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Oh, hey how are you doing? Just bringing out the last tool to start my blacktop crack repair job, great weather today, blacktops dry and that is exactly what you need when you get ready to finish a blacktop repair job.

Here is what we have got. First thing we need to do before we get started in case the safety police are watching, it is time to get on the new cool safety glasses, oh yes, what do you think about that?

Now, what we have got to do, first thing that it says on the instructions on the caulk or the repair sealant that we are going to use, you got to clean out the crack. I like slightly to use a regular broom and that works really well, just go ahead and sweep it out, get all that loose debris and loose sand out of the way, oh yes simple as that.

And once again remember the blacktops got to be nice and dry. So, let me show you what I have got and what we are going to use today. I have got this nice crack and this particular crack is kind of like a V-shape and because it is V-shape, it is really pretty hard to install a backer rod that sometimes you have to use when you install a crack sealant with blacktop. Usually, use a backer rod when the crack is shaped more like this where the sides of the crack are pretty parallel and you will get those cracks very frequently in a blacktop driveway but not this particular one.

So, what we are going to do first is all you have to do is start with this compound, it is an asphalt repair, check this out, it says right here, asphalt repair. It has got all the nice instructions and it looks—it is just like really caulking and simple, all you do is go ahead and start to squeeze it out being really careful that you do not put too much of the material too high because you will give a real mess on your hands. You can see how easy that comes out. It just flows out of the tube and one of the reasons it flows really well is because I made sure it was not too cold out here. The outside temperature right in here is about 60 to 65 degrees, and this material flows just beautifully out of this tube and you can see that.

Now, check this out. Get a little closer here. I want to show you something. I am coming up to a really big wide area and I want to feel that up but not too high and you will see in a minute why? And there is another one coming up right next to it. Oh yes, look at this right here you can see a big area. I kind of put that sealant in there making sure it is not too high. All right, now here is what I want to show you. The next step is I have got this cute little stick. It is actually from a piece of molts check this out. You can see it is about a quarter inch wide and I found it in the molts actually right next to the blacktop drive and I just use that. Come out in here close I want to show you something. I actually want to spread this sealant so that it smears on the blacktop on either side of the caulk and I am also making sure that the caulk sealant is not too high and this makes for a really, really good bond so that the crack sealant material will not come out. You know, this winter when it gets really, really cold.

Now, but down here where it is really, really wide. Before I started the job, I went around and I found some of the rocks that actually come out of the blacktop drive. What you do is actually put these rocks right in the sealant compound. I know it sounds crazy but this actually helps. It will help disguise the crack for one and it helps make the crack sealant work a lot better because it makes it stronger and you just push those rocks down into the sealant and then you push the material up against it so that the cracks filled up the material and it sticks well against these little rocks.

The final step in the process is to actually take some of this magic compound that I have in this can next to me. Wait until you see this trick. A lot of people do not do this. This is one of the secret ask the builder tricks. Before I started the job, I went to the sides of the driveway and I found some sand and some of this sand came from the stones and the ro

[Music Playing] Oh, hey how are you doing? Just bringing out the last tool to start my blacktop crack repair job, great weather today, blacktops dry and that is exactly what you need when you get ready to finish a blacktop repair job. Here is what we have got. First thing we... click to read more