Sealer for concrete outdoors.

[r896neo]

I have just poured and floated up some large slabs of concrete in my own garden. They will be getting very lightly honed and i want to use a sealer on them mainly to enhance the colour a little.

I prefer the colour of them when slightly damp and i also want to protect them but not make it too slippy so want to avoid a topical type sealer.

Anyone done this before on polished concrete outdoors? It is not currently slippy when wet.

So colour enhancing sealers? Any thoughts or observations welcome.

[GB_Groundworks]

We use a hardener on all our slabs but it's normal applied upto 24hrs after curing or we use a sealant during power floating

What finish did you use on your concrete?

[r896neo]

I floated in larsen shake top which is a surface hardener and densifier then trowelled them hard and they are an almost powerfloated finish.

The slabs were then sealed with an acyrilic curing membrane after final finishing.

I now plan to lightly grind them to remove the acraseal and expose the shake top fine aggregate and then apply a sealer of some sort but obviously need to use an impregnator as a topical of any kind would be super slippy.

I would also like to enhance the colour a little

Shake top

shake top

Acraseal acraseal

[r896neo]