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February 2025 Product Buzz Guide

This Buzz Guide is updated every few months to reflect the current products.

The February Buzz Guide features products from a variety of brands in the construction industry, including selections from the following:

2 in 1 Wall & Ceiling Spray Texture

DAP Global Inc.

DAP has reinvented aerosol spray texture applications in function, formula, and finish with a new collection of orange peel, knockdown and popcorn textures that deliver consistent, fast-drying and professional results. DAP’s aerosol cans feature Aim Tech technology that offers a 60-degree adjustable nozzle angle to repair vertical and hard-to-reach areas.

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Total Moisture Control

VaproShield

The Bryn Athyn Church School recently completed a multi-phase construction for its state-of-the-art campus, utilizing WrapShield SA and SlopeShield Plus SA Self-Adhered air barrier membranes. The project required high-performance building envelope materials to ensure the structures met the campus's long-term durability and energy efficiency goals.

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Expansions? Hide 'em away!

Trim-Tex Drywall Solutions

In Milwaukee's tallest residential high-rise, each unit features long, unbroken walls — and longer walls mean installing more expansion joints. With so many expansion joints located all over their building, the project's architects wanted to keep them as subtle as possible, a perfect fit for Trim-Tex's subtler Hideaway Expansion bead.

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Plastic Rustfree Ultra-Lath Plus®

Plastic Components, Inc.

Ultra-Lath Plus® plastic lath and strips, the non-rusting, ASTM compliant alternatives to metal, are perfect for interior/exterior use, CI stucco and 3d hardscape projects. 1/4” self-furred Ultra-Lath Plus comes in sheets, rolls – and 8’ strips in various widths for reinforcing stress points around window/door openings.

For vertical and horizontal use.

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SHORTSPAN® FRAMING: 9’ SPANS, NO PROBLEM

Armstrong World Industries

ShortSpan Cross Tees are an easy, pre-engineered solution to support spans up to 9’ with no mid-span support. The framing system features ScrewStop™ reverse hem to prevent screw spin-off and provide safer handling. ShortSpan is part of the Sustain® portfolio and meets the most stringent industry sustainability compliance standards today.

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