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You are here: Home / Home Improvement / Sealing The Driveway

Sealing The Driveway

August 17, 2008

Like I mentioned yesterday, this morning’s task was to seal the lower portion of the driveway. I had twenty five gallons of Latex-ite Driveway Re-surfacer on hand and was hoping that was enough. I think I read that each five gallon bucket does around 300 square feet, which isn’t much.

Ok, here is how it went. I started off at about 11:30AM and began by cleaning the entire working area with my spankin’ new pressure washer. If I didn’t have this pressure washer, I would’ve wished that I did. It did a great job.

Driveway before cleaning with pressure washer

In the photo above, you can see the dry driveway. I didn’t spray it yet and you can see the dirt on it towards the end. The reason that I cleaned the driveway is pretty obvious…the get the surface clean so the sealer really sticks to it.

Driveway after cleaning with pressure washer

This is the cleaned driveway. Lots of dirt, sticks and acorns came off it.

Driveway sealed with five gallons of sealer

My brother was right. Keeping the driveway wet is better than not. The moisture really helps keep the squeegee spreading smoothly. Also, the sealer goes much further. The photo above is after I spread the first five gallons. It did about half the area I wanted to do.

Driveway after ten gallons of sealer

This is a photo of the driveway after I spread ten gallons of sealer on it. You can see that I didn’t get as much covered as the first five gallons gave me. Also, when the driveway is dry, I noticed that the sealer doesn’t get down into the pits of the blacktop. For that to happen, I had to go over it a few times, using up more sealer.


Driveway after fifteen gallons of sealer

The last five gallons of sealer got me the least. It covered the smallest area because the area was dry and cool. The coolness didn’t let the sealer “run” like the others. The good news is that I only used fifteen gallons of sealer for the lower portion of the driveway. That means that I have ten gallons left and I can estimate that I need about another ten gallons.

Tonight, I am going to clean any cracks in the upper driveway and seal them up with the crack sealer. If I run out, I can pick some up when I am buying the rest of the driveway sealer.

By the way, I did this project bare footed. I recommend wearing old sneakers because the blacktop gets hot and the sealer splashes naked feet.

Related posts:

  1. I Finished Sealing The Driveway
  2. How To Repair Cracks in the Driveway
  3. More Stone Dust to Top the Driveway
  4. Finishing the Driveway Repair
  5. A New Front and Side Walkway – Topping the Driveway

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  1. joseph s says

    August 23, 2015 at 8:04 pm

    A hint for you.

    Try not to be an entertainer, awkward humor, whilst sharing your experiences – it just sounds lame.

    Folks do not have the patience for unnecessary dialogue. Proof your work – you can leave out a lot of useless words. Many want to attend/fix what is broken or beginning to degrade – get it done with to then move on to the next ‘issue’ – NO it is not FUN!!!

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