Satin finish

Techniseal prints three finish words across its paver protector line: Gloss, Satin and Matte. Gloss is the label on its solvent based Wet Look Protector, the darkened, glossy finish the trade calls the wet look. Matte is the label on its penetrating Natural Look Protector (iN), one of the products sold under the name natural look. Satin sits between them, on a Satin Look Protector that the guide says enhances the original color of pavers and forms a protective film.

The guide attaches no gloss unit, percentage or sheen number to any of the three labels. ICPI's Tech Spec 5 describes finishes in words as well, a gloss for acrylics and a flat, no-gloss finish for silanes and siloxanes, without a measurement. Satin is defined by where the maker places it between its other two names, not by a number a reader could carry from one brand's container to another's.

Which of the three labels ends up on a particular driveway or lanai follows the product used, and that product's own label is where the finish is named. Whether a flat finish is sold at all is answered on whether a matte paver sealer exists, and what any sealer does to a paver, whatever its finish, is set out under what a paver sealer does.

A finish label does not settle how a product goes on, either. How many passes a given sealer takes is its own question, covered on how many coats a paver sealer needs. Gloss, satin or matte for a given surface is a choice made with that product's data sheet in hand, not read off this page.