What is a "slipsats" compared to leveling compound/Self-Leveling Compound?

[ptrlkrs]

What is a "slipsats" compared to screed/self-leveling compound?

Not much more to add.... Hoping for a clear and unambiguous answer.... e.g. with what distinguishes them in terms of composition and application..

/P

 

[C.Lundin]

Slip compound is more like a practice and applied "by hand." It is used more like a coarse hand filler on smaller surfaces, to give a short and simple answer.
Self-leveling compound, as you probably intended, is used to level out larger surfaces and is significantly smoother.

 

[ptrlkrs]

Thanks for the clear answer.

It seems like "-sats" implies a slightly smaller amount, and "slip-" that it is not meant to spread out and therefore you need to expect to sand it after it has set. That's how I will try to remember it in any case.

 

[doubleH]

It can be difficult to achieve the slope nearest to the floor drain with standard self-leveling compound. In such cases, a boundary (with foam tape) is placed around the floor drain. The self-leveling compound is applied on the "outside" of the boundary and hand-troweled (once the compound has cured and the boundary is removed) with the more viscous slip compound inside the boundary towards the drain.