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Re: sealing concrete

To: pjhorne@mail.utexas.edu, Doug Braun <doug@dougbraun.com>
Subject: Re: sealing concrete
From: Doug Braun <doug@dougbraun.com>
Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2006 22:52:50 -0800 (PST)
Bummer.  :-(

I have heard of a epoxy cement primer that is meant to
be applied over a damp floor (the floor actually has
to be damp).  Maye I should have used that...

Doug


--- Pat Horne <pjhorne@mail.utexas.edu> wrote:

> Doug,
> 
> It's possible that there are small voids near the
> surface of the 
> concrete that filled up with water when you pressure
> washed the floor. 
> Later, after the floor was painted, the water
> damaged the adhesion 
> between the paint and concrete. Most trouble I have
> seen with concrete 
> putting on white powder has been water related.




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