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Stone sealing is the application of a surface treatment to products constructed of natural stone to retard staining and corrosion.[1] All bulk natural stone is riddled with interconnected capillary channels that permit penetration by liquids and gases. This is true for igneous rock types such as granite and basalt, metamorphic rocks such as marble and slate, and sedimentary rocks such as limestone, travertine, and sandstone. These porous channels act like a sponge, and capillary action draws in liquids over time, along with any dissolved salts and other solutes. Very porous stone, such as sandstone absorb liquids relatively quickly, while denser igneous stones such as granite are significantly less porous; they absorb smaller volumes, and more slowly, especially when absorbing viscous liquids.
Modern stonesealers are divided into 3 broad types: Topical sealers Generally made from polyurethanes, acrylics, or natural wax. These sealers may be...
Islands, Antarctica Sealers' Oven, bread oven of mud and stone built by sealers around 1800 near Albany, Western Australia Sealers Passage, marine channel...
low freezing conditions. Like real stone, these flexible stone veneers can also be sealed using wood or stonesealers to bond and protect the surface while...
efflorescence by treating the material with an impregnating, hydro-phobic sealer. This is a sealer that repels water and will penetrate deeply enough into the material...
maps. The present name of the island comes from James Weddell, a British sealer and explorer who visited the Falklands in 1819–1824, overwintered once in...
sealers. The feature was so named following geological work by BAS in 1975–76, from the presence of at least three crude stone huts built by sealers below...
Mastic, waterproof, putty-like paste used in building as a joint-sealer or filler Stone mastic asphalt, deformation resistant, durable surfacing material...
surface lasts for 5–7 years. Patch work can be done with a bucket of tar sealer and more chip seal over the top. The chip seal matt surface handles thermal...
dilute than as used in French polish, is now commonly sold as "sanding sealer" by several companies. It is used to seal wooden surfaces, often as preparation...
about 1800), sealers were regularly left on uninhabited islands in Bass Strait during the sealing season (November to May). The sealers established semi-permanent...
many brothers. In his tomb, he is described as a hereditary prince, count, sealer of the king of Lower Egypt (jrj-pat HAtj-a xtmw-bjtj), and on a statue found...
life of the road at low cost. Sealing small cracks with bituminous crack sealer prevents water from enlarging cracks through frost weathering, or percolating...
surface of a grout line, typically made of rubber or soft plastic Grout sealer is a water-based or solvent-based sealant applied over dried grout that...
oleophobic impregnators have been introduced as an alternative to surface sealers. With the advent of impregnators the frequency of sealing has been cut...
stringent building requirements due to their weight. Floors with a chemical sealer, like stained concrete or epoxy finishes, usually have a slick finish presenting...
changing environment over the next 500 years. At that time the first European sealers and whalers arrived, followed by the founding of the colony of Otago's...
Canadian sealers in a hotel on Magdalen Islands over Sea Shepherd's history of attacks on sealing and whaling ships. Sheen negotiated with the sealers while...
built a kitchen in his bedroom to help him practice and installed a vacuum sealer, induction burners, a binchōtan grill and an immersion circulator. McGarry...
hunt, studies the seal population, works with the Canadian Sealers' Association to train sealers on new regulations, and promotes sealing through its website...
Captain James Sheffield (with second mate Nathaniel Palmer), the first US sealer in the South Shetlands. The first wintering over in Antarctica took place...
as a backing. Taping is done either manually or by semi-automatic Case sealer. Filament tape, reinforced pressure-sensitive tape used to close boxes....
created brass surveyor's instruments and mariners compasses, a printer, a "sealer of weights and measures", a "collector" of New Haven, and a grist miller...
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