Siloxane based water repellent impregnation
Product Overview :
Sikagard®-700 S is a one part water repellent impregnation for absorbent cementitious substrates. It penetrates well into the open pores of the substrate, providing durable water repellency, while still allowing water vapour diffusion in both directions.
Manufacturer Overview :
Sika Corporation, based in Lyndhurst, NJ, is a leading supplier of specialty chemical products and industrial materials serving construction and industrial markets including transportation, marine, and automotive. Its technologies are focused on sealing, bonding, damping, reinforcing and protecting. Sika’s product lines include roofing, concrete admixtures, specialty mortars, epoxies, structural strengthening systems, industrial flooring, sealants, adhesives, specialty acoustic and reinforcing materials.
Product Usage :
Sikagard®-700 S is used as water repellent and colourless protective surface treatment on absorbent exposed materials such as concrete, cementitious rendering, concrete tiles, fibre cement, brickwork (clay and lime sand, non-vitrified), natural stone.
Advantages :
- Reduction of capillary water absorption
- Reduces efflorescence
- Reduces dirt penetration into the pores
- Improves thermal insulation
- Can be overcoated with solvent based and dispersion coatings
- Higher durability and resistance than conventional silicone based treatments
- Does usually not change the appearance of the substrate
- Does not act as a vapour barrier
Color :
Colourless liquid