‘Best New Product Award’ for Hymix

Our congratulations to Hymix for their recent Best New Product Award at the Concrete Show 2019 (press release). Their no-ladder system with AutoWash Sequencing and safety innovations such as the Smart Barrier Under-Run Protection System are real market innovations. . . . .  we also love their new pH control and filtration accessories for AwayWash 🙂

Understanding pH

pH is a measure of how acidic a solution is. For dilute solutions the pH scale ranges from pH 0 to pH 14, pH seven is in the middle and is therefore the neutral point; pH’s less than 7 are acidic and pH’s greater than 7 are alkaline.

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Danger of High pH Wash Water

The chemical reaction which causes fresh concrete to slowly stiffen and harden is quite complicated. A by-product of this process is the creation of a highly alkaline chemical that has a natural pH in excess of 12. Drinking water, by comparison, has a pH of around 6.5 to 7.

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