Crafco Asphalt Sealer products

Asphalt Sealcoating Direct now offers it's customers Crafco Asphalt Sealer products. The new product line includes a 10 gallon push melter and a 30 gallon stationary melter as well as a 4 gallon mini banding machine that will apply hot pour and cold pour crackfiller.

They also offer high quality Direct Fire Hot Pour Crackfiller in handy 30 LB blocks. Crafco has long been known for it's high quality Asphalt Sealer products.

Asphalt Sealer

Coal Tar Asphalt Sealer has been in use many years and with overall great success. It does however has drawbacks which are mostly safety related. Coal Tar will burn you if you get it on your skin, and has possible cancer causing effects that science can back up.

Coal Tar can be sprayed or applied by brush or squeegee and offers excellent results depending on the amount of water mixed with the sealer. Mixing will generally be around 20%, 2 gallons of water to 8 gallons of sealer.

It is very important to wear protective clothing if applying coal tar to protect yourself from potential splashing and over-spray. It is the most widely used Asphalt Sealer in the United States currently because of it's availability.

Asphalt Sealer

Coal Tar Asphalt Sealer is currently being investigated by the EPA as a potential pollutant to our ground water, it's because of this that several larger municipality's have banned coal tar asphalt sealer. It's thought that as the sealer deteriorates it may be washed off the pavement and running into our waste water system where it ends up in streams and rivers.

It's because of this that many sealcoaters are beginning to use the alternative, that being Asphalt Emulsion Pavement Sealer which is said to be the "Green" solution to the pollution problem.

Asphalt Sealer

Asphalt Sealer can be ordered from Asphalt Sealcoating Direct in several blends including Asphalt Emulsion and Coal Tar. Both of these sealers work well under different conditions and you should understand the difference before deciding on which Asphalt Sealer to apply.

We will be discussing the differences in this blog as well as other sealers helping you make your decision regarding which sealer is best for your particular application.