Enhancer Powder
Product Introduction
Advantages
Color Hardener creates a permanent colored surface that is harder and more abrasion resistant that ordinary concrete. The color is weather resistant, UV Stable, lightfast, and alkali resistant. It contains no materials that initiate, accelerate, or promote the corrosion of steel, coated metal, plastic, or rubber concrete reinforcements.
Color Hardener will not migrate from standing water, and can safely color concrete fountains, pools, water features, or concrete that will be polished and encounter damp or wet environments. During installation, surfaces can be stamped or embossed using Antiquing Release and Pavecrafters tools to simulate brick, wood, stone, or other patterns.
Application
The following 6 steps have proven successful in a wide range of conditions.
1. Initial Placement:Spread, shovel, rod, and vibrate the initial concrete placement to eliminate voids and properly consolidate the concrete. Complete surface smoothing with a wood float to ensure the surface does not close and trap water below the surface.
2. Pause for Initial Set:Allow concrete to initially set. When all visible bleed water has reabsorbed into the concrete and the slab flatness will not be affected by hardener application, begin hardener broadcast.
3. Broadcast of Hardener: Using a technique that keeps product below the knee to minimize dusting, waste, and loss of fine materials, hand or machine broadcast ½ of the desired dose of hardener across the surface of the concrete. Use an underhand or side arm motion taking care to ensure even distribution. Float the hardener into the concrete surface as described in Step 4, then broadcast the remaining material from a different direction than the first to eliminate bare spots. Heavy doses may require three broadcast and float cycles.
4. Float and Bond to the Concrete Surface: Hand or power tool float the hardener into the concrete surface between broadcast actions. All water necessary to wet the hardener must come from the underlying concrete. Do not add additional water to wet material. Floating must be thorough and complete so that all hardener is wet-out, and completely worked into and bonded with the partially set concrete.
5. Final Finishing: Complete final finishing with hand or machine trowels. Apply decorative textures with brooms, embossing skins, or stamp tools that yield the desired finish imprint or texture. Do not wet tools or color alteration will result. Avoid overuse of hard steel tools that may burnish the surface and alter color.
6. Evaporation Retarder or Curing Compound Application: Apply a coat of evaporation retarder or curing compound to avoid unsightly spider or mud-cracking from premature surface dry and shrinkage. Optimal product selection will depend upon weather conditions, final service environment, and planned maintenance procedures. Contact your Scofield representative for optimal product selection.
