Nox-Crete Stage 1

Product Description

Applied to fresh concrete after screeding and again during the finishing process, STAGE 1 combines with calcium hydroxide to form calcium silicate hydrate gels that fill surface pores and capillaries to reduce moisture loss, increase concrete fluidity and extend workability giving finishers up to an additional 45 minutes of extra finishing time.

Advantages

• Extends working time of fresh concrete up to 100% compared to untreated concrete.
• Increases workability of concrete flatwork during adverse conditions like wind, sun, high temperatures, and low humidity.
• Concrete Troweling Aid: Extends workability time for concrete finishers, allowing for longer periods to achieve a smooth cream for your desired finish.
• Densifies concrete with chemically reactive colloidal silicate, filling surface pores and capillaries with calcium silicate hydrate gels.
• Reduces surface bleed water evaporation and lubricates the concrete surface, increasing working time and ease of finishing.
• Promotes proper hydration for maximum concrete strength properties.
• Increases surface compressive strength and abrasion resistance of concrete.
• Reduces moisture vapor emission rate (MVER) in concrete.
• Reduces surface efflorescence (whiting) on concrete.
• Reduces surface crazing of concrete.
• Produces a denser, stronger capon all troweled floors.
• Green Engineered™ – better for health and the environment.
• Meets all federal and state VOC requirements.

Applications

• Use on all concrete flatwork whenever the surface evaporation rate exceeds the concrete bleed rate, such as in direct sunlight, during periods of low humidity or during hot and/or windy conditions.
• Due to reduced bleed water and greater tendency for surface crusting, STAGE 1 is particularly well suited for controlling surface water evaporation and extending the working time of type 1L cement containing concrete mix designs.
• Use on all concrete floor slabs and decorative concrete surfaces to increase workability and to minimize the potential for crack crazing, dusting, curling and efflorescence.

• Use on all concrete flatwork to increase the surface compressive strength and abrasion resistance and to lower the moisture vapor emission rate (MVER) and permeability.