Peel-and-stick
Peel-and-stick turns up in 2 fields: adhesives, waterproofing. Here is what it means to the people in each one.
Peel-and-stick in adhesives
Describing any product with a ready-coated pressure-sensitive adhesive under a liner that goes on without tools.
Peel-and-stick covers labels, pads, feet, gaskets, mounting tapes and flooring sold with PSA already applied. Buyers like it because there is nothing to mix, dispense or cure; engineers know it lives or dies on surface prep, temperature and dwell. It also signals a part that can be supplied as a die-cut kit from a converter.
"Make the bumpers peel-and-stick, the operators are wasting ten minutes a unit with the glue gun."
Peel-and-stick in waterproofing
Field name for self-adhered membrane: rubberized asphalt or butyl sheet with a release liner on the back.
Peel-and-stick sheets go on cold: the installer pulls the liner, sets the sheet and rolls it down. They are used for foundation walls, window and door flashing, roof underlayment and through-wall flashing. Adhesion depends heavily on primer, temperature and a clean, dry substrate, and the asphalt types soften in heat and stiffen badly in cold.
"Prime the CMU first or that peel-and-stick will be on the ground by lunch."