Anti-corrosion
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Concrete sealers
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Industrial coatings
Porous concrete and peeling epoxy are incompatible with clean food manufacturing environments. Zirconia's inorganic Ceramic Surface Treatment chemically bonds to concrete, creating a sealed, biologically impervious surface that will not delaminate.
Food manufacturing places strict demands on surfaces. Concrete's porous nature means it is not an acceptable finish surface in clean environments. Contaminants, moisture and microbes colonize the open pore network, and no amount of routine cleaning fully eliminates the risk as long as the pores remain open.
Coatings applied to address this problem often create a second problem. Organic coatings such as epoxies and urethanes cannot chemically react with or permanently bond to concrete, which is an inorganic surface. They grip the surface profile mechanically. Moisture in the form of water or vapor in the slab breaks that grip, causing delamination and peeling.
Zirconia has a solution. CeramycGuard™ is an inorganic Ceramic Surface Treatment (CST) that uses nano-alumina and zirconia silicates to renew and preserve concrete surfaces. This dense ceramic nano polymer penetrates the surface and atomically bonds to all elements in the concrete, shielding the surface from the environment. CeramycGuard™ is not affected by wet and dry or freeze-thaw cycles and will not peel, flake, chalk, or delaminate in any manner.
Why facilities need more than epoxy
Concrete's open pore network harbors bacteria, moisture and food residue. No matter how often you clean, an untreated surface can never meet clean-environment standards.
Epoxies and urethanes cannot chemically bond to concrete, an inorganic material. They rely on surface grip alone, so moisture or vapor in the slab causes delamination and peeling.
The porous, nutrient-retaining nature of untreated concrete provides an ideal habitat for microbial growth. Biofilm forms, accelerating corrosion and creating a persistent contamination risk.
Coatings that delaminate need constant patch repairs or full replacement, taking floor space out of service and adding significant cost over the facility's life.
CeramycGuard™ is the base coat for all Zirconia concrete solutions. Because it is inorganic, it reacts directly with the concrete matrix rather than simply sticking to it. The result is a chemically bonded geopolymer composite: a man-made stone surface that carries none of the failure modes of organic coatings.
For applications that require additional durability or a specific surface finish, Zirconia offers composite topcoat systems such as Fortress XD and BulletProof. These topcoats use ultradurable urethanes and quartz nanoceramics that bond chemically to the CeramycGuard™ base, forming an ultra-strong composite that combines the best of inorganic and organic performance, without the delamination risk.
Exclusive benefits
CeramycGuard™ penetrates the surface and atomically bonds to all elements in the concrete, bridging and filling pores and micro-cracks under a protective ceramic layer.
Surface porosity is reduced dramatically, preventing water, salts, chemicals and other destructive elements from entering the concrete.
CeramycGuard™ incorporates advanced ceramics including Silica Carbide, creating a durable surface that resists weighted and grating abrasion without peeling or tearing.
The dense, inert, non-nutrient surface of CeramycGuard™ creates a physical barrier to microbes and their food source, preventing them from colonizing the concrete surface.
A dense, non-nutrient, non-habitat, oxidative surface prevents microbes from colonizing, meeting the clean-environment demands of food manufacturing facilities.
CeramycGuard™ bonds into itself, so you can spot-repair without full repainting. This gives you unlimited repairability and keeps long-term maintenance costs low.
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Recommended systems
The inorganic ceramic base coat. It chemically bonds with concrete, sealing the pore network and forming a granite-like, non-porous composite layer that will not delaminate.
A composite topcoat that bonds chemically to CeramycGuard™, combining inorganic ceramic adhesion with ultradurable urethane and quartz nanoceramic performance.
An extreme-duty composite topcoat for the most demanding industrial floor environments, combining the ceramic base with maximum chemical and abrasion resistance.
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