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Richco Surface Dressing is a decorative natural looking stone system, which is ideal for the use on driveways, paths, and ramps etc. It can also be used on a wide range of surfacing projects where an attractive decorative natural looking finish is required.

Richco Surface Dressing provides a hardwearing, low maintenance surface using a wide range of natural aggregates. Richco Surface Dressing is designed to give the appearance of loose aggregates without the associated maintenance problems.

Benefits

Typical Applications
Richco Surface Dressing is ideal for application to driveways, walkways and paths. It is also suitable for pool and pond surrounds and roof gardens.

Hard Wearing
Surface Dressing provides a very hardwearing, durable surface. It is able to withstand heavy foot traffic as well as light vehicle traffic, making it ideal for driveways.

Fast Drying
This system is fast drying (usually within 2 hours). This makes Richco Surface Dressing System ideal for people looking for less down time.

High Strength System
Richco Surface Dressing uses a high strength polyurea system specially formulated for surfacing applications.

Appearance
Richco Surface Dressing is applied by hand scattering and is designed to give the appearance of loose aggregates. The finish leaves a profile textured non slip surface.

Installation Guide

Curing Time
This product will normally cure in 2 hours at 15°C to accept light foot traffic. Full wear resistance is achieved over 7 days (at a minimum constant temp of 15°C). Water should not be allowed to lie on the surface for at least 7 days.

Surface Preparation
The substrate should be clean, sound, and free of friable material, preferably dry, but certainly to the extent that moisture does not glisten on the surface, and the substrate temperature should be between 5°C and 25°C. A suitable area for mixing should be set aside and protected from splash and spillage with a plastic sheet. All free edges, fixtures, drainage gullies and gratings etc should be taped over to mask edges, prevent accidental ingress of resin and especially aggregate.

Mixing
Richco Surface Dressing is specially designed, three component system. Mixing should take place by vigorous stirring of the A component for one minute, stopping stirring, adding the other two components and continuing to stir until mixed. Full mixing should take no more than 30 seconds with the correct equipment. The mixed material remains in a mobile, liquid form for approximately 10 minutes, after which a light gel is formed (lasting approximately 15 minutes). The material then sets into a soft solid.

Application
The complete mix should be emptied onto the area (Do not leave material in bulk in the bucket as this will only shorten the pot-life) and spread evenly using a serrated squeegee to achieve a uniform thickness governed by the aggregate size. As soon as the resin has been spread uniformly, the aggregate must be applied to the resin surface, blinding it to excess to ensure complete coverage. Once the resin has cured, the excess aggregate can be swept or vacuumed off and reused if clean and uncontaminated. Tape should be removed when the resin has started its initial cure and no longer flows, but before full cure is reached. It is usually safe to remove the tape 30 minutes after resin application unless the ambient temperature is very cold in which case it will be longer.

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