Asphalt pavements use a sealant coating called gilsonite sealer.
Sealer is a protective liquid coating, Pavement sealer is applied to the surface of an asphalt pavement to protect.
All about Gilsonite Sealer
Gilsonite can be used to make asphalt pavement sealant as raw material, and made into fine bituminous material in sludge mixture.
Gilsonite Sealer has unique properties that provide strong adhesion to the bituminous.
Sealers provide necessary protection against cracking, especially during freeze/thaw cycles.
Gilsonite properties ensure the durability of asphalt and emulsion coatings.
The nature of Gilsonite Sealer regenerates the molecular bonds in the paver surface and aids in color effects, providing a crisp, glossy black appearance.
Because of these unique properties, Gilsonite Sealer is widely used in driveways, streets, roads, as well as high traffic roads such as highways.
Applying Gilsonite Sealing Coating every one to two years has been shown to extend the life of pavement by up to 25 years.
Gilsonite can also be mixed with asphalt paving waste to create new asphalt.
Benefits of Gilsonite Sealer
Using Gilsonite Sealer on asphalt pavements has the following benefits:
- Improve appearance
- Improve weather resistance (antioxidant effect)
- Excellent grip on asphalt
- Crack-filling effects
- Regeneration of links during wear
- Increased durability of the road surface
- Chemical resistance (vehicle sealant) and water resistance
- Increased frost resistance in cold weather
- Easy to apply
- Supply availability on a commercial scale and extended availability on a consumer scale.
Many contractors use Gilsonite sealant as a general sealant, and while this is fine in most cases, we recommend Pave-made Equinox Asphalt Gilsonite sealant as a restorer for old asphalt.
Because Gilsonite sealants are solvent-based sealants, the solvents soften the top layers of the old asphalt binder and allow the new asphalt binder to mix with it.
Sealer is a natural and unique form of asphalt enriched with other natural elements to form more solid and durable asphalt.
For you, that means a new top coat of asphalt that removes the old oxidized layers and replaces them as if they were new.
If you have new asphalt that is 1 to 2 years old, and it is in good condition, you can use a bituminous emulsion or coal tar sealer to "seal" the top layer of asphalt so that sun and weather don't oxidize.