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Residential
Problem solved
Near the coast, airborne salt drives chloride into concrete and corrodes the steel inside. Here is why it happens, and how a chemically bonded ceramic surface stops it for good.
Concrete looks solid, but it is porous. Within about two miles of the ocean, airborne salt settles on the surface and chloride travels through the pore network to the reinforcing steel inside. The steel corrodes, expands, and cracks the concrete around it. This is the cycle behind the spalling, rust staining and structural loss seen on balconies, car parks and seawalls, and it is why aging coastal buildings face costly recertification.
Epoxy, urethane and paint are organic plastics. They can only stick to concrete, and concrete is inorganic, so there is no true chemical bond. Moisture, UV and salt break that adhesion and the coating peels, often within months. To get even temporary grip, installers shot blast the surface, which makes it more porous and easier for salt to enter.
Zirconia's Ceramic Surface Treatments are inorganic and silicate based, like concrete itself. CeramycGuard cross links into the surface and fills the pores down to the nanometer, so chloride can no longer reach the steel. Because it is a chemical bond and breathable to vapor, it cannot peel or delaminate from underside moisture. On coastal work the full system is Ceramic System PoreBlocker, then CeramycGuard, and Fortress XD where a traffic rated balcony layer is needed.
Common questions
Concrete is porous, with up to ten percent void space. Within roughly two miles of the coast, airborne salt carries chloride into those pores. The chloride reaches the reinforcing steel inside the concrete and corrodes it. As the steel corrodes it expands, which cracks and spalls the surrounding concrete and, over time, weakens the structure.
Epoxy and urethane are organic coatings that only adhere to the surface. They cannot chemically bond to concrete, and they are not breathable, so UV and moisture trapped underneath break the bond. Once they peel, salt and water reach the concrete again and corrosion continues.
Yes. Zirconia uses an inorganic system: Ceramic System PoreBlocker conditions and densifies the surface, then CeramycGuard chemically bonds into the concrete and seals the pores that let chloride in. Because the system becomes part of the concrete, it keeps salt away from the reinforcing steel without demolition.
Yes. The technology is Miami-Dade County approved (NOA-24062603) and has been used on Florida coastal condos facing salt corrosion and recertification. Zirconia also reversed chlorine driven corrosion on the City of Sacramento concrete water reservoir.
Yes. The primary chemistry is water borne and non toxic, with low or zero hazardous VOCs and no Bisphenol A. It applies like paint with a brush, roller or squeegee, so it suits occupied condos and facilities.
Tell our technical team about your coastal or condo project and we will specify the right ceramic system and share the data and approvals.