The hot California sun can dry out your asphalt parking lot, causing cracks and other types of pavement damage, but what can commercial property owners do? One of the best services to revitalize and protect your asphalt pavement is sealcoating.

Asphalt Professionals Inc is Simi Valley CA’s trusted paving company, and we have high quality sealcoating services to save your pavement. Let’s learn how.

What is asphalt sealcoating?

A sealant for asphalt pavement is made up partly of asphalt binders like tar, liquid plastic additives, as well as small aggregates like sand. The liquid products adhere to the pavement surface and replenish oils in dry pavement, while the aggregates provide traction. Asphalt seal-coatings are thinner than liquid asphalt, and are applied by either spraying or spreading by hand.

How can you tell your parking lot needs sealcoating?

If your parking lot has gone from dark black to a light gray, then it has lost important oils and dried out; this is the perfect time for a sealcoating. Newly installed parking lots can also be sealcoated to protect against wear, but they have to be fully cured and settled. A sealcoat should also be applied before line striping to create a dark black surface and help traffic paint adhere.

How often should you sealcoat your parking lot?

This depends on how much traffic your asphalt parking lot gets. For high traffic areas in business parks or apartment complexes, yearly sealcoating will keep the pavement looking good. However, lower traffic pavement areas like residential driveways only need sealcoating once every two or three years. A sealcoat is also a great finishing service for after minor repairs like crack filling.

Contact Simi Valley CA’s parking lot sealcoating experts, Asphalt Professionals Inc, for a free pavement inspection today.

In Simi Valley CA, Asphalt Professionals Incorporated are the leaders in parking lot paving, and we are always happy to help our Southern California neighbors with their pavement needs. Let’s see an example. One of our project managers just helped a local commercial property owner get a new parking lot, even with some challenges.

Our pavement experts worked closely with the property owner to determine the best way to get the business a new parking lot within their limited budget. After a thorough site inspection, our trained pavement representative noticed that the land was also undeveloped, which would require more work. Luckily, the client had found a full service asphalt paving company who’s not afraid to tackle a tough job.

After presenting the client with a detailed estimate, our expert paving crew got right to work. First we had to prepare the site, which involved clearing away vegetation, then excavating. We also moved boulders before applying a base layer of fine and rough gravel. Using special equipment, we then compacted the gravel layer and gave it the proper slope for water runoff in a process called grading.

After this intense site preparation, we were able to add a final gravel aggregate base, then pour high-quality hot asphalt for the final parking lot. After leveling the asphalt layer and letting it cure, we also painted parking lines with durable, reflective traffic paint. Our crew is super proud of this parking lot paving from the ground up, and the customer loved how we finished it within budget and ahead of schedule.

If you’re needing help with your asphalt parking lot in Simi Valley CA, Asphalt Professionals Inc can help. Click below for more information about our parking lot paving services.