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Spec-Surface™ is the best concrete masonry unit for painted surfaces.

Spec-Thermal® is masonry block that does it all.

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Spec-Surface™ Your Best Option

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Reduced Coating Cycles

Engineered with a specialized, low-porosity mix design that requires significantly fewer coats of paint and filler to achieve a high-quality, professional finish.
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Sanitary Precision

Ideal for schools, hospitals, and labs, the tight-grain texture provides a smooth, easy-to-clean surface that maintains its aesthetic integrity in high-traffic environments.
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Substrate Versatility

Whether left raw with a clear sealant or finished with a high-performance coating system, Spec-Surface™ provides a superior, uniform canvas for any architectural interior.
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Spec-Surface™ block vs. standard CMU (top) The special smooth and dense surface texture of Spec-Surface™ Block saves money by requiring fewer filler coats.

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Spec-Finish® vs. standard CMU (right) We also offer Spec-Finish® (left) that uses the Spec-Surface™ Block with Epoxy Coatings from Tnemec for high performance walls.

Spec-Surface™ block is made with a specialized mix design to produce a tight, smooth finished texture. The result is a unit that is less porous than traditional concrete masonry and requires fewer coats of paint and filler to acheive great results. Spec-Surface™ works well with all types of paints and coatings that are typically used with masonry.

Specifically designed to work with painting systems used to finish interior walls in schools, hospitals, and laboratory facilities, Spec-Surface™ is appropriate whenever a smooth finished wall surface is desirable. In fact, the units provide very pleasing aesthics when left unpainted or coated with a clear sealant.

Spec-Surface™: A superior painted concrete masonry wall to enhance aesthetic values.

Advantages:

  • Spec-Surface™ Block is made with a specialized mix design to produce a tight and smooth finish texture.

  • Saves time and expense by requiring fewer coats of paint and filler to acheive great results.

  • Spec-Surface™ complies with ASTM C90.

  • Works well will all types of paints and coatings that are typically used with masonry.

  • Very pleasing aesthetics when left unpainted or coated with a clear sealant.

  • Specifically designed to work with painting systems used to finish interior walls in schools, hospitals, laboratory facilitiies or wherever a smooth finished wall surface is desirable.

  • Provides a superior painted concrete masonry wall to enhance aesthetic values.

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