Paver company sealed these but didn’t let it dry enough. I’m left with cloudy pavers. Can I power wash this off or do I need to have them come back to fix?
2 live with it, it’ll break down fast, if you can live with it and do it again next year properly.
It’s just ugly, it’ll still work BUT since it wasn’t applied correctly it’ll break down faster. Moisture is the culprit in most cases.
Mcbriec
Improper sealing of not totally dry pavers. I would absolutely have the paving company come out and sand all of that off and redo it properly.
First, they need to learn their lesson about sealing things correctly, the first time.
Second, if you wait for it to simply wear off as suggested, the paving company is not learning from its error, and you are stuck doing a job that you paid them to do.
Also, that haze may not wear off as expected and then you have paid for something that looks like crap. The longer it is between the job and bringing up the problem, the less likely it is that they will fix it.
GTS14
Should not seal brand new pavers I always tell my clients to wait a couple of seasons
Tricky-Sign-4690
They need to fix it. Power washing will do little to help the situation, but will create other issues (ie sand erosion).
tireron
Most likely efflorescence, typically no sealer inside 2 years post install. It’s not ideal but customers must understand the way this stuff is made now and wrapped up in plastic immediately nothing cures in the cubed pallet. If they used a solvent based sealer it could have been that the pavers we had moisture in/on them, unfortunately they need to be bone dry for solvent, water based doesn’t matter so much. Depending on sealer used it’s got to be stripped and the properly cleaned, wait another year to seal. Also strippers are a bitch and almost always etch the pavers
graz0
You have to abrade that sealant off .. get the company to do it free.. their mistake
Scary_Perspective572
we usually wait 1 year before sealing this allows some time for efflorescence to subside
some company want to sell as much as possible in one job and so they will seal fresh pavers but this generally ends up cloudy
timothy53
Also what’s with the little paver slice on the border
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1 strip and reseal. I would have them do it.
2 live with it, it’ll break down fast, if you can live with it and do it again next year properly.
It’s just ugly, it’ll still work BUT since it wasn’t applied correctly it’ll break down faster. Moisture is the culprit in most cases.
Improper sealing of not totally dry pavers. I would absolutely have the paving company come out and sand all of that off and redo it properly.
First, they need to learn their lesson about sealing things correctly, the first time.
Second, if you wait for it to simply wear off as suggested, the paving company is not learning from its error, and you are stuck doing a job that you paid them to do.
Also, that haze may not wear off as expected and then you have paid for something that looks like crap. The longer it is between the job and bringing up the problem, the less likely it is that they will fix it.
Should not seal brand new pavers I always tell my clients to wait a couple of seasons
They need to fix it. Power washing will do little to help the situation, but will create other issues (ie sand erosion).
Most likely efflorescence, typically no sealer inside 2 years post install. It’s not ideal but customers must understand the way this stuff is made now and wrapped up in plastic immediately nothing cures in the cubed pallet. If they used a solvent based sealer it could have been that the pavers we had moisture in/on them, unfortunately they need to be bone dry for solvent, water based doesn’t matter so much. Depending on sealer used it’s got to be stripped and the properly cleaned, wait another year to seal. Also strippers are a bitch and almost always etch the pavers
You have to abrade that sealant off .. get the company to do it free.. their mistake
we usually wait 1 year before sealing this allows some time for efflorescence to subside
some company want to sell as much as possible in one job and so they will seal fresh pavers but this generally ends up cloudy
Also what’s with the little paver slice on the border