How to seal concrete when it rains every day before winter
Continuous daily rain leaves no window of dry time required for concrete sealers to properly cure before freezing winter temperatures arrive. This forces homeowners to either risk an improper application or abandon the job entirely and wait until spring.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
Found another way around this?
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- 1Waiting until spring to apply the sealantDid this help you?
- 2Rinsing off road salt with a hose on mild winter daysDid this help you?
In their words
Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.
“Only problem is it’s raining every single day and will continue to do so until winter hits and the snow falls.”source ↗
“How am I supposed to seal the concrete with an application of Prosoco Saltguard WB if we’re not gonna have any days without rain for the next month?”source ↗
“I had a driveway poured last year and ran into the same problem, ended up waiting until spring to seal it.”source ↗
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