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Mopping The application of hot bitumen with a mop or mechanical applicator to the substrate or plies of a bituminous membrane. There are two types of mopping as follows:
    mopping, solid: A continuous coating

    mopping, spot: Bitumen is applied roughly in circular areas, leaving a grid of unmopped perpendicular areas
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