Acrylic topped concrete deck

[rborn]

I have always heard from industry (construction) professionals that there is a minimum wait time for the concrete to properly dry before applying acrylic topping; that being a total of 5 consecutive dry days. The pool builder poured the concrete during rainfalls, and then topped it 2 days after the last rainfall.

Should I be worried about future quality issues with the deck?

 

[rborn]

Does anybody know if there will be future issues with the acrylic topping?

 

[Donny]

Not sure about the acrylic, but concrete cures fully in approximately 28 days.

 

[rborn]

Thanks for the reply Donny, I am worried that possibly the concrete was not cured enough before the acrylic was laid. Hopefully everything will be okay.

 

[chiefwej]

New concrete cures faster and better if kept wet, so the rain may have benefited you. If you have textured acrylic like mine, they first apply a bonding coat followed by texture, and finally the color coat. Only the final color coat is impervious to moisture, so it wasn't sealed until the final coat. I don't think you will have a problem.

My deck is over ten years old now and I've had no problems. In fact, I just finished putting a new color coat on it and it looks as good or better than the day it was originally finished.

 

[rborn]

New concrete cures faster and better if kept wet, so the rain may have benefited you. If you have textured acrylic like mine, they first apply a bonding coat followed by texture, and finally the color coat. Only the final color coat is impervious to moisture, so it wasn't sealed until the final coat. I don't think you will have a problem.

My deck is over ten years old now and I've had no problems. In fact, I just finished putting a new color coat on it and it looks as good or better than the day it was originally finished.

Thank you Sir.