Multiguard In-depth Crystalline Therapy (MICT)
Hydronil’s MICT concrete therapy is an excellent remediation procedure for revitalizing water-damaged concrete and to provide an effective protection against the deterioration of healthy concrete due to water ingress.
It is a physical treatment to the entire concrete structure to create a catalytic reaction within the concrete matrix resulting in a stronger, more durable and waterproof concrete.
Hydronil´s therapy can be used as a preventative safeguard or as a cure. It will increase the durability of the concrete, autogenously heal micro cracking, and eliminate the need for any other waterproofing system.
There is no need to allocate extra time for Multiguard In-depth Crystalline Therapy, hence projects are completed much in advance and there is a complete savings in waterproofing cost. As the Multiguard In-depth Crystalline Therapy occurs within the body of concrete, treatment can be done from negative or positive side of water pressure.
There is no need to provide extra space for application of MICT outside the structure, which ultimately saves excavation cost.
What Hydronil is all about?
Hydronil is about quality hydrophilic crystalline technologies that assure a watertight concrete. Treatments withHydronil technologies begin as surface applied slurry, dry shake, or as an admixture and work as a catalyst to create a reaction between un-hydrated cement particles and water within the concrete. This reaction over time creates billions of pin like crystals to fill the pores and capillaries. The process will continue as long as water and cement particles are present.
What is Multiguard In-depth System?
Multiguard In-depth System is a revolutionized protection system for concrete structures, concrete blocks and cement-sand rendered brickwork. It is a blend of special Portland cement, a group of active ingredients and surface treated quartz. The system is either applied by brush, spray, sprinkled or directly added into green concrete. Multiguard In-depth System thrives on moisture for migrating into the body of the concrete and generating billions of pin like crystals (see photo 1) sealing all capillaries and voids.
Other Benefits
Multiguard In-depth System offers many other benefits to concrete structures:
- Waterproofing treatment makes concrete impermeable to full depth of structure.
- Enhances self-healing properties to hairline cracks up to 0.4 mm width.
- Waterproofing characteristics are reactivated in presence of moisture-even many years later.
- Hydronil treated structures can withstand hydrostatic pressure up to 170 metre (560 ft) of water head. With wide number of products manufactured by Hydronil, crystalline treatment scheme corrects flaws left out during concreting by showing path and location of the same. Being catalytic in nature, there is no product to get consumed, which ultimately makes system highly durable and long lasting.
- As the ingredients penetrate deep into concrete, Hydronil does not require any protection during backfilling or during placement of steel, wire mesh or any other material.
- As Hydronil is active in moisture, application of coating does not require dry substrate.
- It is an In-depth treatment to the body of the concrete, hence is no layer to get damaged, tear or pill off from the surface
There are many ways to benefit by treating concrete with Multiguard In-depth System and MICT. |
