Whats the best sealer?
The ideal sealer would be stain-proof, heat-proof, scratch-proof, require no maintenance, inexpensive, easy to apply, food safe and environmentally friendly. The ideal sealer does not exist. There are many different sealers on the market: waxes, hardeners, densifiers, acrylics, epoxies, urethanes, and many variations thereof. None of them satisfy all of the above criteria, though some come close. There are plenty of sealers that offer excellent stain resistance and low maintenance. One such sealer is described here. The main thing to remember about sealers is to set expectations for your client. The biggest problem in the concrete countertop industry today is that contractors don’t understand the sealing products they are being sold. Many of the sealers work for floors but aren’t appropriate for concrete countertops. Even the sealer designed exclusively for concrete countertops can be a problem if you don’t understand how it is going to behave and set clients’ expectations accordingly.
The ideal sealer would be stain-proof, heat-proof, scratch-proof, require no maintenance, inexpensive, easy to apply, food safe and environmentally friendly. The ideal sealer does not exist. There are many different sealers on the market: waxes, hardeners, densifiers, acrylics, epoxies, urethanes, and many variations thereof. None of them satisfy all of the above criteria, though some come close. There are plenty of sealers that offer excellent stain resistance and low maintenance. One such sealer is described here. The main thing to remember about sealers is to set expectations for your client. The biggest problem in the concrete countertop industry today is that contractors don’t understand the sealing products they are being sold. Many of the sealers work for floors but aren’t appropriate for concrete countertops. Even the sealer designed exclusively for concrete countertops can be a problem if you don’t understand how it is going to behave and set clients’ expectations accordingly.
