LITHOCHROME Color Hardener is used to add beautiful color - vibrant or subtle - into the surface of freshly placed concrete. This ready-to-use, powdered dry-shake hardener produces long-wearing horizontal surfaces ideal for pedestrian or vehicular traffic - indoors or out.
The LITHOCHROME Advantage
LITHOCHROME Color Hardener provides more coverage with less product than competing color hardeners. The superior formulation is denser than competing color hardeners, resulting in approximately 75% more thickness when using LITHOCHROME Color Hardener at the same coverage rate.
Proven superior abrasion resistance
Based on test results, LITHOCHROME Color Hardener dramatically
improves the abrasion resistance of concrete as
compared to a control concrete of the same base composition
finished and cured in a similar manner.
The recommended application rate of LITHOCHROME Color
Hardener provided over 34 times the abrasion resistance on a
depth of wear basis as compared to the control. A higher
application demonstrated over 100 times the control’s
performance.
Proven higher compressive strength
The compressive strength of a material is that value of uniaxial
compressive stress reached when the material fails completely.
The compressive strength is usually obtained experimentally by
means of a compressive test.
Based on a 2” x 2” cube compressive test, LITHOCHROME Color
Hardener provided superior compressive strength after 31 days
over competing color hardener products.
Better coverage rates result in reduced
installation costs
By using properly graded aggregates in our color
hardener we are able to extend our surface coverage
rates. Most manufacturers recommend using 60
pounds per every 100 square feet. Our color hardener
recommendation is for 50 pounds per every 100
square feet. LITHOCHROME Color Hardener is manufactured with
well-graded aggregates resulting in better suspension at
the surface of the concrete in its plastic state, allowing
for complete coverage using less material.
Well-selected aggregates and pigments result in better color opacity
Manufacturers are faced with raw material drifts in
color and different colors of sand indigenous to the
location of the manufacturing facility. Providing
consistent gradation and color for each new batch
presents a challenge, but ensures that large jobs over
a period of time look the same from beginning to end.
LITHOCHROME Color Hardener is manufactured with
specific color-selected aggregates for the most
consistent coverage possible.
View the PDF outlining the complete LITHOCHROME Color Hardener advantage.
Surfaces enhanced with LITHOCHROME Color Hardener are
