Applied during the floating and troweling process, STAGE 1 combines with calcium hydroxide to form calcium silicate hydrate gels that fill surface pores and capillaries to reduce moisture loss, increase concrete fluidity and extend workability giving finishers up to an additional 45 minutes of extra finishing time.

Advantages

• Ready-to-use formulation
• Increases workability of concrete flatwork during adverse conditions like wind, sun, high temperatures, and low humidity
• Concrete Troweling Aid: Extends workability time for concrete finishers, allowing for longer periods to achieve a smooth cream for your desired finish
• Densifying properties with chemically reactive colloidal silica, filling pores and capillaries for a stronger surface
• Reduces surface bleed water evaporation and lubricates the concrete surface, increasing working time and ease of finishing
• Promotes proper hydration for maximum concrete strength properties.
• Improves compressive strength and abrasion resistance of the concrete surface
• Reduces moisture vapor emission rate (MVER) in concrete
• Reduces surface efflorescence (whiting) on concrete
• Reduces surface crazing of concrete
• Green Engineered® – better for health and the environment
• Meets all federal and state VOC requirements
• Use as an integral system component with all Nox-Crete curing, tilt-up, flooring and decorative products

Applications

• Use on all concrete flatwork whenever the surface evaporation rate exceeds the concrete bleed rate, such as in direct sunlight, during periods of low humidity or during hot and/or windy conditions.
• Perfect for Type 1L cement mixes, where reduced bleedwater can lead to surface crusting (false set)
• For reducing craze cracking, dusting, curling, and efflorescence on concrete slabs and decorative surfaces
• For increasing surface strength, abrasion resistance, and reducing moisture vapor emission (MVER) and permeability
• Complies with Federal, State, and Provincial VOC regulations in the US and Canada