Alabama Pigments Company Charcoal Class I
- Chemical Family
- Blends & Combinations
Alabama Pigments Company Charcoal 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.
Properties
- Physical Form
- Powder, Solid
- Powder
- Solid
Product families
Applications
- Decorative Paints
- Fence Decks & Rails
- Pools & Landscaping
- Decorative Paints Coatings & Stains
- Pavement Highways Roads & Bridges
Product Families
- Cement & Concrete Additives
Other characteristics
- Features
Abrasion Resistance, Consistent Properties, Good Light Fastness, Good Wetting Properties, High Durability
- Functions
- Hardener, Pigment
- Markets
- Building & Construction
- Paints & Coatings
- Coverage
- 60 to 90 lbs. per 100 sq. ft
- 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.
- PACKAGING
- 60 lb. multi-wall bag and 60 lb. pail.
- Composition
Color Hardeners are a blend of powdered cement, UV resistant concentrated pigments, highstrength fine quartz aggregates, surface conditioners and wetting agents.
- 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.
- 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.
- Technology
- Industrial Additives & Materials
- Packaging Type
- Bags
- Pails
- Labeling Claims
- Streak-free
- Industrial Additives Features
- Abrasion Resistance
- Consistent Properties
- Good Light Fastness
- Good Wetting Properties
- High Durability
- Industrial Additives Functions
- Hardener
- Pigment
