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StrongSeal Wetlook – A Heavy Duty, Water-Based Paver Sealer Wet Look Finish
Professional Grade Damp Tolerant Wet look Sealer and Joint-Sand Stabilizer

Is Using A Paver Sealer Necessary?
I would strongly recommend sealing a paver or using a paver sealer.
Firstly, this helps to protect your pavers. If you don’t protect them, they can be damaged by a freeze-thaw attack. This happens when water gets in and repeatedly freezes and expands, leading to cracking in the pavers.
Salts or chlorides can get in and damage the pavers.

If you’re in a more tropical climate, mold and mildew can damage the pavers, or make them unsightly.
Again, I would strongly recommend sealing just to protect your pavers.
Secondly, sealing the surface makes it easier to clean. If you’ve got a sealed surface, you have a fighting chance to get any solutions, oils or food stains off the surface before they soak in permanently.

Which Paver Sealer Is Best?
In order to get the best seal, and stop any staining or solutions getting into your pavers, I would recommend a Topical sealer. This is something that puts a thin film or barrier across the surface of the paver. That will give you and absolute seal. The next consideration is what do you want your surface to look like?
Is your goal for the paver surface:

Enhancement
Adding color
Providing a sheen
Bringing out the current color?

In each of these cases, a Topical sealer is the choice you should make.

If you don’t want to change the appearance and keep the natural look, but maintain a seal, a Penetrating sealer will do well.

The Penetrating sealer will soak into the paver. It will get into the capillaries and pores – filling them up – to repel any moisture or oils from getting into the pavers.

However, this is not an absolute barrier. This top surface is open so you still can get some staining, but it gives you a fighting chance. It gives you time to clean it and pressure wash it. So, it certainly makes it much easier to clean.

In the end, a Penetrating sealer is good if you don’t want to change the appearance, but it is not as good a sale as a Topical sealer.

The next choice you need to make is whether you go with a solvent-based or a water-based sealer.

There is solvent based:
– Topical sealers
– Penetrating sealers

There is also water based:
– Topical sealers
– Penetrating sealers

The difference between a water-based and solvent-based sealer comes down to their sensitivity to moisture. Solvent-based sealers tend to be a lot more sensitive to moisture.
If your pavers are damp, and you can’t get them to dry out fully, the sealer could begin turning white or leaving like a “milky” residue or parents on your pavers.
You’re less likely to experience these situations using a water-based sealer compared to solvent-based product.

Another issue with solvent sealers is they tend to burn off quicker.
They might give you an initial high gloss shine, but they will lose that appearance much faster than a water-based sealer. You also don’t get the same longevity with a solvent, as you would with a water-based sealer.
In short, a water-based penetrating or a topical sealer would be the better choices you could make. If you want an absolute seal, I would push you towards a topical sealer. If you don’t want any change in appearance, choose a penetrating sealer.

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