Surface coating information

Helping you learn more about concrete restoration and concrete repair.

There is almost no surface in your house that won’t benefit from a sealant to protect it from standard ware and tear. If it’s in your house, there’s probably a sealant designed specifically for it. These types of sealants protect the surface, from things as simple as surface scratches and stains; to extend even to hardening the surface it’s self. An Epoxy coat over a concrete floor becomes almost invincible, while a polyurethane coating over a drywall closet will make it hard to scratch and give it some friction.

This kid of work adds to the durability of your surfaces, as well as their aesthetic appeal. They increase the longevity of the surfaces tremendously, when used with regular cleanings and the occasion recoating. Many seals are watertight. Often, unprotected wood or concrete get wet then the moisture is absorbed into the material, causing different levels of decay and damage. This also keeps other materials, aside from water, from being absorbed into the surface and causing stains that are now as much apart of the wood and the concrete as they are separate, and near impossible to remove.

When dealing with outdoors, especially brick and concrete surfaces need to be protected with surface coats. When water is absorbed in to either (both are quite porous) and has a chance to freeze, begins to tear the surface apart, slowly, but very surely, leaving first micro cracks, then cracks you can see with your naked eye. They can also protect from the kind of scratching and gouging that occurs outside more often then inside. Outside, it is as important, if not more important to protect, as Mother Nature can be cruel to something that is left to her mercies all year round.

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