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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. |
- 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.
- 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
- Allow the brick pavers to dry thoroughly for 1-2 days.
- 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!
- 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!
- 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.
- 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.
I am looking for a product that will bring back the natural color of my clay brick patio.
So you have something that does not water bead. Don’t want to get that wet look just bring color back.
Thank you
Anthony
Unfortunately, wet look sealers or coatings that enhance the color will not work well for clay bricks. They dry blotchy. These coating types are for concrete bricks or pavers.
There is no sealer that can “bring back” the original or natural color.
I just finished sealing my driveway with SB-7700, however the sheen is not quite as glossy as I would like. Am I able to apply a glossier finish over this product?
No. You cannot add a different brand over it. You could try an extra coat to see if that makes it glossier. Try a test spot if you have some left over.
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.
Pump sprayer for applying.
If I ordered today, when do you think it will arrive to PA?
2-3 business days.
how many day will it take for your company to ship your
3-4 business days.
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
Use this product: https://www.opwdecks.com/sb-1300-joint-stabilizing-sealer-5-gallon.htm
Pavers before Powerwashing.
would like recommendation on sealer and possible tint?
Any of these will work. https://www.opwdecks.com/brick-paver-sealers.htm
Contractor tells me his sealer will cover the milky brown pavers. Do you think that is possible??
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.
my photos are failing to load. the pavers are all white
Please post the pictures in a size that is less than 1 mb.
This is the photo of the pavers all are like that. Hope you it loaded well
Remove the sealer with this:
https://www.opwdecks.com/paver-sealer-stripper.htm
Thank you I will order it. And which is the best sealer recommended do I can put in in the same order?
Try Super Seal 25.
ok Thank you I wiil be ordering the products soon when the work is finished I will let you know how it turned out.
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,
Rollers that can solvent based products. 1/2″ to 5/8″.
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?
Stripper:
https://www.opwdecks.com/paver-sealer-stripper.htm
Level first
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?
You will need to strip off the old coatings:
http://www.opwdecks.com/paver-sealer-stripper.htm
Once removed fully you can reseal.
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?
Have you tried the Surebond SB-6000? Not all of VA is low VOC. Just the counties around DC.
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 ?
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.
I would not do that. The Paver Sealer will already darken the color of the pavers as if wet with water.
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?
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.
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!
Not sure what you mean. Recommendation for steps, products, etc?
Hello
What’s your recommendation in the order of pressure cleaning , re sand and sealing .
Thanks
Xylene is a solvent. It does not strip paver sealers completely. You would need this:
Paver Sealer Stripper ([url]http://www.opwdecks.com/paver-sealer-stripper.htm[/url])
I did not properly clean my pavers before putting down a sealer. The manufacturer suggested xylene but i see your response that that was poor information. what gives?
Unfortunately you have gotten some bad advice as xylene is not stripper and does not remove old sealer very effectively. It does soften up the old coating a little but not enough to “strip” it all.
For a stripper: Brick Paver Sealer Stripper ([url]http://www.opwdecks.com/paver-sealer-stripper.htm[/url])
I’m oging to use Ace Xylene to remove old sealer from brick porch. The contractor put the sealer on a year ago & now I have a white haze on the bricks. I wa told that I have to remove the sealer first before I can clean bricks. Can you tell me the procedure to follow when applying the Xylene. What use to put it on, how long fo I leave it on & do I rinse it with water? When I purchased this product there was no instructions regarding application. Pls. advise Thanks
Did they remove all of the polymeric sand that was on top of the pavers? If they have then you should not see any dullness when you seal. Acid washing will not do anything to remove the polymeric.
Recently had pavers installed. Unfortunateley, workmen flooded the polymer sand, which left whitish haze. They have pressure washed and acid washed pavers, and have tested a sealer; but pavers still appear dull. Is there any way to restore original intensity of colors?
Removing mortar smears is possible with this product:
NMD80 ([url]http://www.opwdecks.com/nmd80-cleaner.htm[/url])
I have mortor stained pavers, what are my options on removing the stains and restoring them to thier original color.
Was the sealer you used a solvent? Your questions were answered in the post 2 up ^ 🙂
I am looking to remove the sand that’s sealed on the driveway. I used a sealant equivalent to Thompson’s. I don’t care if the sealant comes off in the process but I need to get the sand off. What solvent do you recommend to remove the sand stuck to the paver?
Did you use our paver sealer or a solvent based sealer? If so then yes you can apply a solvent to soften the sealer and pressure wash off the sand. I would suggest doing this in sections as the solvent will dry fast. You may also need to reapply the paver sealer when done. You can use Xylene or our Aromatic Solvent ([url]http://www.opwdecks.com/aromatic-100-solvent.htm[/url]).
It the sand is really bad then you may need to strip off all of the old sealer:
Brick Paver Sealer Stripper ([url]http://www.opwdecks.com/paver-sealer-stripper.htm[/url])
I used play sand to fill the cracks and when I sealed the driveway the sand picked up in the roller. Now, all the extra sand is sealed on my driveway!!! It looks like I mixed cement on it. I tried pressure cleaning again but it didnt loosen the sand. Is there a solvent I can use to dissolve the sand and sealant and pressure it off?
I was using play sand to fill cracks and joints on our brick paver porch (3 steps) as well as a portion of the walkway; the sand dried and now most of the brick appears “white” or very light in color. I have tried using plain hose water to spray then a scrub brush to replenish the look but to no avail. Do I need to power wash, re-sand, then apply a solvent sealer to replenish and enhance the original look (shine)?
When cleaning up a solvent based paver sealer such as the SuperSeal25, you should use xylene or lacquer thinner.
I purchased SuperSeal25 from your firm. I have a Chapin 1949 sprayer and will be using it to apply the sealer. I normally use the sprayer it with water soluble stuff and always use water to rinse after use What is recommended to clean and wash out sprayer with after using the SuperSeal25?
Was the sealer that was applied a water based or a solvent based? If solvent based you may want to try applying a solvent to restore the shine. Xylene should work.
I meant to say that no ammount of washing will make it look clean. Would washing it with a detergent help?
I recently had a brick sidewalk installed. A concrete sealer was applied with a wet look. a couple of days later I washed the gutters and some dirt splattered on the walk. I rinsed and swept the walk. Now the walk looks dirty all of the time. Not ammount of washing make it look clean. Some of the bricks looked a little whitish. Would any cleaner or stripper solve the problem?
No this is the process only for Brick Paver walkways, patios, driveways, etc.
Very Good information to have. I did not know that you could sand and apply a sealer. Was sure that I would have to rip up what was there and replace with new brick or something different. It will be much cheaper to just sand and seal.
Can you do this with fireplaces and other outside brick as well?