asphalt driveway?

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sofa king

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So, the house I moved into last year has an asphalt driveway.
From what I see here and there, it’s not the ideal driveway to work on anything with a jack or jackstands.
Get oil, gasoline, brake clean, it disintegrates.

I’m wondering though, how often are they supposed to the re-rolled? Meaning, painted with the black crap that I see guys using a roller with.
Is this a yearly deal? While I’m not a fan of the driveway, I don’t want it to totally fall apart just yet so it needs to be replaced.
 
sofa king said:
So, the house I moved into last year has an asphalt driveway.
From what I see here and there, it’s not the ideal driveway to work on anything with a jack or jackstands.
Get oil, gasoline, brake clean, it disintegrates.

I’m wondering though, how often are they supposed to the re-rolled? Meaning, painted with the black crap that I see guys using a roller with.
Is this a yearly deal? While I’m not a fan of the driveway, I don’t want it to totally fall apart just yet so it needs to be replaced.
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I've had asphalt for twenty years now. The super cheap guys it only looks decent for about six months then starts wearing off. We have a large and long (15 average feet wide, 250 ft long) driveway so the cheap guys are about $260 and with them it really needs to be done every year. We paid a new guy $450 this year and he guarantees it for three years. We'll see. Additionally, this year I had some serious gator cracks in certain areas along the edges and I glued it all together with a product called Gator Pave. Curious to see how it holds up through the winter. The area where I work on my cars I converted to concrete when I had my garage floor done.
 
Yep, I do most in the garage which is concrete.
Sometimes though, have to park a leaker in the driveway.
Thanks for the info!
 
Piece of plywood under the jack or jackstands stops the sinking issues. As far as the chemicals on it...don't do that. :lol:
 
DeFormula said:
I've had asphalt for twenty years now. The super cheap guys it only looks decent for about six months then starts wearing off. We have a large and long (15 average feet wide, 250 ft long) driveway so the cheap guys are about $260 and with them it really needs to be done every year. We paid a new guy $450 this year and he guarantees it for three years. We'll see. Additionally, this year I had some serious gator cracks in certain areas along the edges and I glued it all together with a product called Gator Pave. Curious to see how it holds up through the winter. The area where I work on my cars I converted to concrete when I had my garage floor done.
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Do you have any good contacts? I need to get my driveway coated at least, its getting rough. I would also use some patchwork if they'd come lay down a ton of asphalt or so. Thought about doing it myself honestly, but not sure they'd drop a ton on a utility trailer.
 
The company we used this time is h&l sealcoat. Seems like he laid it on thick. Can't comment yet on longevity because it's only a month old. But he gave us a three year guarantee, the others are only a year, for whatever that's worth.
 
My driveway is pretty straightforward, I may just try it myself.
Boil that bucket up on the grill and get a roller, see what happens.
 
Get an oil-based product and do it yourself with a kitchen broom. It goes quick. The water-based stuff won't make it through winter.

I recommend cleaning it first with powdered Tide. I kind of like the smell of Mountain Fresh. haha. Anyway, powdered Tide will get all the stains out and leave the surface ready to be adhered to.
 
wrath said:
Get an oil-based product and do it yourself with a kitchen broom. It goes quick. The water-based stuff won't make it through winter.

I recommend cleaning it first with powdered Tide. I kind of like the smell of Mountain Fresh. haha. Anyway, powdered Tide will get all the stains out and leave the surface ready to be adhered to.
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I used to just get the 5 gal buckets and do it with my dad every few years.
 
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