Efflorescence

Aqua Mix Eff-Ex® By Scott Worthington Since the introduction of Aqua Mix® Eff-Ex® I have had numerous questions regarding the ability of this product to clean and inhibit efflorescence on cement mortars, grouts and renders. More importantly if it would be prudent to...

How Do Enhancing Sealers Enhance?

Understanding Enhancing Sealers By Scott Worthington In relatively recent times the market has seen the introduction of enhancing penetrating sealers. People had got used to invisible penetrating materials but also require sealers that highlighted the stone. Tumbled...

Moisture Content for Sealing

How Dry is Dry for Sealer Application? By Scott Worthington When I first entered the world of tile and stone sealers, water based sealers were in their infancy with Aqua Mix® at the forefront of their development and promotion. One of the purported advantages of the...

Aqua Mix® Sealers Expected Wear

The “expected wear” or life of a sealer By Scott Worthington When Aqua Mix® Sealers Choice® Gold, one of the first, if not the first, premium sealer in the world proclaimed a life of up to 15 years, many in the industry wondered how this could be substantiated. As the...

What are VOC’s?

VOC’s (volatile organic compounds) are the talk of our industry with manufacturers such as Aqua Mix® producing mostly either low or no VOC formulas. However many manufacturers internationally still offer products with very high VOC’s so why is this such a potential...