About Evercrete Deep Penetrating Sealer (DPS)

Evercrete DPS is an environmentally friendly, non-toxic, non-flammable, odorless, clear, water-soluble liquid compound, which is safe and easy to use. Evercrete DPS outlasts and outperforms every other sealant on the market today. It is inorganic and based on natural minerals, affecting neither your health nor the environment. Further Evercrete DPS can be stored for extended periods.

For waterproofing and hardening concrete
Evercrete DPS has the ability to extend the lifetime of concrete structures by protecting them against the elements to which they are subjected to on a daily basis, such as rain, salts, oils and chemicals which all wear down the integrity of the concrete over years, leading to unsightly stained surfaces and gradual structural decay. Evercrete DPS can be used on most old and new concrete and cementitious surfaces.

How does it work?
Evercrete DPS penetrates below the surface and chemically reacts with the alkali and lime found in concrete. This reaction creates a silica gel membrane within the pores and capillaries of the concrete, permanently sealing it against the ingress of moisture yet allowing the concrete to breathe. Over a period of time the silica gel membrane hydrates and solidifies into a crystalline structure, increasing the hardness and strength of both new and old concrete whilst reducing moisture vapor emissions and permanently stopping the penetration and flow of water and water-borne contaminants such as chlorides and acids, both on the positive or negative side.

Why use it?
Property developers, architects and engineers are aware of the rapid decay that can occur to concrete and cementitious surfaces when they are not properly waterproofed, preserved, treated and protected. Rain, salt, oils, etc. entering the capillary pores of the concrete over time causes extensive damage and long-term deterioration. These pores act like tubes or canals that carry damaging substances, such as moisture and salts below the surface (often through the entire structure), which creates major deterioration problems to the concrete structures. In cold climates freeze-thaw cycles speed up this process even further. Often these construction oversights are not recognized until the structures visibly appear to crumble and disintegrate. Evercrete DPS is a preventative measure against these deterioration processes.

What's Unique about Evercrete DPS?
According to U.S. testing laboratories, the interior of a piece of concrete contains a minimum of 360 times the amount of alkali as compared to the surface area. Evercrete DPS permeates into the concrete and chemically reacts with this alkali, penetrating the surface by up to 2-3cm to become a permanent part of the concrete - not just a surface coating. Because it becomes part of the concrete, you only have to apply Evercrete DPS once (refer to application procedures). Most other sealant applications are surface treatments and, by their own chemical compositions, will react negatively with the moisture and alkali in the concrete and soon peel off or leach out due to this aeration and deterioration. If there is foot or vehicular traffic most sealants on the market will wear off in weeks due to physical abrasion, leaving the concrete unprotected. Since Evercrete DPS uses the alkali within the concrete, it cannot aerate or deteriorate, thus giving the concrete a permanent waterproofing, seal and cure.

Technical Information

The reaction of Evercrete DPS in concrete (especially calcium hydroxide CaOH2) occurs in two stages. The first stage; an air-silicate gel is formed, which then turns into a glass-like crystalline structure. The second stage; during the reaction between the Evercrete DPS silicate and the calcium hydroxide in the cement, the hydroxide group is vaporized. In short, the chemical reaction ensures that the impregnated layer is dried.

Advantages of using Evercrete DPS

The RF in concrete top layer becomes 85%
Concrete surface alkalinity drops to pH 11
Increases concrete surface hardness
Increases the concrete's compressive strength
Increases concrete surface durability and increase abrasion resistance
Decreases the formation of dust on concrete
Improves adhesiveness for other surface finishing
Improves concrete properties against chemical effects
An Evercrete DPS treatment is permanent and does not need to be repeated. Its life is the same as that of the concrete surface it is applied to.