SureTex™ is a cement-based concrete knockdown overlay for both interior and exterior concrete surfaces. It's slightly larger aggregate creates deeper textures, and its chemistry allows quicker surface drying than most overlay products. SureTex™ used with compressed air spray equipment (commonly a hopper gun), additionally designed for troweled from the simplest of knock-down to the most beautiful Euro-texture. Restoration, repair, resurfacing, architectural accenting, surface protection, and creating slip resistance of existing concrete are all realized through SureTex.
SureTex™ shares many of the qualities of its sister product SureSpray and as such can be applied in a wide variety of applications. However, with a much larger aggregate size than it's sprayable sister product SureSpray™, SureTex lends itself to much more rich depths of texture and as such can be used to create a wide array of custom artistic designs. In the hands of professionally trained artisan contractors, SureTex™ can be manipulated to create any number of custom themed flooring surfaces. Since it is such an easy to work with and versatile product, it also lends itself to DIY homeowner usage as well.
SureTex's large aggregate content helps create a number of overlay texture-rich elements:
Residential Patterned Sidewalks
Home Driveways
Commercial Floor Coatings
Property Management Walkways
Pool Decks & Patios
Retail Flooring Locations
Floor Concrete Texture
"Slop Trowel" Texture Designs
"Wet Bubble" Textures
"Euro-Tile" Trowel Designs
Brick Tape Pattern
Faux Tile Designs
Custom Stencil Patterns
Concrete Resurfacing Texture
How Do You Apply SureTex™ Concrete Knockdown Overlay?
SureTex™ has a broad range of application methods, here is the most common:
Any surface receiving a cement-based coating must be clean, cured, sound and profiled. See our Surface Preparation products for more information on accomplishing this
Make sure that temperatures will remain between 50 and 90 degrees Fahrenheit and there will be no precipitation in the applied areas for a 48 hour period following application.
Add 4 - 6 quarts water per 50 lb bag to 5 gal bucket and mix in any color desired for integral coloring of SureTex™
Slowly introduce mix while continuously mixing and mix for a minimum of 1 minute once all product is into a container. Scrape the sides of the bucket to make sure there are no "dry pockets" that didn't get mixed properly.
Mist the surface of the concrete with water ahead of any areas about to receive mix.
Pour a generous ribbon of SureTex and tightly trowel or squeegee product over the entire area.
If you need a second coat of mix, only wait until the surface is properly cured - approx 2-6 hours. A second coat can be applied same as the first layer. Make sure to scrape away excess material from first coat before applying the finish.
Once the surface has dried and cured sufficiently (approx 2-6 hours), it can accept stains and secondary colorants and is also ready to receive a sealer. Typical outdoor applications would utilize an acrylic sealer from our SureSeal line of products.