Duravel - ECP Concentrated Cleaner

Duravel ECP is a concentrated cleaner and concrete profiler built with powerful detergents, degreasers and acids. It preps concrete for overlays, stains and coatings, it is safer to work with than muriatic acid, it is eco-friendly for most plants and aquatic life, and it does not require neutralization, which saves both time and labor. It is sold in 1 gallon and 5 gallon units of concentrate.

The no-neutralization part is the labor argument. A traditional muriatic etch means acid, then a neutralizing wash, then verification, then rinse and removal, with a crew standing around waiting between steps and a slurry nobody wants to deal with. ECP takes the neutralization step out of that sequence. On a large slab that is real hours off the schedule, and on a residential job it can mean prep and coat in the same visit instead of two trips.

ECP does two jobs at once, which is why it belongs in the truck rather than just in the shop. The detergent and degreaser side pulls oil, grease and general contamination out of the surface. The acid side profiles the concrete, opening it up so that whatever goes on next can actually grab. That combination matters because prep failure is almost always the real cause when a coating peels or a stain goes blotchy. A coating cannot bond through grease, and a stain cannot get into a slab that is sealed, burnished or contaminated.

Safer than muriatic acid is not a small claim on a jobsite. Muriatic fumes are miserable to work around, hard on equipment and hard on anything green near the slab. ECP is formulated to be more workable and eco-friendly for most plants and aquatic life, which matters on residential exteriors where the runoff goes into a lawn or a flower bed.

It is a concentrate, so dilute per Duravel's instructions for the job in front of you. Cleaning oil off a shop floor and profiling for a stain are not the same task. Wear proper PPE. It contains acids.