Decorative Concrete Products
Concrete Remover – VersaGuard
Proper maintenance of concrete tools and equipment can prolong their life and ensure the tools and equipment continue to work properly. Hydrated concrete bonds to tools and equipment and can render them useless. Concrete is especially hard on mixing drums and chutes and if concrete is allowed to build up it will affect how [...]
Best Practices for VOC Compliant Concrete Sealer Application
Concretech solvent sealers utilize the best solvents to slow drying time as much as possible. Concretech specifies these solvents to provide a user-friendly product at a competitive price. Although Concretech specifies the best solvents to create the slowest drying time, VOC Compliant solvent sealers dry faster than the traditional xylene based solvent sealers. Listed below [...]
Updated Technical Data Sheets (TDS) and Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) Available
Updated Technical Data Sheets (TDS) and Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) for SV Series Sealer VOC 400 and CSV Series Cure & Seal VOC 350 are now available. Contact Concretech to receive copies immediately. This updated technical information is also available at the Technical Data Sheets and Material Safety Data Sheets section at www.concretechproducts.com. These [...]
Liquid Release Agent
The use of Liquid Release Agents for concrete stamping and imprinting is increasing in popularity. The benefits are obvious; no mess to clean up, easier application, able to inspect the imprinting as the job progresses, no dust, applied by sprayer instead of broadcast etc. Some disadvantages are as obvious but some are more subtle. On [...]
How Liquid Concrete Densifiers Work!
Sodium, potassium, magnesium, and lithium silicates all react with calcium hydroxide (also referred to as “portlandite” or “free lime”)—a byproduct of cement hydration—to produce calcium silicate hydrate (Hardened Cement), the same that results from adding water to cement and gives concrete much of its strength and hardness. In the hydration process, calcium hydroxide dissolved [...]
Better Alternative to Hydrochloric Acid?
Hydrochloric Acid (HCl) is commonly used for cleaning and etching concrete. It is used in varying concentrations for such common practices as creating surface profile for improved bond of overlays and coatings and to clean and finish exposed aggregate surfaces. HCl is also used in many concrete staining products to assist with particle nesting for [...]
