Concrete Essentials

Use

Treatment of vertical surfaces which will require subsequent treatments or where resin / water based curing membranes would be unsuitable.

Exposed concrete such as:

• Buildings
• Manufacturing industries
• Hangars and loading areas
• Retaining walls
• Pre-stressed structures
• Irrigation channels
• Civil Engineering structures

Characteristics and Advantages

• Generally improves the surface appearance
• Reduces cracking
• Assists reaching the required strengths
• Reduces shrinkage
• Controls cement hydration
• Reduces dust formation
• Reduced concrete permeability
• Alleviates other costly curing methods
• Adhesion of subsequent treatments to concrete surface is not impaired.

Color

Transparence Blue

Packaging

25 L/pail
200 L/drum

Use

Large areas of exposed concrete such as:

• Roads and Highways
• Runways
• Roof decks
• Hangars and loading areas
• Retaining walls
• Pre-stressed structures
• Irrigation channels
• Civil Engineering structures
• Industrial floor slabs

Characteristics and Advantages

• Generally improves the surface appearance
• Reduces cracking
• Ensures achievement of required strengths
• Reduces shrinkage
• Controls cement hydration
• Reduces dust formation
• Improves freeze / thaw resistance
• Alleviates other costly curing methods

Color

White

Packaging

25 L/pail

200 L/drum

Use

Sika® Antisol® E White pigment is sprayed onto newly concrete surfaces to form a thin film barrier against premature water loss. Without disturbance to the normal setting action, the concrete is then allowed to cure and achieve maximum properties. It is particularly useful in large areas of exposed concrete where a solar reflective membrane is preferred, such as :

• Highways
• Runways and taxiways
• Aprons and hardstandings

Characteristics and Advantages

Sika® Antisol® E White provides the following benefical properties to concrete surfaces :

• Reduce incidence of plastic cracking
• Ensures achievement of desired strengths
• Minimises shrinkage
• Reduce dusting
• Alleviates other costly methods such as using wet hessian or watering

Color

Whitish

Packaging

200 l /drum

Use

Form release agent for steel, plastic and wooden formwork. Facilitates removal and cleaning of shuttering. The use of Separol® extends the life cycle of the form work substantially

Characteristics and Advantages

• Ready for use and easy to apply
• Ensures fair faced concrete finish. Does not impair adhesion of subsequent renderings and coatings.
• No staining
• Can also be applied for formwork used in steam curing process, as well as on damp shutterings

Color

Brown

Packaging

25 litre

200 litre

Use

Form release agent for steel, plastic and wooden
formwork. Facilitates removal and cleaning of
shuttering. The use of Separol®-LP extends the life cycle of the form work substantially.

Characteristics and Advantages

• Ready for use
• Easy to apply
• No staining
• Combined chemical and physical action
• Ensures fair faced concrete finish
• Does not impair adhesion of subsequent renderings and coatings
• Can be applied for formwork used in steam curing process, as well as on damp shutterings
• Longer open time and easy to remove specimens from formwork

Color

Dark brown

Packaging

200 l/drum

Use

Sika® BondBreaker W is used for "match-cast", "tilt-up" and "tilt-slab" constructions.

Characteristics and Advantages

• Easy application by brush or sprayer
• Non - Hazardous, Non Toxic
• Non - Staining
• Does not interfere with concrete placements
• Can be used as mould release agent as well

Color

Milky White

Packaging

25 l/gallon
200 l/drum

Use

Gel-retarder for application to formwork to produce exposed aggregate work

Characteristics and Advantages

• Sika® Rugasol F surface retarder is used to expose aggregate on Portland Cement based concrete surfaces.
• Sika® Rugasol F provides an efficient, economical method of obtaining a rough bonding surface without the need for hacking, chipping or grit-blasting.
• Sika® Rugasol F is also used to produce precast panels having a decorative architectural finish showing the colour and texture of natural aggregate. The aggregate remains whole and unbroken.
• Sika® Rugasol F is painted directly on formwork for walls, ceilings, vertical construction joints or any similar formed concrete surface. Sika® Rugasol F dries on the formwork to a tough, but water-soluble film. Protect from rain. Forms may be coated before or after erection. Reinforcing still is placed as usual.
• Sika® Rugasol F will retard the set of the cement paste by up to 6 mm (1/4 inch) depth, the depth depends upon the thickness of coating, the time elapsed before the retarder is removed, the cement content of the concrete and the quantity of water in the mix. The ambient temperature will also affect the depth of retardation.

Color

Light Brown

Packaging

20 kg/ pail

Use

Sika® Rugasol® C eliminates the need for sandblasting, hacking and bush hammering, leaving the aggregate unbroken and firmly embedded.  It can be spray applied to horizontal surfaces of freshly placed concrete sections such as:

• Floor slabs
• Driveways
• Patios
• Swimming pools
• Footpaths

Characteristics and Advantages

The retarding compound in Sika® Rugasol® C combines with cement at the surface and delays the normal hydration on the surface of the concrete (high cement contents and temperatures will reduce the retardation). After retardation has finished, the concrete cures to its full strength.

Sika® Rugasol® C can provide decorative finishes to concrete and can be used in conjunction with many natural aggregates.

It can provide an exposed aggregate finish leaving excellent anti-skid properties.

Sika® Rugasol® C leaves an excellent key for further concreting, screeding or rendering.

Color

Transparent

Packaging

20 kg container

Use

Sika® Clean-10 is used to remove hardened concrete and mortar from equipment, concrete mixers, ready-mixed trucks and tools.

Characteristics and Advantages

The product provides an effective cleaning :
As equipment cleaner

• To extend the life cycle of equipments
• To maintain an clean-looking outfit

As acid etching

• To prepare flooring surfaces intended to receive protective coatings

Color

Clear

Packaging

25 l / pail

Use

Sika® Clean-20 is used to remove hardened concrete and mortar from equipment, concrete mixers, ready-mixed trucks and tools.

Characteristics and Advantages

The product provides an effective cleaning :
As equipment cleaner

• To extend the life cycle of equipments
• To maintain an clean-looking outfit

As acid etching

• To prepare flooring surfaces intended to receive protective coatings

Color

Clear

Packaging

5 l / pail, 25 l / pail

Use

Sika®Separol® W-398 C provides clean and easy stripping of formwork particular on to steel and timber formwork.
Sika®Separol® W-398 C can be diluted with 5-9 parts of water content until homogeneous milky suit to actual condition prior to apply on formwork. In addition to prevent adhesion of concrete to formwork, Sika®Separol® W-398 C will allow air to escape from the interface during concrete placing and vibration. The release of air minimizes surface blemishes and blow holes resulting in a substantial reduction in remedial cost.

Characteristics and Advantages

Sika®Separol® W-398 C provides the following properties :

• Non-Hazardous, Non-Toxic
• Non-Staining
• Ensures high quality fair-faced concrete
• Minimizes cleaning of shutters before use
• Does not rust steel moulds or equipment
• Can be used for all types of moulds and shutter faces
• Suspension and sediment free
• Job site mix
• Cost effectiveness depends on suitable proportion
• Over coat panting

Color

Light Brown, Clear Liquid

Packaging

200 l/drum

Use

Sika®Separol® W-317 E is suitable for use on all types of formwork. Sika®Separol® W-317 E is either ready to use in opened-air condition with better release performance or ditute with water in roof protecting area with smooth surface.

Characteristics and Advantages

Sika®Separol® W-317 E is specially formulated to provide the following properties :

• It is suspension and sediment free, highly fluid liquid which can be used in very fine sprays without clogging the jets.
• Very economic coverage rates can be obtained without difficulty.
• Continued use gives progressively better results on timber formwork.
• Provides a quick, positive release of formwork, reducing labour costs and damage to formwork and moulds.
• It drastically reduces the incidence of blowholes, surface blemishes and staining.
• All tools can be cleaned with water.
• It is an effective rust inhibitor.

Color

Milky White

Packaging

200 l/drum

Use

Sika® Separol® W-320 WB1 concentrate is suitable for use on all types of formwork.

Characteristics and Advantages

Sika® Separol® W-320 WB1 concentrate is specially formulated to provide the following properties :

• It is suspension and sediment free, highly fluid liquid which can be used in very fine sprays without clogging the jets.
• Very economic coverage rates can be obtained without difficulty.
• Continued use gives progressively better results on timber formwork.
• Provides a quick, positive release of formwork, reducing labour costs and damage to formwork and moulds.
• It drastically reduces the incidence of blowholes, surface blemishes and staining.
• All tools can be cleaned with water.
• It is an effective rust inhibitor.

Color

Milky White

Packaging

200 l/drum

Use

Sika® Separol® W-305 WB2 is applied direct to steel, plastic and timber formwork, allows clean, fast and easy striking.

Characteristics and Advantages

Sika® Separol® W-305 WB2 provides the following properties:

• Suitable for all types of formwork
• Produced from refined oils, hence minimal hazards to health
• Suspension and sediment free
• It drastically reduces the incidence of blowholes, surface blemishes and staining.
• It is an effective rust inhibitor.
• Very economic coverage rates can be obtained.
• All tools can be cleaned with water.

Color

Milky White

Packaging

200 l/drum

Use

Sika® Separol® W-319 WMR1 when applied to steel and timber formwork, provides clean and easy stripping of formwork. In addition to prevent adhesion of concrete to formwork,  Sika® Separol® W-319 WMR1 will allow air to escape from the interface during concrete placing and vibration. The release of air minimizes surface blemishes and blow holes resulting in a substantial reduction in remedial cost.

Characteristics and Advantages

Sika® Separol® W-319 WMR1 provides the following properties :

• Non-Hazardous, Non-Toxic
• Non-Staining
• Ensures high quality fair-faced concrete
• Minimizes cleaning of shutters before use
• Does not rust steel moulds or equipment
• Can be used for all types of moulds and shutter faces
• Suspension and sediment free
• Easy to apply

Color

Milky White

Packaging

200 l/drums