How Seal Bond Helped a Roofing Manufacturer Improve Performance & Safety with Custom Roofing Sealants

Background

As a leading commercial roof systems manufacturer with over 75 years of experience, this company is a fixture in the roofing industry. Their product portfolio includes a full spectrum of projects including Mod-Bit, APP, Single-Ply Membranes, Metal Roofing, and Roof Coatings.

As they continue to evolve their offerings, they needed roofing sealants and adhesives to meet performance demands across all system types. They also needed to align with increasingly strict environmental and safety standards. 

Their search for a new and improved solution initially centered on a cold-applied membrane adhesive. However, as conversations with Seal Bond progressed, additional opportunities surfaced—specifically for enhanced formulations of single-ply termination and pourable penetration sealants.

The Goal

One partner, multiple solutions to improve product performance, safety, and supply.

This manufacturer was ready to modernize its adhesive and sealant lineup, but needed help. Outdated product formulations, regulatory pressures, and supplier limitations held back product development goals. 

The main problems they were trying to solve included: 

• A need for products with improved Health, Safety, and Environmental (HSE) profiles due to shifting codes and regulations
• Underperforming products from existing vendors
• Pressure to reduce SKUs and overall product costs
• Long and unpredictable lead times
• A lack of formulation flexibility and limited support for custom applications

Our Solution

Collaborative innovation to solve real-world problems.

Seal Bond approached the partnership by getting everyone involved. We collaborated closely with Purchasing, Product Managers, R&D, Marketing, and Technical teams to understand the full scope of the client’s challenges and opportunities.

This discovery process led to several key questions:

• Does Seal Bond offer an alternative with a better HSE profile?
• Can our product work for this application or substrate?
• How does our chemistry compare to what they’re using now?
• Is it low-VOC, solvent-free, and easy to apply?

In some cases, we could deliver an immediate solution from our existing product line. In others, we modified or custom-developed formulations to meet exact specifications. 

The result was a 5-star product lineup, streamlined sourcing, and a true partnership built around solving real-world problems.

Product Selections 

From off-the-shelf to custom: A flexible path to better performance

To meet the client’s technical, environmental, and performance requirements, we delivered customized and versatile product solutions:

Seal Bond® 490 – Customized One-Part Pourable Sealer

• Ideal for penetrations, seams, gutters, and horizontal/vertical flashing
• Semi-self-leveling with moisture-cure hybrid polymer chemistry
• Temperature range: -40°F to 200°F
• Benefits: Fast skinover, solvent/isocyanate-free, low odor, extremely low shrinkage, multiple color options

Seal Bond® 400 – Customized Termination Sealant

• Moisture-curing, non-sag formula for vertical/overhead use

• Low-VOC, low-odor, and environmentally friendly
• Temperature range: -40°F to 190°F
• Benefits: Excellent gunability, flexible in extreme temps, compatible with most paints

General-Purpose Non-Sag Sealants

• Multi-use hybrid sealants for various points throughout the building envelope
• Packaged in sausages and cartridges for flexible application on the jobsite

The Results

The right products. The right partner. Long-term success.

• Matched best-in-class products to the right roofing applications
• Replaced outdated formulations and improved HSE profiles across their systems
• Reduced lead times and product delays with faster, more reliable delivery
• Consolidated SKUs and cut costs without sacrificing quality
• Created a strong, collaborative partnership between Seal Bond and the client’s R&D and Technical teams

Today, this customer is thriving. They’ve achieved better performance in the field, improved contractor satisfaction, and continue to work with Seal Bond on new product formulations and expanded applications.

Looking for a partner that delivers safer, better-performing solutions, without the long lead times or product headaches?

Contact Seal Bond to explore how our adhesives, sealants, and coatings can improve your system performance while supporting your safety and sustainability goals.