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Alabama Pigments Company Canyon Clay Class I

Alabama Pigments Company Canyon Clay Class I is a color hardener which are a pigmented cementitious powder that can be broadcast or dusted onto the surface of freshly placed concrete, to create a dense, abrasion-resistant surface that is permanently colored. Color hardeners can be troweled, broom finished or textured and stamped to create authentic looking stone or patterned textures. The use of color hardeners make it possible to achieve any number of bright or light colors, or any combination of them on gray concrete.

Functions: Hardener, Pigment

Chemical Family: Blends & Combinations

Features: Abrasion Resistance, Consistent Properties, Good Light Fastness, Good Wetting Properties, High Durability

Physical Form: Powder, Solid

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Identification & Functionality

Chemical Family
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Composition

Color Hardeners are a blend of powdered cement, UV resistant concentrated pigments, highstrength fine quartz aggregates, surface conditioners and wetting agents.

Features & Benefits

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Applications & Uses

Basic Use

Color Hardeners are ideal for driveways, patios, entryways, sidewalks, swimming pool decks, cart paths, steps, curbs, hardscape and any type of stamped, textured, stenciled or decorative concrete for high-end, as well as value-added construction projects. The consistent, streak free, UV resistant colors are formulated and manufactured to produce vibrant colors, and when used in combination with Antique Release Powder and textured, may produce vivid, well defined, durable patterns. It can also be used in a paste form to be applied in vertical applications such as stair risers and hardscape.

Installation

Color Hardener is broadcast or spread onto freshly placed concrete. The concrete is then floated and finished. In some applications, color-hardened concrete is textured with stamping mats in combination with Antique Release Powder.

Limitations

Color Hardeners can only be applied to freshly-placed concrete before the concrete hardens. Surface appearance may vary depending on coverage rate, application technique, finishing method, weather conditions, curing and sealing method and the preparation and composition of the concrete mix materials.

Coverage

60 to 90 lbs. per 100 sq. ft

Properties

Physical Form

Packaging & Availability

Packaging Type
Packaging

60 lb. multi-wall bag and 60 lb. pail.