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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Best Sealers For Brick

Brick is very porous and for that reason, most sealers have trouble bonding to it. The best type of sealer to use on brick is a silane/siloxane water repellent. Unlike other sealers, a silane/siloxane is not designed to fill in the pores. Instead, it lines the pores and the surface with an invisible hydrophobic barrier…

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Best Sealers for Stamped Concrete

Best sealers for stamped concrete. Harden & Densify If you are looking to harden and densify stamped concrete, you want to use a sodium silicate or lithium silicate based product. These types of product will increase the hardness of density of the concrete from within the pores. Silicate Manufacturers: Foundation Armor – Concentrated sodium silicate (Armor…

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Best Basement Wall Sealer

Best basement wall sealer. If you hire a basement waterproofing to come into your home and waterproof your basement walls and floors they will use one of two products: Epoxy based sealer which can only be used on basement floors. Unless it is designed with moisture mitigating properties however, it will start to bubble and peel…

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Sealers That Stop Salt Damage

Salt damage to concrete. Salt can be very damaging to concrete – it causes pit marks, spalls and cracks to form. To stop concrete salt damage, a water repellent or concrete coating should be used. The most effective water repellent for concrete, brick and masonry is a silane-siloxane blend. Without changing the look of the…

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Prosoco Review

Prosoco products: Since 1939 Prosoco has been supplying concrete sealers to the commercial and industrial markets. Their products are used in a variety of applications including The United States Capitol Building, Grand Central Station, the World Trade Plaza, the Smithsonian Institute, Jacobs Field. Learn more: Prosoco.com. They do not sell their products to the residential…

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Foundation Armor Review

Foundation Armor manufactures concrete sealers, coatings and repair products. Prior to their public launch in 2012, they were known only by DOT organizations, the military and large industrial firms. Visit: FoundationArmor.com. Product Reviews: Foundation Armor manufactures more than 35 products for sealing and coating concrete. With a vast product selection, they have a product for…

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Best Water Repellents

Water repellents are designed to penetrate into the concrete and react below the surface. They form a hydrophobic barrier deep within the pores that causes water and other liquids to bead off the surface. Water repellent sealers won’t change the look or color of the concrete, nor do they leave behind a film or coating….

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Best Concrete Floor Sealers

Hardeners & Densifiers The most popular types of hardeners and densifiers are sodium silicates and lithium silicates. Potassium silicates are making their way into the market but they do not perform as well as sodium and lithium based products. Hardener and densifier manufacturers: Ashford Formula – sodium silicate Foundation Armor – sodium silicate and lithium silicate LionHard –…

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