The final thickness of a dry shake finish should be 2 to 3 mm.
Dry shake floor finish.
It is an economical concrete floor hardener recommended for both interior and exterior use.
Dry shake topping coatings can also offer extra resilience colour and reflectivity.
Mineral and metallic dry shake hardeners provide additional abrasion resistance for high wear industrial and commercial concrete floors.
Variable rates can be specified in a building to suit the different uses in different places.
Dry shake topping or polished concrete floors are achieved when a powder coating is applied to the surface concrete after its been poured and before it has completely dried.
The necessary application rate to achieve this depends on bulk density of the dry shake.
It contains specially shaped and graded mineral aggregates cement mixing additives and colour pigments blended into a powder.
When looking for a durable concrete finish with a colour it is a good idea to look at a dry shake finish.
The end use of the floor and the dry shake type define the typical application rate.
Doing so adds extra protection gives a deeper and richer finish and greatly extends the life of the floor.
Dry shake application rates.
Mastertop metallic and mineral aggregate surface hardeners and floor toppings improve wear abrasion and impact resistance of floors.
Reduced energy costs with light reflective formulations.
The principal behind this is approximately 5 7kg of a coloured hardener is added to every square metre of the surface either mechcanically or on smaller areas by hand.
Dry shake hardeners provide additional abrasion resistance for high wear industrial commercial and industrial concrete floors.
Permanent color that will not fade.
Permaban dry shake floor finishes.
It is sprinkled on the top of fresh concrete or pre mixed with water and poured on as a slurry.
Variable rates can be specified in a building to suit the different uses in different places.
If there is any bleed water present it has to be removed before the dry shake is spread.
Surflex is a quartz silica mixture of finely graded non metallic aggregates plasticizer and cement binder.
Dry on wet or wet on wet application.
Although commonly sprinkled as a dry powder hence the name dry shake a surface hardener can also be applied as a wet on wet slurry.
Finishers can start applying dry shakes to the surface of a floor slab as soon as the surface is firm enough so that the material doesn t sink and form small pockets of material.
The rate of application of dry shake onto the fresh concrete is based on bulk density of the dry shake and the end use of the floor.
