SealTECH Driveway

Age of Driveway: 12 years

 Type of Sealant: Acrylic

Times Sealcoated: 4 

Owner Happy: Yes 

Latex Driveway

Age of Driveway: 12 years(Same Neighborhood)

Type of Sealant: Latex 

Times Sealcoated: 1 

Owner Happy: No

 The bucket may say '15 year warranty',

but that does not mean your driveway will last that long...

Each driveway sealing season, millions of homeowners travel to their local home improvement store to lug back numerous 5-gallon buckets of "premium" latex driveway sealant. Unbeknownst to them they may have just set their new driveways up for certain disaster...

First off, in order to understand why it's not a very good idea to use any latex-based product to seal your driveway, we must look at an example:

Pretend for a minute that you have just sealed your new driveway with the buckets. After wiping the excess sweat from your brow, you step back and gloat in accomplishment for a job well done.

After several months pass though you start to see tiny cracks at the surface of your driveway that seem to be forming a pattern. You know that the best way to fill all those cracks would be to seal your driveway again in the spring.

To your chagrin however, the cracks have gotten even bigger. You ask to yourself: "Why me? What have I done to my driveway!"

The story you have just heard is all too familiar and it is a result of mis-education by the entire paving industry. To understand fully about why this occurs, we must look at the physics of it all:

The cracks that are forming are a direct result of the expansion and contraction of the latex sealant on the driveway. As the latex loses it's elasticity, it separates causing little "islands" of sealant that is commonly know as mud cracking.

This condition will actually speed up the destruction of asphalt by "channeling" water into the cracks. During the winter, the water will also expand and then contract spreading the cracks further open.

It is our sole duty to bring awareness to all homeowners about the danger of latex abuse, for the sake of us all, and for our driveways.

To help spread the word, join the 'Stop Ruining Your Driveways!' page on Facebook and tell others to do the same!

-Kraig with a 'K'

 The New Driveway Guru