May 30, 2008—Cathedral Stone Products has announced its latest innovation in masonry preservation—R-97 Water Repellent. The new product universally complies with all volatile organic compound regulations issued by cities and states across the United States, says the company.
R-97 provides a new, environmentally safe, and worker-friendly solution for protecting all porous masonry surfaces from water penetration. It is formulated to create a long-lasting coating that changes the capillary force of the pores in masonry from positive to negative. Unlike water repellents containing siloxane or silane, R-97 can be applied three days (as opposed to 28 days) after new work on a building’s surface is complete. R-97 is non-flammable, odorless, and it can be applied in a single application, notes the company. Additionally, R-97 includes a 10-year warranty when substrate testing is performed by Cathedral Stone Products.
Western Construction Group, one of the nation’s largest specialty contractors in the field of masonry restoration, recently used R-97 on the 28-story headquarters building for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Salt Lake City, Utah.
For more information visit Cathedral Stone Web site.
