Month: February 2014

Best Concrete Driveway Sealer

There are several types of concrete sealers that can be used to seal a concrete driveway. The best concrete driveway sealer for your driveway will depend on what you want the driveway to look like once sealed and why you want to seal your concrete driveway. The most popular driveway sealers are sodium silicate concrete…

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Best Concrete Wax

Concrete wax is great to apply over a dull or faded interior acrylic sealer or coating, or over a polished concrete surface. Concrete wax should not be used on exterior concrete surfaces as they are not UV resistant and will yellow. Manufacturers: Nano Guard – Industrial grade floor wax offering superior stain, chemical and abrasion…

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Best Concrete Hardeners

Concrete hardeners are designed to penetrate into concrete and increase the strength of the concrete surface. Some hardeners are designed to deposit a material within the pores and other hardeners are designed to chemically react with the concrete. The most common type of concrete hardener is a silicate based sealer. Silicate based sealers will chemically…

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Best Concrete Block Sealer

Concrete blocks are surrounded by grout so the sealer used needs to be approved for use on concrete and other cement-based materials. Block walls are found in a variety of applications including retaining walls and basements. The application will be a direct indicator of which product needs to be used. Retaining Walls & Buildings It…

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Best Cinder Block Sealer

In order to choose the best cinder block sealer, or cinder block paint, you need to understand how sealers and paint function, and how cinder block works as well. Sealing an Exterior Cinder Block Wall Sealing exterior cinder block is fairly straight forward. The most common type of sealer to use on exterior cinder block…

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Best Penetrating Concrete Sealers

There areĀ a few different types of penetrating concrete sealers but the most popular types of penetrating sealers are concrete sealers and water repellents. Concrete Sealers Concrete sealers, like the Armor S2000 and VSeal, are used to reduce the movement of water and moisture through a concrete surface. They do not change the look of the…

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Best Brick Water Repellent Sealers

The best brick water repellent sealer to use on brick is a Silane-Siloxane water repellent sealer. Silane-Siloxane water repellent sealers penetrate into the brick where they chemically react to form a water repellent barrier that caused water and other liquids to bead off the brick. There are many benefits to sealing brick with a water…

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Best Garage Floor Sealers

Garage floors are exposed to water, vehicle oils and gasoline and for that reason require a coating that won’t break down when exposed. Epoxies, Polyapsartics and Aliphatic coats are the most popular types of industrial coatings on the market. There are a few key differences however between the three types of coatings: Epoxies are used…

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