Cabocaptain
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Did a search, but nothing showed up. Any one have any experience with this product?
CDP concrete sealer. Any one have any comments?
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Did you? I just got some in to do some testing but weather is to cold at the moment unfortunately. It needs to be at 50F min for a few days and its at 38-42° since last week and showing close to the same for the next week as well.
I finished an area of 8x8’with the CDP-SF, its a bit insane how much product you need, you have to pour the bucket over the area, so its a big puddle and let it soak into the concrete but keep it a puddle at all times, once it doesnt soak in anymore you remove the excess with a vacuum, than let it dry and and add another 3 coats . And in my experience these coats did nothing. After letting it dry for over a week I poured water onto it, it beads up but 10seconds later it starts to soak up and it darkens and forms a stain . So the solution is the CDP-SRP , so another 3 coats of this product which they tell you to spray it on and broom it out to spread it evenly, but after another week, the broom marks are very noticeable at certain angle from the light reflection and it looks awful, but lets get to testing. I tried an area with clean automotive oil, used automotive oil, Antifreeze and Transmission fluid and a Water puddle and left it there for 5 days . After only 1hr I already saw a dark ring forming around the antifreeze and after a day it was already noticeable on the Transmission fluid as well. So after 5 days I cleaned it up, the new oil didn’t soak in, but the used oil was hard to remove but it left a very minimal haze where it was sitting, but the transmission fluid and antifreeze soaked in and left a very noticeable dark spot, it looks way worse than when it just soaks into normal concrete. The Water leaves the mineral on top, and it forms a white powdery kind of stain and you need a hard bristle brush to get it out.
Next I tried if dust was easier to get off with a broom, so after this time it got dusty , and also I got some soil that has very fine dust in, and I lightly coated a sealed area and a non sealed area. I only let the brooms weight do the work and I made some passes over the same area, and to my surprise since the sealer is sopost to close up the pours and what not, it gets the dust stuck more to surface vs a non treated concrete. Its harder to broom and get it cleaned so in my experience this product did not work, the claims of what it does is completely false. I highly suggest to stay away from it. Also Ive seen alot of concrete sealers fail and leave horrible marks and lines and stains all over the place after doing alot of research and finding others that shared their experience with other brands as well. In conclusion the only way to get a decent protection is to epoxy and do a polyurea clear coat on top but the price is very high and they can claim whatever they want, these coating fail as well if you have a shop where actually work is being done. A garage kept clean with low traffic it works for a certain time but Ive seen so many that looks completely scratched and dull after only a couple of month .
