Best Drying Factors

• The basis of a good climate for drying is a high temperature, that results in a high vapour pressure in the material. This causes construction moisture in the material to evaporate. A high temperature must be combined with good ventilation.
• During the first phase of the drying process there are major opportunities for influencing drying by creating a good drying climate. We have fewer options with regard to controlling the drying process during the second phase. To achieve a good drying result, drying must continue for a sufficiently long time at a sufficiently high temperature.
• It is important to note that levelling compounds produce a temporary rise in humidity in the upper surface of normal concrete, but that lower down at the point where the RH of normal concrete is measured there is no effect. For high-performance concrete, levelling materials seem to have no effect on concrete drying: the concrete is probably so impermeable

For practical advice on maxit levelling compounds see section "Building Site Requirements" for Levelling in Application Guide