AQUELLA is an inorganic powder based on white cement with a hardening accelerator, mixed with water and applied to the inside of damp walls and floors to prevent the passage of water and moisture. AQUELLA unites with the substrate to form a surface which is watertight from both sides and sets rock hard with age.
AQUELLA contains no organic binder or stearate. Owing to its minutely dispersed aggregates, AQUELLA fills and closes the microscopic pores of the clean masonry surface to which it is applied. Contrary to the shrinkage phenomena of most surface coatings, AQUELLA expands minutely upon curing, ensuring a complete filling of the pores and a better bond.
AQUELLA was developed in 1935 by one of the leading industrialists of France. One of the earliest uses of AQUELLA was in the underground fortifications of the Maginot Line, where, due to the great depth and considerable hydrostatic pressure, profuse seepage existed.
AQUELLA has been used extensively throughout Europe, in the USA and Australia as well as in New Zealand and has been approved by the following testing authorities.
AQUELLA has been tested in New Zealand to 50 times the maximum pressure prescribed by the U.S. Bureau of Standards (Sec 111 BMS-82) which is 10lb per sq. ft. (480Pa).
