Cinder Block And Masonry Coatings

TK421

I have a commercial job I'm bidding that is 80% cinder block and 20% poured foundation. 3 of my reps from different vendors are recomending 3 vastly different solutions for coating the block and concrete. Anyone want to wiegh in on what products from PPG, ICI or SW have worked best for them?

Richard

I have had great luck with an SW product called loxon...you can coat over it with SW superpaint or almost any quality topcoat...good luck

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Dap 1 Masonry Bonding Liquid Use as a concrete glue and use it in cement, plaster, waterproof cement paint, stucco and floor leveling compounds. Provides maximum adhesion and superior results. Interior/exterior (Dap 1 Masonry Bonding Liquid)

concretemasonry

Interior or exterior?

Be specific about the wall materials.

Do you have the old coarse textured "cinder block" from before the 1960's or do you have concrete block with a tighter texture and higher density?

If you are just slopping on a coating and doing nothing more, take the middle of the road. If they are requiring/asking for more, use one of the Thoro systems, which usually starts with Thoroseal, followed by Thorocoat. Just latex or Drylok is a waste on money and future grief it you plan to be around for a while. - Has beem used on concrete and concrete block for years in civil (dams, etc.), industrial and some commercial applications. Also used for architectural restorations.

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Dick

Engineer, designer and consultant recently active domestically and internationally on construction and design in about 35 countries.

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DICK THAT IS A REAL NICE FISH I CAN`T TELL THE MAKE AMD MODEL SIR WOULD YOU DO ME THE PLEASURE OF TELLING ME WHAT KIND OF FISH IT IS. sITTING HERE WISHING I HAD COUGHT IT.

concretemasonry

Always glad to talk about "Fred the fish" (my wife's name for it).

It is a Lake Trout, caught about 30-50 miles north of the Minnesota/Ontario boarder. - Actually it was a 40-50 year old female according to the DNR). It came from a clear,cold, deep lake with very little forage food. No natural predators and slow growth.

Hooked it in 30' of water in early June. Landed about 45 minutes later in 200 feet of water after a tug-of-war battle. - No snags or weeds. The tail and belly were still raw from spawning the previous fall. The ice went out a couple of weeks before we fished. - Can you imagine an old fish spawning?

It weighed 38# two days after catching, so it must have weighed about 42# when caught. Used a 6 1/2' medium heavy spinning rod with 6# line because we were fishing for small Lake Trout and Walleyes (preferred) for shore lunch. The lure was a "flutter spoon" about 5" long and very, very flexible. - No heavy weights or "cannon balls", but just slow back trolling to get and keep everything down.

While I was landing the fish, my two partners caught 6 Walleyes for shore lunch, but 2 were too large (about 4 - 8#) for the desired size of 1-1/2 to 2#, so they released them. On the way to lunch, one of them also got a 22# Northern Pike, that he also released.

The fun is far more important than the food. - Fred was mounted and preserved by the dry-freeze process. I imagine the fish that old would have tasted terrible and was well beyond spawning age.

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Dick

Engineer, designer and consultant recently active domestically and internationally on construction and design in about 35 countries.

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Thank you sir nice fish