Nice work! My dad was a seal-coater from the early 1950's to around 1996 in the LA basin. I didn't really know his method as my parents divorced in 1960 when I was 8 and had no chance for a taking your kids to work day thing. I do remember his old tar wagon with compressor and tar pots parked in the apartment complex we lived in. Me and my siblings had to bring him to our town towards the end and we had to make sure there was no open work tickets around. He did his last sealing job about 2 months before we took him to a home. He did make a living sealcoating driveways and parking lots. This after googling his name and I found a lot of filed California work orders.
Much appreciated! What a cool story, thank you for sharing! Your Dad sounds like he was a hard worker. I had no idea that they were sealcoating that early in the 50s, just thought it was paving. I can imagine how things were a lot harder / more work back then without the advent of all the new equipment with the bells and whistles. My uncle is the one who got me into the business and he started in the early 70's in his early teens with a wagon, bike, and buckets he bought from the local hardware store. He's since retired and now building storage facilities, so it's my turn to get the next generation going! It's neat to hear these origin stories and understand how far things have come along.
Much Appreciated! This is Sealmaster' Ultra Blend. I've heard great things about Cracfo' Action Pave & LP blend. Eager to give it a try, just don't have a distributor close by yet to get the tank filled!
@@5teveV yep. lower costs and better outcome in my opinion. you'll be fine for the amount of residential traffic, but if I was spraying, I maaaayybe would put a 3rd coat on the heavy drive lanes depending on how much vehicle traffic they have.
@@royerfromjersey I agree. I feel like the coal tar gives it a little longevity, and the PMM gives it a nicer color. Good luck with the end of your season!
I'd be more than happy to! Shoot me an email @ royerinjersey@gmail.com with any questions / rundown of what you'd like to accomplish and we'll see if we can come up with a game plan!
Thank you! We use sandblasting abrasive overtop all the hot rubber to help with sealer adhesion, hot tire pickup, being able to open lots back up immediately after crackfilling and making it not as noticeable through the sealer. A bit more work but we're able to charge more for it where most companies around us don't even offer hot rubber crackfilling. Thanks for watching!
looks beautiful! great job! Question for you, what circumstance do you fill the crack with aquaphalt and then hot pour crack filler, vs just hot pour crack filler? Just by the width of the crack or what?
Thanks for the kind words! Anything that's usually about 3/4" - 1"+ in width and depth. Sometimes I'll fill smaller ones if I can see they are deep and go down the base just so we don't dump material in and over and over. It's not really something we use daily, most regular cracks on the driveway are filled after the first pass or two. I've got a new video tomorrow that has a lot of cracks we filled you can see it to give you a better idea!
@@royerfromjerseyow much did you charge on this job, if you don’t mind me asking? Considering starting a sealcoating part time business, here in CA, that I can do on the weekends
Hey brother, thanks for watching! think we were right at $.35 per sqft for sealing and $1.25 for crackfilling, so somewhere around $3,100 I believe. Keep in mind this is pricing here in the NE and not sure what you're about to get out there on the West Coast as everyone's overhead is different. I'd be more than happy to share my spreadsheet breakdown / P&L for this one as we keep accurate data in Google Sheets for each job if it'll help you make a better decision if it's something you wanna do on the weekends. It can be a very profitable business if you get things set up the right way and do quality work. Shoot me an email with any questions. royerinjersey@gmail.com
Much appreciated. This one worked out to be right at $.30 per sqft. Our averages are right between $.25 - $.35 depending on the condition/age of the pavement.
It's a fine "horse hair" broom vs. the squeegee or synthetic fiber ones. I think I've used a total of (3) brooms this season since April? We've found they left a much better finish than anything else on the market.
Very much appreciated and thank you for watching! We do a two-year guarantee on all our services but have found that the sweet spot is right at the three-year mark. Not that our product doesn't last, it's just that new cracks emerge and different areas experience wear and patterns, so it's more of a preventative maintenance solution.
Appreciated! Sorry about that! I'll make sure to adjust the volume level a little higher in the videos moving forward. YT recommends a certain DB level so I just went with what they said!
Thanks for the feedback! Videos moving forward should have better audio levels hopefully. I had been setting them at the recommended YT levels in the editing program, but found out that was a bit too low! We did just get a new microphone to plug into the phone as well, but the clip would for sure be the ideal investment. Soon!
The material is still wet / hasn't cured fully during the time we're filming. It will look "streaky" the first few hours after application or until the sunshine has time to evaporate all the water from the sealer and the material begins to cure. It dries to a uniform, matt black finish. We've been at this for eight years, with thousands of driveways under my belt and 0 complaints about any streaking!
99% of our customers want a broom finish vs. spraying. You'd still need to cut in all your edges with a broom and then spray the first coat (wait an hour) or so and then spray the second coat. By the time that's all done and the chance of tire marks, and inconsistencies with spraying, broom finishes provide more sealer per square foot and a much more uniform and consistent end result for the client.
Yep! I believe it's called Chip Sealing? The material used is very different than the coal tar or asphalt emulsion that you'd use for a driveway or for a parking lot. It's an asphalt-based tack or "binder" that's heated and then sprayed on the substrate prior to paving. I think it's more used in roadways/highway milling applications vs driveway installations.
@@royerfromjersey That's what I thought. I use to drive 18 wheelers and I hauled a lot of curb, crushed rock, and other stuff. I've seen this application for interstate highways, state and city roads, but not for private driveways. Now that I', retired and my driveway needs doing, most if not all of the non commercial sites that I've seen, don't use this "binding" method as you described. In any event, our driveway came out beautifully. I guess skipping the application that I as asking about, is not big deal. Thank you for your response. Your workmanship is very good.
Much appreciated and appreciate your service as a CDL carrier! I used to work in logistics at a 3PL company dispatching/finding loads for our carriers and know you all are the backbone of the country! Enjoy your retirement and appreciate the kind words!
