Prepare the concrete (Base Layers)
Seal & bond (Surface Barrier)
Protect & finish (Topcoats & Sealers)
Complete systems (Multi-Layer)
Technical detail (Long Form)
Protect & finish
A chemically bonded ceramic-silicone composite wear layer for the concrete in wastewater treatment facilities, where acid, saturation and abrasion all work on the same surface at once.
Aluminate-silicate geopolymer chemistry carried water through Roman aqueducts, canals and harbor works. AquaGuard™ brings that same family of chemistry to modern wastewater treatment, and then goes further: a chemically bonded ceramic-silicone composite wear layer built on top of it for extreme durability.
It is a wear layer, not a paint film. AquaGuard reacts with a cured CeramycGuard™ surface and glassifies it, so the protection becomes part of the concrete rather than a separate layer with a bond line waiting to fail. There is nothing sitting on the surface to peel, blister or debond.
Read the full AquaGuard technical detail Specifications, where it belongs in the stack, and the documents behind it.
What it does
Rebuilds the cement matrix into a chemically bonded ceramic composite, fills open pores, and rebonds cracked and eroded surfaces. The repair happens in the concrete you already have, rather than in its replacement.
The composite is inert to the organic acids produced by bacterial digestion in clarifiers, digesters and secondary treatment tanks. Portland cement dissolves in that environment. This surface does not. For concentrated mineral acids, hydrofluoric acid or continuous immersion, talk to us about application-specific testing rather than assuming the envelope.
For near-ocean structures, the non-porous ceramic surface resists chloride penetration where it starts, at the face of the wall, so the reinforcing steel inside stays passivated and reinforced concrete stays reinforced.
One application, with no recoat, no reapplication and no recurring maintenance cycle to budget for. The wear layer is part of the concrete rather than a coating sitting on top of it waiting to be redone.
Recommended uses
The tanks where bacterial digestion generates the organic acids that eat Portland cement, and where the concrete is wet continuously.
Structures carrying both the chemical load of the water stream and constant saturation of the concrete beneath it.
Wastewater channels, sumps and containment structures that hold water against the surface rather than shedding it.
Coastal treatment works where chloride exposure sits on top of the biological and chemical load already in the water stream.
Product documentation
Talk to our team about the concrete in your treatment structures, and what it is up against.