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This stuff in the best asphalt I've ever used. Superior to the other cold asphalt types you buy in a bag. I had a hug amount of erosion under my driveway where my downspouts were and I filled it in with this product. A few days later it was harder than a rock and still looks exactly the same to this day (over two years now). We get very cold weather here with snow. It also handles driveway sealer very well and now everything looks blended.
Thanks for the review (especially the cold comment) I’m about to get some for a client. Ran the downspouts underground to the storm drain, and went across the driveway, doing the aquaphalt to hopefully last a year or 2 before they redo the whole driveway
It seems that big difference between this product and other products is that it has an embedded glue (water activated) that binds the asphalt together. After all, isn’t asphalt just asphalt. Think of loose rock pebbles vs rock pebbles glued together in one mass. With cement, you can add a cement adhesive and it will stick to a surface better, although cement itself crystallizes to a hard mass. So, my hypothesis is that of another asphalt product could be uniformly mixed with a water activated glue (liquid or power) or slow curing glue, you may achieve similar results.
Very happy with the product.... use it to maintain the development that I am in. However, I recall that each bucket was date stamped because it is shelf-life limited (I don't know if that is still true today but it was a few years ago). Unscrupulous retail outlets would erase the date stamp so you would never know if the product is still good. Buyers that are not aware cannot tell what they are buying... could be just a pile of crap. And I don't recall that it could be re-activated. That's the downside but the upside is that the product works really, really, well. Would use it again in a second but you have to know what you are buying.
True. So for informed buyers, look for a manufacture date, and if not there, don’t select it. The 1 year shelf life is presumably because the glue is slowly activating due to water molecules passing through the plastic bag.
@@Wordsnwood Interesting! Your new patch looked like mine when I finished (and it still looks like that after a year - I can see the granules), but your old patch looked like it had a much smoother surface and perfect transition to the existing driveway.
huh? I'll have to look up its material compatibility list/chart. -Is there a maximum gap -to- it can bridge?- (edit:) The gap I have to fill exceeds the specified _sieve_ size Aquaphalt passes through. Appears to be demonstrated adhering to a sound layer asphalt or concrete, so I _still_ need to (not be lazy and) build up a supporting bed in the bottom of the gap (and probably extract the pseudo-stucco shell). (...every week;) I've started filling in the gap around my driveway with washed pulverized gravel and sand (donated by the city road works, to my lawn...) to replace the composting debris and weeds. But that patch material might be a better defence against water and ants - Or motivation for me to figure out how to harvest the remaining gravel that the leaf blower and the city's vacuum-tractor-thing didn't. [our] Builder company used 'something - mud' (I suspect "the new guy" put actual mud into the mix, to dress up the foundations), then [the builder's] warranty company built up a significant grading difference on top of what the builder's left (while re-patching areas they noticed). Between ants preferring to nest under it and settling pulling the driveway away from the walls. it has peeled off in large flakes around the edges revealing a large gap around the edges.
@@Wordsnwood It may not be the best material to fill the horizontal gap; but vertically it definitely looks to be the best option. I've been putting off fixing it since I hadn't a DIY answer for the vertical component. (Though I'm still hoping that one of the driveway caulking(s) can fix that too...)
It has a seal lid you can still use it within a week. I had an open pale of Aquaphalt 4.0 (smaller size) and still usable after 2 months. You can lay on water puddle. Some other guy's 4.0 job: th-cam.com/video/Sd_SHfBmE70/w-d-xo.html
Government can do that, but if you attended college, you would know more. Prior to this inflation period, government spending was still with deficits with 1-2% inflation, well below historical norms of 3-6%. This period coincided with producers raising prices citing shortages and disruption of inputs, but this explanation would make you wrong.
@@tonymanero5544 your indoctrination is showing, haha. You believe inflation is necessary and 1-2% is normal. Before the Federal Reserve (a private company) took control in 1913. In 1800 the Average Annual Index ( a basket of goods) was 51. In 1912, it was 29. How did a basket of goods get cheaper? From 1913 to 2024, it went from 29.7 to to 945. So the Average Annual Index when down 40% pre Federal Reserve and after has increased 3,150%.
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Three year review of Aquaphalt
In summary: it's expensive. Very expensive, IMHO. But it works.
And I'll be using the same tamper - good thinking sir!
This stuff in the best asphalt I've ever used. Superior to the other cold asphalt types you buy in a bag. I had a hug amount of erosion under my driveway where my downspouts were and I filled it in with this product. A few days later it was harder than a rock and still looks exactly the same to this day (over two years now). We get very cold weather here with snow. It also handles driveway sealer very well and now everything looks blended.
Thanks for the review (especially the cold comment) I’m about to get some for a client. Ran the downspouts underground to the storm drain, and went across the driveway, doing the aquaphalt to hopefully last a year or 2 before they redo the whole driveway
@@johnnyrodriguez5938sure thing, hopefully it'll work well for you. I've been pretty happy with it even though it's getting fairly expensive now
Excellent Review. I am using the same product on my driveways too. Hoping for the same good 3 year review too.
I agree, good value when it lasts and performs well.
Exactly why I made the video, thanks!
It seems that big difference between this product and other products is that it has an embedded glue (water activated) that binds the asphalt together. After all, isn’t asphalt just asphalt. Think of loose rock pebbles vs rock pebbles glued together in one mass. With cement, you can add a cement adhesive and it will stick to a surface better, although cement itself crystallizes to a hard mass. So, my hypothesis is that of another asphalt product could be uniformly mixed with a water activated glue (liquid or power) or slow curing glue, you may achieve similar results.
Very happy with the product.... use it to maintain the development that I am in. However, I recall that each bucket was date stamped because it is shelf-life limited (I don't know if that is still true today but it was a few years ago). Unscrupulous retail outlets would erase the date stamp so you would never know if the product is still good. Buyers that are not aware cannot tell what they are buying... could be just a pile of crap. And I don't recall that it could be re-activated. That's the downside but the upside is that the product works really, really, well. Would use it again in a second but you have to know what you are buying.
True. So for informed buyers, look for a manufacture date, and if not there, don’t select it. The 1 year shelf life is presumably because the glue is slowly activating due to water molecules passing through the plastic bag.
Thanks ! Looks like a 2 car garage ? I guess 1 bucket should be enough for covering 1 car garage ?
Hey Art, like any good product, "buy once cry once" OH, are you going to have plans available for your asphalt tamper? ?? ???
Thanks Mark. I'm working on plans as we speak... 😉
Great product good review!
Thanks, Stu!
Great. I wonder how wide of cracks would it be good for?
Given that it's main use is for potholes in your driveway, I don't think you have anything to worry about.
great video thank you !! 😮😮😮
How did you get it so smooth and feathered? I have used Aquaseal 4.0 and the granules are too large to feather properly. Did you coat it afterwards?
@@ActonMADan you saw what I did. I just tamped it with that 2x4. I have not sealed anything
@@Wordsnwood Interesting! Your new patch looked like mine when I finished (and it still looks like that after a year - I can see the granules), but your old patch looked like it had a much smoother surface and perfect transition to the existing driveway.
@@ActonMADan Yeah, what's up with that? Old batch vs fresh batch?
That was interesting Art! Thanks. JimE
did it last 3 years without sealing it with anything? thanks for the video
That is correct. I do not put sealer on my driveway.
@@Wordsnwood thank you
Is it the production date or the expiry date on the package
It was just a date, did not say "best before" or anything else... I'm making assumptions. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
@@Wordsnwood So my date was 02-02-24 just finished the job and the product was very soft. So I would say it’s the production date.
Thanks
huh? I'll have to look up its material compatibility list/chart. -Is there a maximum gap -to- it can bridge?-
(edit:) The gap I have to fill exceeds the specified _sieve_ size Aquaphalt passes through. Appears to be demonstrated adhering to a sound layer asphalt or concrete, so I _still_ need to (not be lazy and) build up a supporting bed in the bottom of the gap (and probably extract the pseudo-stucco shell).
(...every week;) I've started filling in the gap around my driveway with washed pulverized gravel and sand (donated by the city road works, to my lawn...) to replace the composting debris and weeds. But that patch material might be a better defence against water and ants - Or motivation for me to figure out how to harvest the remaining gravel that the leaf blower and the city's vacuum-tractor-thing didn't.
[our] Builder company used 'something - mud' (I suspect "the new guy" put actual mud into the mix, to dress up the foundations), then [the builder's] warranty company built up a significant grading difference on top of what the builder's left (while re-patching areas they noticed).
Between ants preferring to nest under it and settling pulling the driveway away from the walls. it has peeled off in large flakes around the edges revealing a large gap around the edges.
Yours sounds like a more complex issue than mine! Best wishes...
@@Wordsnwood It may not be the best material to fill the horizontal gap; but vertically it definitely looks to be the best option.
I've been putting off fixing it since I hadn't a DIY answer for the vertical component. (Though I'm still hoping that one of the driveway caulking(s) can fix that too...)
It has a seal lid you can still use it within a week. I had an open pale of Aquaphalt 4.0 (smaller size) and still usable after 2 months.
You can lay on water puddle.
Some other guy's 4.0 job: th-cam.com/video/Sd_SHfBmE70/w-d-xo.html
wouldn't be cheaper doing with concrete? Cement, sand, gravel.?
inflation is when the government spends so much of money, they run out and have to create money and dilute whats out there.
Government can do that, but if you attended college, you would know more. Prior to this inflation period, government spending was still with deficits with 1-2% inflation, well below historical norms of 3-6%. This period coincided with producers raising prices citing shortages and disruption of inputs, but this explanation would make you wrong.
@@tonymanero5544 your indoctrination is showing, haha. You believe inflation is necessary and 1-2% is normal.
Before the Federal Reserve (a private company) took control in 1913. In 1800 the Average Annual Index ( a basket of goods) was 51. In 1912, it was 29. How did a basket of goods get cheaper? From 1913 to 2024, it went from 29.7 to to 945.
So the Average Annual Index when down 40% pre Federal Reserve and after has increased 3,150%.
@@tonymanero5544 I knew you wouldn't reply
Ok comrade.
@@tonymanero5544 no explanation on the before and after results from giving away the control of money supply?
Awww, poor baby Bolshevik
Looks like Home Depot doesn’t this carry this around me. Lowe’s has it for $64 for the 50 lb bucket. Still pretty darn expensive.
Do wish it was cheaper...