Product Composition

The major ingredient in RB Products is lignin, a natural binder found in plants that provides strength and rigidity to the cell wall thus enabling trees to grow in an upright fashion. About one-quarter of dry wood is lignin, making it the second most prominent component of the wood part of a tree, with cellulose being the principal component. In the pulp mill process, cellulose is separated from the lignin and recovered for use in a variety of different products.

Using lignin as the main ingredient, Roadbind America, Inc. has blended it with other environmentally safe proprietary agricultural additives. These blended products are known as RB Ultra and RB Ultra Plus. When properly mixed and applied, Roadbind products are more resilient, durable, long lasting, and will increase load bearing ratios two to three times. While our Roadbind products are water-soluble and are rinsed from equipment and clothing easily, it takes heavy and prolonged rains and traffic to effect the treated surfaces.

In the United States and Europe, lignosulfonates have been used as a treatment for unpaved roads since the 1920's.

RB Products are naturally adhesive when moist. When applied to dirt roads, the RB Products solutions coats individual road particles with an adhesive-like film that binds the particles to adhere closer together for a stronger road surface. Consequently, water uptake by the roadbed surface is greatly reduced and the binder is less likely to be washed away by rain.

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