Tar is painted on the walls to keep water vapor from moving in and out of the walls.
Spraying tar concrete interior walls.
Professional painters have a clever technique that combines the best of spraying and rolling.
However asphalt based tar isn t a true waterproofing material.
We make a wide range of waterproof wall coating products which can repair and protect almost any type of wall surface from concrete to decorative.
Wall spray is a concrete wall spray overlay that is a cement based overlay designed for both interior and exterior vertical surfaces.
Internally walls withstand continual impact and abrasion.
Paint is sprayed on the wall then is quickly rolled down fusing the droplets together.
If you have ever noticed the black compound on the exterior of a concrete foundation you know the ubiquity of this tar based material.
It offers a wide variety of finishes from a simple knock down to a sophisticated faux venetian plaster.
Though durable and easy to manipulate concrete is not resistant to water.
Using a paint sprayer.
Why exterior waterproofing does not last.
Applying tar to your basement walls provides a damproof coating instead of waterproofing.
The porous material can allow water to pass through rather easily if not properly protected.
Wallspray concrete wall overlay may be applied by compressed air spray equipment and by trowel.
The tiny paint droplets produced by spraying do not connect with each other as well as rolled on paint.