    Sealants
    Architectural 2.1 250
    Marine deck 6.3 760
    Nonmembrane roof installation/repair 2.5 300
    Roadway 2.1 250
    Single-ply roof membrane 3.8 450
    Other 3.5 420
    Adhesive Primers
    Automotive glass 5.8 700
    Plastic cement welding 5.4 650
    Single-ply roof membrane 2.1 250
    Traffic marking tape 1.3 150
    Other 2.1 250
    Sealant Primers
    Marine deck 6.3 760
    Nonporous architectural 2.1 250
    Porous architectural 6.5 775
    Other 6.3 750

    *The VOC content is determined as the weight of VOC per volume of product, less water and exempt compounds, as specified in subsections (bb) and (cc) or as the weight of VOC per volume of product, as specified in subsection (dd).