Applied over 40000 gallons of sealer in the Triangle and Western New York last year. We uphold the highest standard to produce a long lasting, durable surface. We strictly adhere to manufacturers’ specifications while applying seal coating. This care is necessary to insure the longevity of your parking lot. A significant number of our paving and repair jobs originate with our sealer work. Its importance is never diminished.
Why do I need to sealcoat my lot?
Strictly speaking you don’t. Sealcoating is preventive maintenance that helps to preserve the existing asphalt by preserving the oil based asphalt that usually breaks down under exposure to the sun. In the northern climates it also helps to protect against the corrosive effects of salt. It also is an aesthetic remedy by giving the old asphalt a rejuvenated look. It is not a cure for cracking, distressed or old asphalt.
How often should I sealcoat my lot?
Because of the nature of sealcoating, there are different answers to this question. Since asphalt has an aesthetic purpose, some parking lot owners will seal every other year and sometimes every year. We have customers that do this. In this case one coat is all that is needed. A good rule of thumb is probably two coats every three years. If you seal too often and use the wrong types of sealer, the sealer will build up and cause hairline cracks in the surface.
What type of sealer should I use?
Up until a few years ago we applied only coal tar based sealers, mainly because that was all that was available. Coal tar based sealers have many downsides. They are a source of pollutants . They have a highly acidic nature that cause irritation to the skin when they are applied. They have strong odor that tends to last for several months after they are applied. They cause cracking in the surface of the asphalt after a few applications. Coal tar is also becoming scarce making coal tar based sealers harder and harder to get. It is projected that in the next few years, production of coal tar based sealers will be phased out by all manufacturers. In the past few years “asphalt sealers” have made their entrance into the market with varying results. While they have none of the downsides of the coal tar based sealers, they do have their own downsides. The upside is that the product has been improved tremendously since its introduction. Many of the problems with asphalt sealers were the result of poor preparation of the product before application. Adding too much water, not enough or too little sand and not enough additive can result in degraded performance of the product. In addition methods of spraying can also contribute to the quality of the installation. At Raleigh Paving we use exclusively asphalt based sealers from Neyra Industries out of Ohio. After trying all of the asphalt based sealers on the market we have concluded that they are the best product available. There is no substitute for experience when applying sealer. At Raleigh Paving we have been applying these products for 25 years. We know and understand our products and can supply you with the best
LineStriping
Crisp straight lines and accurate layout Line striping is a precision trade. High quality equipment along with experience personnel produces the best results. Many other paving contractors subcontract their striping. We did this for many years. Generally the results are good. The reason we do our own striping is because usually we stripe after we have just placed a new surface down. In this manner we can expedite the job quickly and get the parking lot reopened to traffic. This will reduce the downtime for the customer. Highest quality industry leading paint. We use Hotline from Sherwin Williams. We think it is the best striping paint in the industry.
We have used just about every product on the market in order to see what performs the best. The products that we use we consider to be the very best on the market. As with our sealcoating products we do not purchase our materials because of price. We are trying to give our customers the most durable, long lasting product that we can find.
