Crack Cleaning What You Need To Know | FAQ

Crack repair preparation procedures are the techniques used to clean and/or dry crack channels to attain the best conditions possible for the material to be placed.  It is the most important aspect of sealing and filling operations because a high percentage of treatment failures are adhesion failures that result from dirty and/or moist crack channels.

The four primary procedures used in preparing crack channels are as follows:

• Airblasting
• Hot airblasting
• Sandblasting
• Wirebrushing

Airblasting may be done either with a portable backpack or power driven blowers or high pressure air compressors with hoses and wands.

Hot airblasting is performed with a hot compressed air lance, or heat lance, connected to a compressed air unit. This form of Crack repair preparation is quite effective at removing dirt, debris, and laitance.

Sandblasting is a labor intensive operation that is quite effective at removing debris, laitance, and loosened AC fragments from the sidewalls of most cracks. This equipment consists of a compressed air unit, a sandblast machine, hoses, and a wand with a venturi type nozzle. A second air compressor is often necessary for follow-up cleaning after the sandblasting operation.

Wire brushing is quite effective at removing debris lodged in the crack reservoir, but not as effective at removing laitance and loosened AC fragments from the crack sidewalls.

Information About Trueline Striping

Trueline Striping is a parking lot and warehouse line marking specialist. For 20 years trueline has performed striping and marking services for just about every business in Orange County and most of the Southland area including Los Angeles, Riverside, Ventura,  San Bernardino and San Diego.  Give Trueline Striping a call or email about your next project. We have the experience and knowledge to handle ANY parking lot striping or warehouse striping project you have.  Don’t forget that trueline also offers asphalt repair services now including Crack repair.

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The Stages of Asphalt Deterioration

If you have or manage or own a asphalt parking lot in Southern California then you probably already know how expensive asphalt is to lay down.  At upwards of 1.00 to 4.00 dollars per square foot, asphalt is one of the single most costly items to install or repair on your property. With this in mind it is important for a property professional to keep maintenance up on their parking lots on an annual basis.  By seal coating and doing minimal property asphalt repairs to the asphalt once a year you greatly reduce the chances of having to do a major asphalt repair .  Take a look at your asphalt to see the what stage of damage has occurred.

Stage #1  Total Asphalt Failure

If your asphalt has become brittle and large cracks are starting to appear then you may need asphalt replacement. Once this type of damage occurs water can then permeate through the cracks, and that’s when the bad stuff really occurs. Once water is allowed to get below the surface of the asphalt massive damage can take place.

Stage #2  Advanced Asphalt Deterioration

If your asphalt parking lot has fine cracks and a worn surface, than this is where you must act to stop the true damage from occurring.  At this point in the asphalts life span you can avoid a lot of potential cost by doing some asphalt crack filling and seal-coating the parking lot with a couple of coats of slurry seal.

Stage #3  Minimal Asphalt Damage

If your asphalt driveways are smooth and have a slightly faded seal coat, this is the ideal time to get the asphalt re-sealed and re-striped. This is by far the least expensive way to keep the big damage from occurring.

There are many stages in the total life span of asphalt. So take some time to look at your parking lot asphalt  and make an evaluation. Then give us a call and we will come out to discuss your options. Trueline understands that budgets cuts and services are making things tough all over so lets up come up with a smart approach to keeping your asphalt in top shape.

Asphalt Line Striping

Are you looking for a great company that can handle all of your asphalt line striping needs?  Look no further than Trueline Striping.  We are a Southern California contractor with 18 years of experience in the parking lot & asphalt line striping industry. We place a heavy emphasis on three main things when it comes to your project. Safety, Quality & Value.  We are a small but strong company that can handle the largest to the smallest jobs throughout the state of California. Are services include most parking lot related services but also a few others. Take a look below and give us a call if there is anything we can help you out with. Are estimates are always free and we look forward to the chance to work with you.

Services offered in Southern California

• Asphalt Line Striping / Parking Lot Striping
  
• ADA Upgrades and Handicap Repairs
• Curb Painting / Stenciling
  
• Parking Lot Re- Stripes
• Sand Blasting & Shot Blasting
• Traffic Sign and Parking Lot Signs
• Truncated Domes
• Sealcoating and Minor Asphalt Repairs
• Wheel Stops and Speed bumps  installed
• Warehouse Line Striping / Warehouse Floor Markings

There are many other services we offer not listed here so give us a call if you have any questions about your project. But Asphalt line striping is the number one service we specialize in.