Aalborg White Cement
When cream is not white enough.
Aalborg White is a true white portland cement in 20kg bags, classified AS3972 Type GP. The colour comes from very pure limestone and finely ground sand rather than from pigment, which is what removes the need to add white oxide to premium-white grouts and renders. Made by Aalborg Portland in Malaysia and distributed in WA by Cockburn.
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Real stock, not a swatch. Blended products vary a little batch to batch, so treat these as a guide rather than an exact colour match.
Aalborg White Cement details
Aalborg White Cement at a glance
- Product type
- Raw binder, not a pre-mix
- Brand
- Aalborg Portland
- Distributed by
- Cockburn Cement, WA
- Classification
- AS3972 Type GP
- Finish
- True white
- Pack
- 20kg
What Aalborg White Cement suits
What can you use Aalborg White Cement for?
Premium white grout
The job it is best known for. A white grout mixed on white cement stays white instead of settling to grey once it dries.
White and light renders
Where a cream would read too warm and grey is out of the question entirely.
Feature and decorative concrete
Benches, exposed panels, anything where the concrete itself is the finish rather than the substrate under one.
Coloured work needing a white base
A pigment over grey comes out muddied. Over white it comes out the colour it was mixed to, which is why coloured mortars and grouts are specified this way.
Which bag, and how it is sold
Sold by the bag, not by the metre
White cement comes in one size, so the question is only how many bags — and on grout or a feature finish, buy them in one order.
How much sand goes with a bag depends on the grout or the render, so it is on the pack rather than here. Ask at the counter if the finish is specified rather than chosen.
| Pack | Weight | What it suits |
|---|---|---|
| Aalborg White | 20kg bag | The only size. Grout, white render, feature concrete. |
| Sand to go with it | By the bag or the metre | Has to be pale, or the finish comes out cream. Ask us to match one. |
| Mix ratio | Printed on the bag | Varies with the sand and the finish. Check before the first batch. |
Wet cement and lime burn skin, and the burns are delayed so people often do not notice at the time. The dry dust contains crystalline silica. Gloves, eye protection and a P2 mask, every time.
Why Aalborg White Cement
Why choose Aalborg White Cement?
Genuinely white, not pale grey
The colour is in the raw materials. There is no oxide that can be underdosed, and no batch that comes out darker than the one before it.
No white oxide to buy
It removes a purchase, a measurement and a source of variation from every batch — which on grout across a whole floor is the difference between a finish and a patchwork.
It holds a colour honestly
Pigment on a white base reads as the tone it was chosen as. Pigment on grey reads as a duller version of it.
Still a general purpose cement
AS3972 Type GP. You are buying a cement that happens to be white, not a decorative product that behaves unlike cement.
Getting Aalborg White Cement home
How to get Aalborg White Cement
Collect from the yard
Open seven days at 222 Barrington St, Bibra Lake. The loader puts it straight into your trailer or ute, and someone will tell you whether what you have brought will carry the load.
Borrow one of our trailers free for two hours to get your load home. No charge, no bond.
Have it delivered
Across Perth's southern suburbs, seven days. For a quote we need the address, how much you need, and anything awkward about access — tight driveways, low branches and side access all change which truck we send. Confirm the current cost when you order.
Formats
- 20kg bags
- Single bags or by the pallet
Using Aalborg White Cement
How to use Aalborg White Cement
Keep white materials away from grey ones
A mixer, a wheelbarrow or a bucket that had grey cement in it will tint a white batch, and it does not take much. Clean the tools out first or keep a separate set.
Use a light sand
White cement with a yellow sand makes a cream mortar. If the finish is meant to be white, the sand has to be pale too — bring the render or grout spec to the counter and we will match one to it.
Follow the bag for the ratio
The right mix depends on the sand and the finish, so no ratio is printed here. Read the bag, or ask before you start rather than after the first wall.
Keep it damp while it cures
As with any cement. Strength comes over days and it needs moisture to get there, and white work dried out too fast is prone to crazing where every hairline shows.
When to choose something else
When it is the wrong product
- It costs more than grey or cream, and it comes in one size. For anything that is going to be painted or is out of sight, it is money spent on a colour nobody will see.
- White shows everything. Contamination from a dirty mixer, a dark sand or a splash of grey mortar is visible in a way it never is on a grey finish.
- It is a binder, not a mix. The sand and the water are still yours, and on white work the sand choice matters as much as the cement.
- Wet cement and lime burn skin, and the burns are delayed so people often do not notice at the time. The dry dust contains crystalline silica. Gloves, eye protection and a P2 mask, every time.
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Other products you may need
The other two finishes
Cream for everyday off-white, grey for everything else.
Pale sands for white work
The sand decides half the colour of the finish.
Where white grout usually goes
Paving and feature work.
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