Patio Seal 5Lt

My grey paved drive is 5 years old, was never originally sealed and so covered with moss in the joints and algae on the paviour faces. It looked a mess. Pressure washed then re-sanded (make sure the paviours are bone dry otherwise the sand drags). I left it a week in warm weather, and tested a small patch to see if the kiln sand slid in. It did. So re-sanded one day, and sealed the next in August 2020 as the weather was forecast to change and wanted it done. Best tip online is to use a leaf blower before sealing to help rid of excess sand. Don't worry if seems too much sand is blown away, the sand only needs to be between blocks not up high. Also don't need whacker plate as only topping sand up. NB. there are different shades of kiln sand, at different builders merchants, it depends what they can get apparently. I never realised and had to exchange 2 bags of reddish sand for blonde sand like the original as red looked awful with grey paving. Apologies I digress.... now to the BLOCK SEALER. Sika seal very easy to use, like a white PVA/acrylic liquid, goes on bluey white, dries quickly and invisibly on a hot day. Cut in edges by walls with paint brush, then first coat with roller, second with garden pump spray. It dries rock hard, as evidenced on sand blown off edge of drive when I poked it. Very pleased as it felt it might wash off at first rain when you first put it on. Close up photo is finished drive. Not glossy, but has enhanced paviour a little bit, bear in mind it was never done before, so the sealer was really sucked in. I feel it's protected now. I may do another coat or two as not too expensive to buy, and do prefer a sheen look. Amazon has great price on this when compared to other suppliers/products. Happy to update. Time will tell ☺️ good luck all, it's a very satisfying job done 👍🏼

The Sika patio sealer easy to apply by roller or spray but the roller preferable as seems to cover more evenly and work into the surface, in fact also seems to use less liquid than spraying. Once applied a second coat can be made after about two hours which is needed, my use was for a concrete patio and obvious one coat inadequate, the sealer is sticky, odour and appearance very similar to diluted PVA adhesive but does take 24hrs or more to dry completely dependant on temperature, expected rainfall should definitely be avoided. After drying the sealer does leave a waterproof, Satin shine clear surface that is fairly resistant to abrasion by footwear or lightweight traffic of any kind such as plant pots in my case. The present persistent rainfall of the past few weeks does give indication a third coat may be needed as would I expect do regular bi-annual coatings also, however for the present the sealer seems effective in it’s protection of the concrete stain used and providing water resistance to the concrete surface.

This really is a good patio sealer for the price. It’s also water based so easy to use and spread. I first used it three years ago on some concrete patio slabs. I did three coats for the wet look, although two I’m sure would be fine if you just want to cover it. I was sceptical about how hard wearing it would be as it was water based - but after three years it still looked good. I have just put on another coat to give it the new wet look again as it was beginning to look faded although continued to work as a sealer by stopping all the dirt and grime from settling. Last year I sealed another patio at the back of the garden made from Indian Flagstone and put on three coats. This had the effect of a Matt finish and seemed to not resist the winter staining as much. However it was very easy to wash off. After two more coats earlier in the year it now has a little more of the wet look coating and appears to work as well as the concrete ones. I suspect being water based it soaks in to the stone layer more easily and you just need a few more coats.

Easy to put on concrete patio slabs. No bad smells and have just out it on so can't comment on whether it functions well or not. Will update. Main loss for me on this, is the dark look after putting it on. It makes the slabs look permanently wet which is a shame and not what I was expecting from a clear sealer. On the picture I have sealer the lower slabs but not the steps.

This is a great product however…. Very disappointed that only one can was properly filled and the other one was almost a litre short. I have photographs to show this and after having checked the seal which looks intact, I can only presume that it was short filled. I’m now going to have to go through the whole debacle of sending it back and ordering more, which is a complete nuisance. Such a shame as I’m a big fan of Sika products.

Easy to apply. Covered a massive area in minutes and still have loads left

Bought another for other jobs, great results, stopped weeds..

Bought to seal my driveway which has red brick paving and kiln dried sand joints. Over the past 5 years I have had to karcher and replace sand every year. This year I decided to use this sealer after karcher and re sand. Applied three coats with electric sprayer doing about 5 square metres at a time. The effect is immediate, giving the paving a sheen and sealing the sand in the joints. Container recommends roller application, I didn’t follow that as I could not see how to avoid lifting the sand out of the joints onto the roller and subsequently on the paving. No such problem with power spray. It has been sealed for three months now, looks the same as day I did it. We have had heavy rain and strong winds which would have previously left my paving sand splattered and untidy whereas the sealed paving looks unblemished. Very happy with finished result using this product.