S-45 is an asphalt-impregnated, open mesh woven glass cloth made from inorganic glass fibers and lightly covered with a bitumi¬nous coating. This coating is compatible with high-grade oxidized asphaltic compounds, like S-41 Corrosion Resistant Membrane. S-45’s open meshes are not completely closed by the bituminous coating. This allows sufficient porosity to permit successive applications of the hot melt asphaltic compound to interlock. S-45 provides additional structural reinforcement in corners, trenches, movement joints or areas where the substrate changes direction or is otherwise structurally weak.