Paver Restoration Steps

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Restoring Exterior Brick Pavers

The steps needed to restore your Brick Pavers are relatively easy. All you need to do is clean, resand if needed, and apply a sealer. Paver Sealers can enhance the natural colors of your brick and come in Matte, Semi-Gloss, and Higher Gloss shine. If a "shiny" appearance is not desired then you can just add a Concrete Water Repellent for Protection only.
  1. The use of a pressure washer is suggested when cleaning the brick pavers. Cleaning chemicals are not needed when removing dirt, grime, and vegetation. If you have stains on your brick pavers then we would suggest using a cleaner that is specific to the type of stain. i.e. Rust remover to clean rust, Oil stain remover to clean oil drips, etc.
  2. Removal of old paver sealers is suggested if your previous sealer has failed. Usually this is noticeable by a yellowing or whitening of the old sealer. If you do not have any discoloration, then it is not needed to remove the old coatings. Paver Stripper
  3. Allow the brick pavers to dry thoroughly for 1-2 days.
  4. If needed, sweep in new jointing sand between the stones. There is many types of sand that you could use. The most popular is playsand or babysand. Other options can be jointing sand and polymeric sand. These types of sand are usually found only at paver stone yards. Make sure the sand is dry and not wet!
  5. Blow or sweep off excess sand. We strongly suggest that the sand level is at least 1/4" from the top of beveled edge of the paver bricks. Be very careful to remove all the sand!
  6. Apply sealer by rolling or spraying. If rolling, take extreme caution to make sure that you are not removing the sand from the joints and leaving it on top of the pavers! A sponge type roller usually works better then a nap roller. If spraying a solvent based sealer, you must use a heavy duty metal sprayer. Cheap plastic sprayers will not work with solvent based brick paver sealers but they will work with water based. Do not apply sealer to wet or high moisture content pavers! The sealer will turn whitish in color.
  7. Let dry for 3-4 fours for foot traffic and 24 hours for vehicular or heavy duty traffic.

*Make sure that you follow all manufacturers instructions.

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    Jacqueline Griffin · 07/13/2022
    Hello, I just ordered SB-1300 Joint Stabilizing Sealer 5 Gallon.  We just had Pennsylvania slate laid with a poly sand.  What is the best way to apply this sealer?   I really want to ensure that the joints get the sealer absorbed into the joints for hardening.  I also want enough to cover the stone just so no green sits on the stone.  Want to be able to clean them easier. thanks.
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    Fatima Le · 03/13/2021
    how many day will it take for your company to ship your
    product to Florida by ground transportation
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    Roger Brown · 09/23/2020
    Greetings, my friends. We live in Chicago. We have a five or six year-old clay paver driveway, walkway, and patio. It was never sealed.

    The walkway is perfect with no problem. It gets shoveled completely in the winter.

    The bricks on the driveway and the patio are shattering horizontally. The patio gets no salt or heavy weight. The driveway gets no salt but it drops off of the van in winter. (see image). Probably a bad brick batch.

    There is no efflorescence.

    We’ve power washed the bricks and are replacing the broken ones. We're filling the joints with fine sand. Fill, water gently and let it settle, and fill again.

    What can we do to protect the bricks and lessen the shattering?

    We want a sealer to protect the bricks while letting them breathe (correct?) and stabilize the joints especially on the driveway). Shiny or not it doesn’t matter.

    We use no salt.

    UV isn’t a big issue.

    I have a nice big orchard sprayer for water-based sealers and we also have paint roller gear for solvent based.

    Many thanks,

    Roger Brown
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    Laurie Wallace · 05/03/2020
    Pavers before Powerwashing.
    would like recommendation on sealer and possible tint?
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    clark · 01/22/2019
    Contractor tells me his sealer will cover the milky brown pavers. Do you think that is possible??
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      The Sealer Store · 01/22/2019
      Possibly but no way to say for certain that is does not come back and even worse in a few months. To really fix the issue, you have to remove it.
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    migdalia rodriguez · 05/01/2018
    my photos are failing to load. the pavers are all white
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      The Sealer Store · 05/02/2018
      Please post the pictures in a size that is less than 1 mb.
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        migdalia rodriguez · 05/02/2018
        This is the photo of the pavers all are like that. Hope you it loaded well
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          The Sealer Store · 05/02/2018
          Remove the sealer with this:
          https://www.opwdecks.com/paver-sealer-stripper.htm
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            migdalia rodriguez · 05/03/2018
            Thank you I will order it. And which is the best sealer recommended do I can put in in the same order?
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              The Sealer Store · 05/03/2018
              Try Super Seal 25.
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                migdalia rodriguez · 05/04/2018
                Thank you! Can you tell us what type of roller to use for the stripper and for the sealer.? I already placed the order for the stripper and for the sealer.
                thanks,
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                  The Sealer Store · 05/04/2018
                  Rollers that can solvent based products. 1/2" to 5/8".
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                migdalia rodriguez · 05/03/2018
                ok Thank you I wiil be ordering the products soon when the work is finished I will let you know how it turned out.
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    migdalia rodriguez · 05/01/2018
    I put an acrylic copolymer sealer and the paver ended in this way. See photos. Can you recomend us agood stripper and a good sealer to fix this?
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    The Sealer Store · 06/20/2015
    Level first
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    robert ballinger · 06/19/2015
    My paver patio needs to be leveled, power washed, seams filled with sand/paver base, and then sealed. Should I power wash or level some areas first?
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    The Sealer Store · 05/17/2015
    You will need to strip off the old coatings:

    http://www.opwdecks.com/paver-sealer-stripper.htm

    Once removed fully you can reseal.
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    beverly johnson · 05/16/2015
    My keystone pavers were reddish color and I have sealed every other year. They have been there for about 10 years. They are turning white color.
    What do I need to do to get the color back?
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    The Sealer Store · 04/04/2015
    Have you tried the Surebond SB-6000? Not all of VA is low VOC. Just the counties around DC.
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    Robert Mesrobian · 04/04/2015
    New application to a driveway paver system (technobloc) - want a non-shiny wet look (that darkens current pavers). Live in VA so a low VOC state. samples of some water based sealers do not darken at all. What are options? only solvent based? or is there a water based that will achieve the wet look ?
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    jerry miller · 05/07/2014
    Last summer I resanded my pavers following all directions used a polymer sand and then a sealer. Looked great after a nasty winter in Illinois all the sand is gone. Help.
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    The Sealer Store · 09/18/2012
    I would not do that. The Paver Sealer will already darken the color of the pavers as if wet with water.
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    AP · 09/18/2012
    I am thinking of using a water based Dye to bring out the rich color of the pavers before sealing. do you have any recommendations?
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    The Sealer Store · 05/25/2012
    Do they look okay when wet with water? If so then you need to apply a wet look sealer to all of the pavers. You could use SuperSeal25, SuperSeal30, SuperSeal Matte.
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    Dyann · 05/25/2012
    My husband used a water power washer to clean our back patio (brick pavers) and then swept in new sand. However, the power washing seems to have left some areas very very light, almost white (as opposed to the reddish color of the others). What product can I use to restore these bricks (the really light ones) and enhance all of the bricks? HELP! It looks terrible right now!
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    The Sealer Store · 11/09/2011
    Not sure what you mean. Recommendation for steps, products, etc?
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    German · 11/09/2011
    Hello

    What's your recommendation in the order of pressure cleaning , re sand and sealing .

    Thanks