Conventional ways of controlling the dangers of dust sometimes create greater problems than the dust itself. Use of the wrong dust suppressants has caused lingering environmental and health concerns. Increasingly, legislators are outlawing dust suppressants that are found to be dangerous to humans and our natural environment.

Water often becomes the dust suppressant of choice. Unfortunately, it is not always available. And water provides only a short-term remedy that is labour-intensive and requires costly multiple applications.

Wetless is as it's name implies, wetter than water, ten times wetter than water. Wetless aids immensely in compaction by virtue of the way in which it controls hydration, thereby, decreasing water surface tension and promoting a uniform transmission of moisture throughout the soil.

The principal object of Wetless is to penetrate the soil more rapidly allowing a more through mix and an even distribution of moisture using far less water. Wetless hydrates far slower, seven to ten times slower than water alone so is ideal for dry hot days and even dry hot and windy days when the truck just can't keep up.

Secondly, the surfactant in Wetless is specifically formulated to be ten times wetter than water alone to control hydration, so that the soil wets out more rapidly and stays at the desired moisture content for a longer workable time.

Wetless saves on haulage both in distance and time, all the time the truck is away the soil is hydrating faster than the truck can travel, pump and return. Some soils using just water need to be left over night for correct penetration, with Wetless you can use the soil right away. 

The proportions of WETLESS required to bring a given soil or gravel to a workable consistency varies with the ratio of sand and clay in the soil.  A soil high in clay content absorbs a greater amount of moisture before it reaches plastic state than soil high in sand content.  Other factors are the soil moisture content on the day and the ambient temperature coupled to the degree of wind, as all of these factors affect the rate of hydration.

A SIMPLE GUIDE

WARNING > Always add Wetless to a full truck of water, never first. No agitation or mixing is required.

It is not claimed that the use of Wetless will increase the strength of a pavement when it has dried back but compaction will definitely be aided.

Why use a wetting Agent?