A review on surface treatment for concrete – Part 2: Performance

There are variety of surface treatments used for concrete structures protection. This paper presents a review of the effect of surface treatments on mechanical properties and durability concrete , and the durability of treatment materials themselves. Several common surface treatment are reviewed, including acrylic coating, polyurethane coating , epoxy coating , silanes , siloxanes sodium silicate , and nano-SiO 2 . These surface treatments...