On Sep 27, 2011 12:34 PM, "Baird Standish" <bairdstandish@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi.
> We have a job that required removing masonry from a rough granite floor
> where a planter had been mortared in place. We used some good products to
> remove the residual mortar and then sealed (I talked about this in an
> earlier post). The sealer we used was Aldon SBS Sealer. It was good for a
> while but then quite a lot of efflourescence came back (I believe it came
> from the hard water being absorbed by the granite floor over many years. We
> also have been getting a lot of rain recently). We then stripped the sealer
> and applied Aldon Efflourescence treatment. Each time we have applied it
> (about three times) the efflourescence came back, but less and less. I put
> more on last Thursday and checked today and it was in pretty good shape but
> not perfect. I am a little concerned about reapplying the sealer and, if it
> doesn't eradicate the efflourescence, I will have to strip again. Constant
> treating with efflouresence treatment makes the floor slippery. Are there
> any other products that anyone knows about that might either a. be a good
> maintenance type efflourescence treatment that could be walked on
> immediately after application, or b. another sealer that really does the job
> to remove/hide efflourescence and also color enhances?
> Thanks so much.
> Baird
>
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