Making an educated decision about maintaining your facilities asphalt surfaces can help prevent you from paying too much, getting a poor quality job and making a bad decision. Here are some commonly asked questions about sealcoating commercial asphalt:
What if the price is too good to pass up? Although a low price bid may be tempting, making an impulsive decision based solely on price can cost you later. Save money by hiring a reputable, sealcoating contractor. Make sure the company is well established – do they have a local address, a website and references? Also, it doesn’t hurt to get several bids and check each company out thoroughly. Be sure to keep in mind, you usually get what you pay for!
Should we sealcoat every year? Yes and No! over sealing your asphalt too much can lead to problems. The first two coats of sealer applied to your asphalt are what protect it. Additional coats are usually just for cosmetic purposes. So every 2-3 years your asphalt should be sealcoated.
Can we just sealcoat our asphalt pavement ourselves? Adding up the total costs of undertaking this project will give you the answer to this question. Basically, it’s going to end up costing you more and you more than likely will not be thrilled with the results. Not only will sealer, sold by the pail, cost four to five times more at local improvement stores, it is not the high quality as professionally mixed commercial sealer. Tools are often expensive and may not be of professional grade to perform the task properly. Prior to sealcoating, the surface must be cleaned – a leaf blower and a hose won’t give the professional results of a commercial blower and washer. Add in your labor time, and the fact that you’ll probably ruin your shoes, shirt, pants and gloves – it really adds up. So using a professional, Moncton, sealcoating contractor will only cost you a few dollars more that it would to do it yourself, and you’ll be much more satisfied with the job when complete.
Weather before sealcoating?
I get this a lot so I thought I put it out there. I get asked if it's ok to seal before the rain. As long as the pavement is dry at the time of application, it will be fine. Since our product “Blackmac” is oil-based and is a derivative composition of Liquid Asphalt, the same material used in the mixing of asphalt, it is designed to penetrate and blend into the pavement immediately. Therefore, it can rain within seconds after it has been sprayed with absolutely no harmful affect, because oil and water do not mix.
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