Driveway sealer
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06/26/18 12:17 AM
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What's the best kind of blacktop driveway sealer...maybe something at Menards or Fleet Farm? I'm hoping to buy some sealer while in Marshfield this weekend. I used this 2 years ago, and it didn't hold worth a crap (I put it on in late September so maybe I did it too close to winter): https://www.theisens.com/products/drive-maxx-700-filler-and-sealer/2740342/I don't know, I cleaned the driveway ahead of time & I used 1 of those special 'brooms' to apply it. Weather was good, but this kind didn't work for me.
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Re: Driveway sealer
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06/26/18 06:51 PM
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Buy buckets of "Premium" sealer at any Cheapo Depot, and cut it 25% with water, apply with a "Squee Gee", not a brush. It also comes with sand added for those slick spots for traction.
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Re: Driveway sealer
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06/26/18 07:09 PM
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Call a reputable contractor in your area and buy it from them. Bucket products for homeowners are useless.
How many buckets you need?
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Re: Driveway sealer
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06/28/18 12:38 AM
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I had a guy do my 300 ft. Two years ago and he did a decent job. Used something called gator back on the bad places???? I had several quotes. Always asked why not do the tar and chat. They all said "you don't want that". The state does a lot of highways in it. Any ideas???
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06/28/18 11:19 PM
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I had a guy do my 300 ft. Two years ago and he did a decent job. Used something called gator back on the bad places???? I havn't heard of the gator stuff. Part of the hard part is getting the big cracks to hold up once filled. I've used the caulk type tubes with limited success.
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06/29/18 10:20 AM
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Don't buy the cheap stuff, son in law did, it traveled into the house and discolored their white carpet, started right away, also it wore off and tracked in more later
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Re: Driveway sealer
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06/29/18 11:25 AM
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Part of the hard part is getting the big cracks to hold up once filled. I've used the caulk type tubes with limited success.
WR Meadows makes a 3405 cold pour that is the best cold pour I have ever seen. We use hot rubber. It’s the best type of cracksealant.
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06/29/18 11:29 AM
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I had a guy do my 300 ft. Two years ago and he did a decent job. Used something called gator back on the bad places???? I havn't heard of the gator stuff. Part of the hard part is getting the big cracks to hold up once filled. I've used the caulk type tubes with limited success. The gator back, gator skin or whatever it's called was only used on the bad cracks. It's way more expensive than the coal tar sealer. It's held up good. But when I scrape snow some of the sealer comes off as well.
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