BENEFITS OF SEALCOATING
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Saves You Money - The cost of new asphalt makes sealcoating more cost effective than ever before. For just pennies per square foot, you can protect your asphalt against the harmful elements that lead to its deterioration.
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Prolongs Pavement Life - Proper routine maintenance (proper crack sealing and sealcoating) can double the life of your asphalt.
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Slows Oxidation - Slows oxidation and damage from the sun’s harmful rays. The sun causes the essential oils and binders to dry out which makes the asphalt brittle and more susceptible to cracking.
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Prevents Water Penetration - Weather-proofing agents repel water – the number one enemy of asphalt. Asphalt is naturally porous; left unsealed, water will penetrate through the pores and cracks and disturb the base – eventually leading to failure of the pavement.
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Improves Appearance - First impressions of your home or place of business are greatly enhanced with a deep, rich, satiny black finish.
BENEFITS OF SEALCOATING
There are many benefits to applying a sealcoat to asphalt. You can think of sealcoating as a preventative maintenance measure for your asphalt, similar to how you paint your home to keep the weather from deteriorating the wood.
Sealcoating the asphalt, seals the small cracks that can turn into large cracks and prevents water from seeping down to the base material. The dark black-color of newly applied sealcoat improves the appearance of new and old asphalt, making your driveway or parking lot look near brand new.
A new sealcoating can preserve the resiliency of an asphalt surface and help hide small cracks, patches, and rough spots as well as making traffic lines on parking lots more visible. Sealcoat that is applied correctly makes your asphalt driveway looks cleaner because rain washes dirt and debris easily away from the smooth, non-porous surface.
Another benefit of sealcoating, is that it helps protect the asphalt from the sun as well as the harmful effects of chemical spills such as oil and gasoline, both which are all too common on a driveway or parking lot. Asphalt sealcoating fills surface voids, which reduces exposure to oxygen and UV rays and reduces the depth to which oil or gas can penetrate the asphalt.
Sealcoating acts as a waterproofing agent, minimizing the rate at which water enters the asphalt. Sealcoating asphalt prevents the seepage of water and moisture from rain and snow, thus preventing damage from freeze-thaw cycles which is a common reason your driveway or parking lot begins forming cracks or even worse, alligator cracks.
Sealcoating provides an attractive black surface that is ideal for painting lines and other markers on parking lots, in turn making the parking lot safer. Sealcoat is a dark, black-colored material and when applied to asphalt, it helps attract more heat from the sun. The hotter the sealcoating on the asphalt gets, the more pliable it becomes, which helps it to withstand traffic without cracking.
Sealcoating leaves a smooth, clean surface ideal for sweeping, which lowers cleaning costs and for a driveway and gives your entrance a fresh and new look, similar to painting your home or business. Sealcoating fills surface voids, which reduces exposure to oxygen and UV rays and reduces the depth to which oil or gas can penetrate the asphalt. It acts as a waterproofing agent, minimizing the rate at which water enters the asphalt of your driveway or parking lot.
Sealcoating costs pennies per square foot compared to the dollars needed to repair or replace damaged asphalt. The intrusion of moisture into asphalt accelerates its deterioration and is strongly related to asphalt distress.
Sealcoating seals the asphalt pavement, preventing the oxidation and erosion of the top layer and replaces fine particles lost from the asphalt surface due to oxidation on older pavements. It also resists gas, diesel fuel, oil, salt and chemical penetration which will break down the bond between the aggregate and the liquid asphalt.
The price of asphalt will always be affected by crude oil prices, which fluctuate when supplies vary. Sealcoating preserves asphalt for pennies per square foot, versus costly asphalt repairs.