Wasser- und ölabweisende Oberflächenschutzmassnahmen mit fluorierten Acrylaten auf Naturstein und Beton / Fluorinated Acrylics as an Alternative for Hydrophobie and Oleophobic Coating for Stone and Concrete

Fluorinated acrylics are used as oil and water repellent finishes for papers, textiles and leather. Those polymers are available in different forms: water emulsions, aqueous solutions, organic solutions. It seemed to be interesting to test one of these products as an alternative for the impregnation of construction materials. In this paper, we study the efficiency of one specific fluorinated acrylic resin, presented in aqueous solution, produced by Elf-Atochem under the trade name ,,FORAPERLEx 321". Our work will describe the product and give some information about its effectiveness. It will be shown that water absorption decrease without change in permeability to water vapour of the treated samples. In order to have a better understanding of the capability of this product, some experiments have been made with a silicone-based product widely used.