Prepare the concrete (Base Layers)
Seal & bond (Surface Barrier)
Protect & finish (Topcoats & Sealers)
Complete systems (Multi-Layer)
Technical detail (Long Form)
Protect & finish
A reflective ceramic top-coat that manages heat at the slab. Applied over CeramycGuard™, it reflects near-infrared solar energy away from the surface rather than letting the concrete absorb it.
Concrete is very good at absorbing solar energy and very slow to give it back. On an exposed deck, a roof or a pool surround, that means a surface that heats through the day and holds the heat well past sunset, passing it into the structure and the space beneath.
Cool-Deck™ addresses that at the surface. It reflects near-infrared solar energy, the part of sunlight that does most of the heating, away from the slab instead of letting it pass into the concrete. Applied over a cured CeramycGuard™ base, it adds that reflective layer without giving up the corrosion protection underneath.
Three-product system
Cool-Deck™ is the finish layer, not the whole answer. A reflective surface on concrete that is still corroding underneath solves the wrong problem. The stack restores the slab first, bonds a ceramic barrier to it, and only then adds the thermally active coat.
Penetrates the capillary pore network and rebuilds the binder from within, converting the concrete's most vulnerable chemistry into durable C-A-S-H and preserving the alkaline reserve that keeps the reinforcing steel passivated.
Bonds chemically into that restored surface rather than sitting on it, sealing the pore network and forming the ceramic barrier that keeps corrosive agents away from the steel beneath.
Applied over the cured CeramycGuard™ coat as the thermally active finish, reflecting near-infrared solar energy away from the slab so less of the sun's heat is absorbed into the structure.
What the system does
The system starts underneath, rebuilding and strengthening the substrate before anything is sealed over it, so the deck is protected from the pore structure up rather than from the surface down.
A penetrating treatment soaks into the concrete, waterproofs it, and repairs and seals cracks from the inside. That is a different thing from bridging a crack with a surface membrane, which leaves the water intrusion underneath it intact.
A ceramic thermal-mirror top-coat sends near-infrared solar radiation back off the surface, giving passive cooling by thermal decoupling. Lower surface temperature, lower interior temperature, reduced load on the cooling plant, and no energy input to achieve it.
The finish is a bright, diffuse, non-glare surface: it amplifies ambient light indoors and works against the urban heat-island effect outdoors, without the chalking and yellowing that degrade conventional cool-roof coatings. Underneath the brightness it is a tough, abrasion-resistant, non-skid ceramic surface built for foot and equipment traffic on roof decks, pavers and exposed concrete.
Recommended uses
Exposed upper surfaces that take direct sun all day and pass the absorbed heat into the occupied space below.
Walking surfaces where the temperature of the slab itself is what people notice, and where the concrete still has to resist water and chemical exposure.
Surfaces where solar heat gain adds directly to the cooling burden, and every degree the slab does not absorb is load the plant does not have to remove.
Any slab where the temperature of the surface affects the equipment standing on it or the space immediately above it.
Common questions
Most of the heat a concrete slab picks up from the sun arrives as near-infrared energy. An untreated slab absorbs it and holds it, which is why bare concrete stays warm long after the sun moves off it. Cool-Deck™ is a reflective ceramic finish that sends that near-infrared energy back off the surface instead, so less of it is absorbed into the concrete in the first place. It is a reflective mechanism, not an insulating one.
That depends on your slab, your climate, your orientation and what sits above and below the surface, so we do not publish a single figure that would be wrong for most projects. Talk to our technical team with the details of your structure and we will give you an answer for your application rather than a general number.
No. Cool-Deck™ is the finish layer of a system. PoreBlocker™ restores and densifies the concrete from within, CeramycGuard™ bonds chemically to that restored surface and seals the pore network against corrosion, and Cool-Deck™ goes on top as the thermally active layer. The reflective performance is the top-coat, but the durability underneath it is what keeps that surface intact.
Yes. The finish is a tough, abrasion-resistant, non-skid ceramic surface, specified for foot and equipment traffic on roof decks, pavers and exposed concrete. It is a working surface rather than a coating you have to keep off.
Yes, and that is half the point of the system. Before the reflective coat goes on, the concrete is healed and densified and then treated with a penetrating waterproofing that repairs and seals cracks from the inside. That matters because a leaking, corroding roof deck stays a leaking, corroding roof deck no matter how bright you make it, and a surface membrane bridges a crack rather than stopping the water intrusion underneath it.
No, and they solve different problems. CG HeatShield™ is built for fire exposure and extreme radiant heat, the kind that comes off flame or high-temperature industrial process equipment. Cool-Deck™ is built for solar load on exposed slabs, where the issue is a surface sitting in the sun all day rather than a short, intense heat event. If you are unsure which applies to your structure, our technical team will tell you.
Product documentation
Tell our technical team about your slab, your climate and what sits above and below it, and we will tell you what the system will do for your structure.