Product Information
Sealing Interior concrete floors with CDP Smooth Floor
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AFTER CLEANED
FINISHED
The pictures to the below was a test spot done with an Acrylic sealer. These pictures were taken 4 years later. The 20,000 square feet floor was done using CDP Concrete Smooth Floor sealer. One small section was with an acrylic sealer.
There are so many variables involved when sealing concrete. humidity, moisture in concrete, air temperature, ground temperature, porosity of the concrete, the region you live in, how it was clean, what chemicals were used in the cleaning and the actual finish of your concrete floor.
Tips
When using a penetrating concrete sealer as a concrete cure, you must reapply after 30 days for maximum performance. Water base silicate penetrating concrete sealers when applied on green or new concrete will break down and partially dissipate when the concrete cures out after 30 days. By reapplying after 30 days this will fill the capillary pores after the concrete has cured out. This will give you a harder and more impermeable surface. Understanding how concrete sealers work and all the variables that can affect your concrete sealers can take many years. Many concrete sealing manufacturing companies offer guideline directions, but there are many factors that come into play when sealing concrete. humidity, moisture in concrete, air temperature, ground temperature, porosity of the concrete, the region you live in, how it was clean, what chemicals were used in the cleaning process and the actual finish of your concrete floor. All of these can play a role in how your concrete sealers set up. With that being said there are many different ways your application can change to meet the conditions.
Sealing all your exterior concrete, brick, block, etc.
Sealing exterior concrete leaves a clear natural finish that leave your concrete protected with out reapplying for many years.
We do Driveways, sidewalks, parking lots, brick, block, retaining walls, swimming pool decks, pretty much anything concrete outside that you could imagine.
As a manufacture of our own products we offer the best products and service available at a very reasonable fee.
For the DIY people,
CDP-SW is a silane/siloxane base penetrating concrete sealer that will help protect your concrete from salt attack, water damage, dirt and water stains. Life span of about 3 to 5 years. Silane/Siloxanes should be applied after the 30 day cure time of new concrete. This product is temperature sensitive. You should make sure you have a consistent temperature of at least 50 degrees for a week. Sealing any concrete for freeze/thaw damage is not 100% guarantee that you will not get some form of pitting or spawling. Sealing your exterior concrete for salt damage, ice melts, and freeze/thaw damage will increase your concrete life about 70%. But this is not a guarantee.
- CDP Cure & Seal is a penetrating concrete sealer with about a 10 year plus lifespan.
- CDP Cure & Seal will help protect your concrete driveway from oil and other staining.
- CDP Cure & Seal will keep all the contaminants up on the surface.
For added protections CDP-DW can be applied over the CDP Cure & Seal for added water and freeze thaw protection.
When sealing your concrete driveway or any other exterior concrete products or structures, it is best to apply any concrete sealer a minimum of a month before the temperatures start to get down to freezing. A lot of the chemicals used in many of the concrete sealers are temperature sensitive and can affect the performance of your concrete sealer. Most penetrating concrete sealer require a minimum of 30 days to completely step up or cure out. If you wait until late fall you run the risk of your concrete sealer not setting up correctly. This can cause concrete sealer failure of many concrete sealers.
Sealing hog barn or commercial hog confinements
Sealing your hog slats in your hog barn or commercial hog confinement can help decrease deterioration of your hog slats. This also can reduce your clean out time. I have personally sealed 100's of hog barns since 1999. This process consist of using two CDP sealers. 1st using the CDP Cure & Seal and then after several hours applying CDP-DW. Your down time is just several hours. This process can be done on old or new hog slats. Every 3 to 5 years you can reapply the CDP-DW.