BOOST! from SUPER-KRETE

September 23, 2014

Super-Krete Products

Boost Pack 5421914397903

SUPER-KRETE International, Inc. presents Concrete BOOST!, a ready-mix concrete booster that makes concrete stronger, harder and waterproof.

Designed for smaller batches of concrete for use with a ready-mix sack up to 90 lbs.
Can be used with any Portland cement-based material
One bottle will improve the overall matrix of the concrete by increasing strength up to 23%, waterproofing the concrete, resisting shrinkage cracks and improving the workability of the mix
The treated concrete results are reduction in permeability, efflorescence, susceptibility to freeze/thaw damage and resistance to water, radon and chloride ion intrusion
In concrete countertops, it will help keep slabs from curling as they cure

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