Revitalize sealcoating

Continuing to maintain your driveway from cracks and regularly sealcoating it will greatly improve the longevity and life of the asphalt surface. If not maintained your asphalt sealcoating will start to show signs of wear and tear shorter than one that has been seal coated. Begin to crack and fade, appearing no longer jet black but begin to turn a greyish-black, only slightly resembling the brilliant black hue of a driveway it once was. Many driveways go unmaintained, with small spider cracks as a start. If these cracks are filled and sealed over before they become larger and deeper they tend to not spread as quickly or become so unsightly, as well as a possible trip hazard from an uneven crack. 

To make matters worse, if left unfilled water will be able to penetrate the asphalt and begin to compromise the base material under the asphalt. Once water penetrates the crack if continued to left unfilled the water will begin to wash away the base material and further aid more cracks to compromise the asphalt in other places. Once this process begins to occur it is very difficult to stop unless it is caught early enough before the cracks that are beginning to form larger and filled promptly. Once a crack appears larger than 3/4″ wide and 3/4″ deep it becomes difficult to fill properly. The larger cracks can still be filled but there is a possibility that the filler can sink into the crack, typically if the crack isn’t a bottomless pit the filler will still be sealed but appear lower in height than the driveway itself. between the filler and the sealer, it will retain a waterproof bond with the asphalt.