subject: Is spraying asphalt sealer on your driveway or parking lot as effective as applying it by hand or machine squeegee [print this page] Is spraying asphalt sealer on your driveway or parking lot as effective as applying it by hand or machine squeegee
When sealcoating your parkinglot or driveway in ocean county n.j there are a couple ways to apply this appliaction of coal tar sealer. The first way to apply asphalt sealer is by hand with a broom or squeegee. This is a effective way to apply sealer because the broom brissels get in all the open pours for a smooth finish. But just because it was applyed by hand dosen't mean it goes on any thicker. When sealcoating asphalt by hand the amount of presusure you put on the broom handle while pulling and pushing will determine how far the sealerwill go persquare footage.
Also when applying sealer by hand you must take in to consideration how long this will take in high traffic parking lots. The next way you can have your asphalt sealcoated is by squeegee machine.This is a great way to apply sealer because it goes on so evenlly. This machine releases sealer in front of the squeegee attached to the bottom of the machine which drags the sealer evenlly across the asphalt. The only down fall to this machine is there is no way to go up against curbs or boarders without making a mess. So when useing the squeegee machine you must sweep in all of the boarders in order to keep the job clean. The only issue is theresometimes can be adifferent texture between where the job was swept and where the squeegeemachine applyedthe sealer.
The last way to have a sealcoat application applyed is by spraying. Spraying asphalt sealer is also a great way to apply sealer to asphalt. Spraying asphalt allows you to apply as much sealer asneeded to ensure a quailty job.Alsowhen spraying asphalt thecurbs and boarders can be boarded off to ensure no differeance in texture up to the curb line. Weather machine squeegee, sweeping or spraying on sealer a good job can be done with any of these options.The quailty of your job will come from the contractor you hired. If your going to get a quality sealcoating job done it will depend on how much material is used and keeping all boarders clean. http://keatorbuiltpavingandsealcoating.com
