Concrete Paints

Concrete paint is easy to apply and looks great, but it has a short lifespan. For interior applications, you can get 5-10 years out of a good paint, and for exterior applications, 1-2 years. If and when water or moisture becomes an issue, the paint will start to bubble, flake, and peel. Some paints, like epoxies, will trap the water beneath the surface, causing the concrete to crack and spall before seeing any signs on the surface. If you plan on using a concrete paint, whether an acrylic, latex, or epoxy, it is important to first seal your concrete with a penetrating sealer.

Concrete Paint - Issues

As mentioned on the previous slide, here are issues often masked by concrete paint:

Concrete Efflorescence Water and Moisture Mold Cracks and spalls

When and how do you know you have an issue? Not until the paint (acrylic, latex, epoxy, silane, siloxane) starts to bubble, flake, or peel off.

Before Painting ConcreteBefore painting concrete, you want to first apply a penetrating concrete sealer. Why? Because Foundation Armor sealers: Chemically react with the concrete for form a permanent crystalline barrier within the pores, guaranteed to prevent the intrusion of water, moisture, and some vapors. Help to increase the adhesion of paints by up to 20%. Help to increase the life of a concrete paint by up to 2 years. Strengthen, seal, and protect your concrete from the inside.

Foundation Armor sealers NEVER have to be reapplied. They are a permanent solution to sealing and protecting concrete.

How To Paint Concrete

Clean the concrete slab. Make sure it is free of paints, sealers, stains and other chemicals that could prevent proper absorption into the concrete.

Dilute and apply a Foundation Armor penetrating sealer.

Apply the concrete paint or stain of your choice.

Let dry.

Learn more: concrete sealers.

Foundation Armor Sealers:FOUNDATION ARMOR TM SEALERS STOP: Water and vapor migration up to 100psi Moisture vapor transmission up to .015

WVT Alkali attack and efflorescence attack

FOUNDATION ARMOR TM SEALERS REDUCE: Transmission of hazardous gases,

including Radon The absorption of chemicals, chlorides,

solvents, fats and oils Internal chlorides by up to 50%-90%

FOUNDATION ARMOR TM SEALERS PREVENT:

The growth of mold, mildew, bacteria, lichen, and moss

Flaking, cracking, scaling and spalling caused during freeze-thaw cycles

Surface deterioration and discoloration

FOUNDATION ARMOR TM SEALERS INCREASE: •Overall strength, hardness, and density by up to 45% •Bond strength of epoxies, paints, and stains by up to 20%

FOUNDATION ARMOR TM SEALERS: NEVER peel, flake, or fade NEVER stain from exposure to UV rays NEVER leave behind a slippery surface coating NEVER have to be re-applied or maintained

How They Work

Water plus cement produces Calcium Silicate Hydrate (C-S-H) in a process known as Hydration. C-S-H is the binding system for concrete. Combined with the aggregate, C-S-H gives concrete its hardness and strength.

A reactive byproduct of the Hydration process is Calcium Hydroxide. When a Foundation Armor concrete sealer is applied to concrete, it reacts with the existing Calcium Hydroxide to produce additional C-S-H. This additional C-S-H is what provides the increased hardness and densification by up to 45%, and water resistance up to 100 PSI.

Foundation Armor concrete sealers have the highest percentage of reactive material, and are optimized to make the silicate available more quickly for more rapid C-S-H formation.

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