• Home Depot Blacktop Crack Filler

Sikaflex Crack Flex Sealant is a one part, polyurethane sealant for permanently repairing cracks in horizontal concrete surfaces. It can be used in cracks up to 1 in. Wide and provides long term durability. Its elastic technology formulation allows the sealant to remain flexible and move with the crack. California residents: see.

I have been using the vinyl type smear on stuff sold in Home Depot and it lasts 1 0r 2 seasons and am wondering if covering the small cracks with ready mix cement powder,sweeping it in and carefully wetting it down might work?I don't care what it looks like as long as it will last longer and it should be easier that trowling the other stuff on. TIA for any help. There is crack filler which is basically what I would call thick tar and some has a filler agent in it.

I also used to seal coat my driveway with a thick, sand loaded sealer. It hides many sins. I have been using the vinyl type smear on stuff sold in Home Depot and it lasts 1 0r 2 seasons and am wondering if covering the small cracks with ready mix cement powder,sweeping it in and carefully wetting it down might work?I don't care what it looks like as long as it will last longer and it should be easier that trowling the other stuff on.

TIA for any help. It sounds like a good idea. I have been using a patch kit (tar filler with gravel mixed in) and it is not very pliable. Then I have been covering the filler with 'concrete' caulk because my driveway is concrete; however they do sell an asphalt filler, I think my brand was sackrete. I just did this recently so I am not certain how long it will last. I've used the tube stuff w/o the filler product in the past with not great results so hoping the filler is more effective.

Home Depot Blacktop Crack Filler

I was in the paving business for 20 years and my advice is, it depends on how much you want to spend. Of course, being a paver, my first suggestion was to cap the driveway with hot mix. You can only do this if there is at least i.5 inches of room on your grade. I found anything less than an inch and a half cap did not stand up long enough.

If possible I always capped with inches. The existing asphalt has got to be coated with 'Colis' before capping.

That is a bonding agent that truely bonds the old to the new. I have capped driveways 20 years ago that are still holding up well. If you do not want to spend that much money then you can fix the bigger cracks with a rubberized crack filler that you can get at any home store. It comes in a tube and is applied with a caulking gun. After filling all the bigger cracks then seal the driveway with a heavy bodied asphalt emulsion. The more sand in it the better. How long that will stand up depends on the condition of the original surface.

Around these parts I would always just hire a sealing contractor to do the work. It really does not cost that much more than buying all the stuff and doing it yourself. They often have products that are better than you can buy and are not available for the retail trade anyway.

If there are bigger cracks they can fill them with hot rubber crack filler which if done right lasts many years on a driveway. It's the same process they use on roads but it lasts much longer because of the lack of traffic on a Dr. Any kind of cement mix is a waste of time as it won't stay in the crack. Bonding to the old surface is very poor if at all and it also moves at a different rate than asphalt. It's just acting as a plug really. WATER STILL GETS INTO THE CRACK AND THE CRACKS JUST GET WORSE. IF YOU LIVE WHERE IT FREEZES IT WON'T LAST A YEAR.

I have been using the vinyl type smear on stuff sold in Home Depot and it lasts 1 0r 2 seasons and am wondering if covering the small cracks with ready mix cement powder,sweeping it in and carefully wetting it down might work?I don't care what it looks like as long as it will last longer and it should be easier that trowling the other stuff on. TIA for any help. Although it's very tedious, 'keying' the crack will allow you to affect a repair that lasts longer than 1 or 2 seasons. However, using a ready mix.concrete. (which contains.cement.) won't bond well to asphalt nor will it expand and contract with the asphalt. Here's a link that might be helpful (note the two car garage with attached McMansion).