I have a tarmac drive which is basically sound but is starting to show its age, surface stones are loosening and the odd bit needs filling. It was well constructed 20 years ago.
I'm thinking of using this .
Snake oil or a worthwhile product?
Any alternatives?
£2.5o per m2 is pretty expensive
A bloke around the corner from me is an agent for this and has recently (within the last 6 weeks) coated his drive with it (drive about 10 years old and seemingly sound). It did look better when looked at in isolation but it was very obviously a different colour to his neighbours' drives (*) and hence looks a trifle odd. He coated the top of a mahhole cover with it and this has subsequently worn off and the rest of the drive is now showing signs of wear at the front of the drive.
Having seen it I would not reccommend it.
Hope this helps
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Mark Spice wibbled on Friday 09 July 2010 22:00
So it falls into the category of "tart it up and sell it". Fair enough - I use Colour Magic on old cars. Everyone does and everyone knows everyone does. Seems to aid in a quick sale though...
Anyway, looks like some sort of bitumen in solution to me.
Gel wibbled on Friday 09 July 2010 23:41
If it's a contractor doing it - wouldn't it be better to spray hot tar on and lob a bit of fine dressing on top (like the el-cheapo road resurfacing)
- at least the tar would seal up any cracks and would provide a tangible new, albeit thin, surface layer.
Had mine done by some guys knocking at the door!!!
It was actually three Polish guys and they did a first class job, step one a super thorough brushing off of the old surface with a powered rotary brush which brought off a *lot* of loose debris from the old suface I suspect this is the key to a reasonable life expectancy for the new surface. Next was a hot bitumen coating then finally a decent layer of pea shingle, and it did look good. So much so the neighbours were asking if we were moving!
What they didn't do, and I'm having to do it periodically now, is to spray with weed killer.
Whether you do it yourself or get the work done, make sure it's well-sprayed with a good strong weed killer after the initial preparation.
Never used this, but Watco have been around for donkeys years & have a good reputation
Alan
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From a browse of their site they also have this, slightly cheaper.
I womnder which is best, and how they compare with picscoat. I think I'd prefer Watco rather than Picscoat from comments so far?
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