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| Innovation in masonry preservation Cathedral Stone Products founder and CEO Dennis Rude announced the company's latest innovation in masonry preservation - R-97 Water Repellent. This no-VOC water repellent universally conforms to all volatile organic compound (VOC) regulations that continue to tighten and vary by city and state across the United States. California, New York and Utah are among those states with the strictest low-VOC requirements. 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. 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, UT. write your comments about the article :: © 2008 Construction News :: home page |