Using pic sealers on block paving - Is resiblock th eonly answer

[driverevive]

I have been using resiblock superior matt and wetlook on customers driveways for 3 or 4 months and it is extremely expensive. I appreciate from looking at this website that polyurethanes are more expensive but work better and last longer. However I have recently been contacted by a PIC company that have advised that the same resin they use on PIC can be used on Block paving to good effect and that its quality is higher as resiblock is absorbed in to blocks and there resin has to form a finished surface, I think they mentioned that the resin was B44 and xylene based. I know that xylene is the solvent used in most sealers but I want to know if it is true that these sealers area as good as resiblock for my customers. I can then pass on the price reduction

Thanks

Paul

[Tony McC]

And who is this company with the miracle jollop?

[driverevive]

Hi Tony, Im not going to name and shame just yet as I have not been to see them, but I have trawelled the net looking for B44 and I assume it is just another acrylic sealer, I dont know if this is true?

The problem with only being in the business 5 minutes is that i cant see the effects age has on the different resins so I have to rely on companys to tell me, thats why a site like this is good as it opens the debate up.

I very much doubt Which magazine do a comparison lol

Ive read all your exerpts and the only problem I get is "whether using resiblock is over egging the pudding" on residential driveways.

Do acrylic sealers offer any benefits other than being briefly asthetically pleasing?

[Tony McC]

Somewhere in the Brew Cabin is a long thread where various people commented on the efficacy or otherwise of a wide range of block paving sealers. I think it was 2-3 years ago, and a whole host of products were mentioned. The general consensus was that Resiblock is probably the best, but may be too good for driveways, if such a thing is possible. Then came a clutch of other polyurethanes such as TechCon and ASP, and then some of the acrylics. Bringing up the rear were the generic "Seal-Owt" products that claim to be able to seal anything and everything.

Again, the general consensus seems to be that polyurethanes are very good but a bit pricey, while acrylics are cheaper, reasonably effective, but don;t have the longevity of PUs

[Edgecraft]

Hi
There is a chap who has just started selling drums of Polyrethane sealer on Ebay for under £100, I think he is in Stafford ?
Reading his feedback people who have used it seem very happy !

Rega