Concrete Curing Compounds

Kaufman Products offers several low-VOC industrial concrete curing and sealing compounds.
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  • Low-emitting

    Just how low the VOC level needs to be for a given product to qualify for inclusion in GreenSpec depends on the product category. For most products, we require certification to California’s health-based emissions standard, CDPH Std Method v1.1 standard (also referred to as California Section 01350), which tests a product’s resultant VOC concentrations in the space after a given period of time. For wet-applied products like paints, caulks, and adhesives, we still also look for VOC content instead of, or in addition to, verified low emissions; this is because emissions testing doesn’t adequately test initial offgassing, and VOC content is currently the only widely available proxy.

  • Reduces construction impacts

    Included here are various erosion-control products, foundation products that eliminate the need for excavation, and exterior stains that result in lower VOC emissions into the atmosphere. Fluorescent lamp and ballast recyclers and low-mercury fluorescent lamps reduce environmental impacts during maintenance and disposal of luminaires.

Kaufman Products offers several low-VOC industrial concrete curing and sealing compounds. Thinfilm 422 Wax Base is a zero-VOC water-emulsion membrane compound formulated especially for highways, but also appropriate for driveways, sidewalks, curbs, and gutters; available pigmented or clear in pails, drums, and bulk. Krystal 15 emulsion EF and Krystal 25 emulsion EF are water emulsion acrylic polymer curing and sealing compounds with 9 g/l VOC, available in drums and pails.

03 39 00: Concrete Curing

Concrete curing agents are coatings or admixtures that aid the set and cure of freshly poured concrete. They generally use coalescing agents to retard evaporation. Conventional products use a petroleum hydrocarbon resin base.

GreenSpec lists products made with biobased materials, low-solvent, low-VOC (50 g/l or less), water-based, or some combination of those.

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