Tampa Sealcoating and Asphalt Repair
Seal Coating is the process of applying a coal tar emulsion over an asphalt pavement to protect from the damaging effects of the environment, including moisture and ultraviolet oxidation. Protecting pavement with seal coating has basically the same effect as using sun screen on your skin or varnish on wood because it slows down the destructive effects of the climate. Seal coating also fills minor voids in the surface. Other benefits include creating uniform color and appearance.
Besides making your pavement look new again, pavement sealer protects pavements from the destructive elements of the weather, gas, oil, antifreeze, and many other chemicals that could damage the paved surface.
Newly paved asphalt surfaces should not be sealed until they have sufficient time to cure. Curing allows the excess oils that are always present in new asphalt to diminish through a process called oxidation. We usually recommend that the asphalt be allowed to cure for one year prior to seal coating for the first time and then sealed every on to three years.
