Brush-on product to seal concrete sills

Possom

I believe there is a clear finish product (not a paint) which can be brushed onto concrete window sills to seal them and help reduce water penetration.

Would anyone happen to know the name of the product?

Thank you.

brightontraveller

There are a few e.g Thompson waterseal etc but there a bodger' friend major drawbacks the effects can be very short-term often recovering is yearly or in exposed coastal areas sooner second hides the real problem e.g. brickwork concrete etc is “deteriorating” or design materials were not suitable in first instance allowing the ingression its simply puts off having to deal with it until a later time in the long run not cost effective.

maninthestreet

brightontraveller wrote: »

There are a few e.g Thompson waterseal etc but there a bodger' friend major drawbacks the effects can be very short-term often recovering is yearly or in exposed coastal areas sooner second hides the real problem e.g. brickwork concrete etc is “deteriorating” or design materials were not suitable in first instance allowing the ingression its simply puts off having to deal with it until a later time in the long run not cost effective.

Can you please use some punctuation - like full stops and commas,
as well as writing in sentences - these start with a capital letter and end with a full stop.

Possom

brightontraveller wrote: »

There are a few e.g Thompson waterseal etc but there a bodger' friend major drawbacks the effects can be very short-term often recovering is yearly or in exposed coastal areas sooner second hides the real problem e.g. brickwork concrete etc is “deteriorating” or design materials were not suitable in first instance allowing the ingression its simply puts off having to deal with it until a later time in the long run not cost effective.

It's a new sill I'm having installed, but I don't want to paint it.

I was thinking of treating it with this type of product to reduce the chance of water penetration. Therefore it's not being applied with the intention of a 'bodge'.

brightontraveller

Possom wrote: »

It's a new sill I'm having installed, but I don't want to paint it.

I was thinking of treating it with this type of product to reduce the chance of water penetration. Therefore it's not being applied with the intention of a 'bodge'.

Is it one that’s being custom made or of the shelf ? You can have chemicals /retardant added during manufacture ? that will solve the problem

brightontraveller

maninthestreet wrote: »

Can you please use some punctuation - like full stops and commas,
as well as writing in sentences - these start with a capital letter and end with a full stop.

But then you’d have nothing to whinge about if it bother's you feel free to quote and edit it to pass your day away ?

Possom

brightontraveller wrote: »

Is it one that’s being custom made or of the shelf ? You can have chemicals /retardant added during manufacture ? that will solve the problem

I didn't know that. Well it's already been made.

dampdaveski

Possom,
There are a few products you can consider
Storm dry by Safeguard http://www.stormdry.com/ this is a silicone based sealer and is very easy to apply, they have a much larger advertising budget than the one below, so you have an extra pretty website to look at

My preference is Stone water guard by steel chemicals http://www.steelchemicals.co.uk/ however this is eye wateringly expensive but also reduces litchen and 'stuff' growingon your cills for many years in the future, though to be fair so will Storm dry, almost to the same degree.

Incidentally if anyone is offended by my punctuation then please feel free to call me on 0800 kiss my....