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Step-by-step polymeric sand, paver sealing, cleaning, base and winter guides, built from the manufacturers' data sheets for the products we stock.
Polymeric sand
Haze & cleaning
Sealing pavers
Choosing, installing and fixing polymeric joint sand.
White haze, efflorescence and everyday paver cleaning.
When and how to seal, and how long to wait.
Paver and polymeric sand how-to guides from the Polymeric Sand Store team. Every guide is built from the manufacturers’ technical data sheets for the products we stock from Alliance Gator, Techniseal, SEK Surebond, SRW Products, Rhino and ROMEX, so the joint widths, coverage, cure and rain-safe times you read match the bag you buy.
Start with how to choose polymeric sand, check polymeric sand coverage per bag or run the polymeric sand calculator, and plan around the weather with rain after polymeric sand. For sealing, read how to seal pavers and wet look vs natural look paver sealer. Data sheets for every product are in our TDS and SDS library.
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All guides
Every guide we have published, newest first.
The prep sequence paver sealer manufacturers publish: spot treat oil and rust, replace joint sand, wash with an efflorescence cleaner, then let everything dry for the time on your sealer's...
White haze after a polymeric sand install is usually sand residue on the paver face. Learn when it is safe to clean, how to test, and how to remove it...
Polymeric sand stuck on pavers or a white haze after jointing can usually be fixed. Here are the cleanup methods the sand manufacturers publish, from waiting and hot water to...
Oil soaks into porous pavers, so surface scrubbing rarely works. Learn which removers absorb or dissolve oil, what to check on sealed pavers, and how to use Gator XP Oil...
