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Concrete Sealers for Colleges, Dorms, and Other School Buildings

Bone Dry Penetrating Sealers Provide Protection for School Facility Floors

Hundreds of dirty, wet and muddy shoes walk on university and college floors on a daily basis, tracking in asphalt, bacteria, gum residue, salt and more. Bone Dry is your powerful and reliable defense and your ultimate floor protection solution. Seal out moisture and get a densified, bonded finish to extend the life of your college or university floors with Bone Dry.

When constructing or remodeling a facility at your school or university, you can trust the experts at Bone Dry with the best sealers to help you save time and money. Contact us today to get a quote for our services.

Quality Treatment for Concrete Substrates

Effortlessly prep your existing concrete for Bone Dry Pro with Etch-A-Crete to get your concrete floors ready for unbeatable water protection and speed up your progress with Bone Dry Pro’s ultra-fast application on existing concrete. If you are treating a newly poured slab, you can skip the prep step with Etch-A-Crete.

Bone Dry Pro’s ultimate sealing capabilities perform many functions for freshly-poured concrete, including:

Hardening – protects treated floors against dusting and strengthens the slab
Bonding – eliminates flaking and prepares treated surfaces for paint, vinyl and other adhesives
Densifying – allows concrete to cure and harden more quickly
Waterproofing – reacts with the lime and alkali in concrete, waterproofing the concrete structure quickly and completely
Curing – Used standalone, Bone Dry Pro functions as the curing compound and achieves the results a curing compound achieves. ASTM C-309 covers liquid membrane-forming compounds and does not apply to a penetrating sealer; where a specification names C-309, a dissipating curing compound can be applied after the Pro Sealer is applied.

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Bone Dry Works Hand-In-Hand with Midwestern Universities

Carthage College in Kenosha, WI built a 50,000 sq. ft. residence hall for the Fall 2018 semester and applied Bone Dry Pro at the time of the pour, saving days on a tight construction schedule. Minnesota State University in Mankato, MN needed a new dining facility to serve 3,000 students, and the contractors used Bone Dry Pro under carpet, tile, VCT and LVT to keep the substrate dry and the floor coverings bonded.

College and university projects

K-12 school projects

Schools and universities throughout the US are constantly updating their facilities with new additions and satellite locations. When your construction team is building a new wing or addition, Bone Dry Pro is the concrete sealer for a contractor working on a deadline: it creates a waterproof barrier from within the slab and can be applied at least an hour after fresh concrete is poured, instead of waiting weeks for a floor to cure and dry down before it can be sealed.

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Application Timing on a Campus Schedule

Campus construction runs on the academic calendar: additions and new halls have to open for a semester, and renovations of existing buildings get a summer shutdown or a winter break. Bone Dry Pro is built for that window.

New pours. Bone Dry Pro is sprayed as soon as the slab can be walked on, at about 300 to 360 square feet per gallon depending on the density of the concrete; there is no second mobilization and no waiting on cure and dry-down. See sealing a new concrete pour.
Existing slabs during a break. Open a hard-troweled floor with Etch-A-Crete, spray Bone Dry Pro, and flooring can go down as little as 6 hours later; Quick Dry is always included and there is no RH testing gate. See sealing a slab on grade before flooring.
Dorms, dining halls and classrooms. Carpet, vinyl, VCT, hardwood and resinous flooring adhesives all go over Bone Dry Pro; the surface profile is unchanged.
Mixed buildings. Concrete areas take Pro; gypsum underlayment takes Bone Dry Pro Gyp-Cap. Not sure which? Which Bone Dry product do I need?

Bone Dry Pro for Concrete Moisture Mitigation

Bone Dry Pro has been used by contractors all over the country to seal concrete floor substrates in large commercial projects like university buildings. Bone Dry Pro is the sealer, sized to the project. Where an existing hard-troweled slab needs its pores opened first, Etch-A-Crete is the separate surface-prep product. Application is by our in-house crew, which travels nationwide, or by your contractor with a Bone Dry representative overseeing the work. Bone Dry Pro carries a 25-year replacement warranty includes labor and material to replace the finished flooring system, adhesives, and prep material.

If you’re interested in using Bone Dry Pro for your university’s facility, you can order it online today or contact us for additional information.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Can Bone Dry Pro be applied to a freshly poured slab?

Yes. Bone Dry Pro is applied as soon as the slab can be walked on, as a low-pressure spray at about 300 to 360 square feet per gallon depending on the density of the concrete. Used standalone, Bone Dry Pro functions as the curing compound and achieves the results a curing compound achieves. ASTM C-309 covers liquid membrane-forming compounds and does not apply to a penetrating sealer; where a specification names C-309, a dissipating curing compound can be applied after the Pro Sealer is applied.

What do I get when I order Bone Dry Pro for a campus project?

Bone Dry Pro sealer sized to the project, with Quick Dry included. Etch-A-Crete is a separate surface-prep product where an existing slab needs opening. Application is by our in-house crew, which travels nationwide, or by your contractor with a Bone Dry representative overseeing the work.

Does Bone Dry Pro need moisture testing before flooring?

No. Quick Dry is always included with Bone Dry Pro, so flooring can go down in as little as 6 hours after application with no RH testing gate. The Bone Dry Pro technical data sheet states that following application no further moisture testing is necessary.

Is there a warranty for flooring over a Pro-sealed slab?

Yes. The Bone Dry Pro System carries a 25-year replacement warranty includes labor and material to replace the finished flooring system, adhesives, and prep material, covering moisture-related and bonding failures.