Absolute Asphalt Driveway Maintenance & Sealer

DRIVEWAY MAINTENANCE

During the first 6 to 12 months while your driveway is curing, don't park in the same spot every time. In addition, do not turn your steering wheel back and forth when the car is not moving.

Excessive weight from large heavy vehicles can depress your new blacktop. Keep oil trucks, concrete trucks and any other heavy vehicles off your new driveway. When storing campers for long periods of time, place a piece of plywood under the tongue jack and also under the tires.

The edges are the weakest part of your driveway. This is due to lack of side support. Avoid driving on the edges since they will crack and crumble in time. We suggest building up the sides of your driveway with topsoil. This will support the edges and enhance the appearance after the grass has grown.

Your new blacktop will soften and harden as temperatures rise and fall. Watering down your driveway with a hose on hot days will cool and temporarily harden the blacktop. This is helpful but not mandatory.

If soap suds should appear, do not be alarmed. This is a reaction between the diesel fuel found in blacktop and a high chlorine content found in some city water.

Although every effort is made to avoid puddles in your driveway, some small ones are inevitable depending on the natural slope and drainage of your ground.

Avoid gasoline, oil, anti-freeze, power steering and transmission fluid spills and oil leaks. These will dilute the liquid asphalt in your blacktop. Any hole left by these spills should be filled with cold patch. Any hairline cracks that may develop over the winter due to the contraction and expansion of the ground should be filled with crack filler. These products can be purchased from your local building supply store.

Your driveway may look smoother in some areas than in others because of the makeup of the blacktop. Blacktop has various sizes of stones, sand, liquid asphalt, and other ingredients, which cause a varied texture of the surface. Also, blacktop areas that have been raked and spread with hand tools may appear different in texture from those spread by machine.

SEALER INFORMATION

We use Equinox LN-11 (Gilsonite Oil-Based) sealer with select solvents and resins. This product is the best by far. It's penetrating action replenishes and restores what Mother Nature has taken out. It's renewing qualities allow the asphalt pavement to expand and contract in all temperatures. Remember that asphalt is an oil-based product and should only be sealed with gilsonite oil-based sealer, such as Equinox LN-11. Asphalt doesn't wear out, it dries out. Keeping proper oils, resins and gilsonite in asphalt means years of added life to new and old pavement! If your pavement is cracking, Equinox will not fill cracks, but it helps it from cracking further. Don't be misled by cheap latex products sold at (do-it-yourself) home improvement centers. All of these sealers cause more damage than good. Latex seals smoother, suffocating the asphalt pavement, not allowing it to expand and contract, causing hairline cracks and doing more damage than good. Equinox LN-11 can be applied in all temperatures. The driveway will be ready to be driven on in 24 hours.