Sealcoating

Sealcoating is a tedious procedure where a liquid emulsion, also referred to as sealant, is placed over an asphalt base. Typically, seal and the sealant is applied over an asphalt surface with rubber squeegees to protect your asphalt parking lot's surface.

Sealcoating manufacturers recommend applying two coats of asphalt slurry seal to an asphalt surface every 1 to 2 years, based on the use and wear.

You're protecting the surface from the effects such as moisture, and oxidation in doing so. The major reason you must apply sealcoat that is new for your pavement lot is to protect the number one asset on your property, and that is your asphalt. Sealcoating on asphalt plays a role very similar to that which sunscreen does to your skin. It does a fantastic job keeping your asphalt secure and safe from any elements like the heat or UV rays from the effects from rain and humidity and the sun. It's clearly visible and if you're able to see the stone face of this asphalt, then you should be transferring soon to acquire sealcoat to prevent some wear and tear to the asphalt surface beneath. Due to the extreme humidity and winters we have in Chicago, it isn't too gentle on sealcoating and asphalt. Here are a few things to watch out for considering there are other factors adding to your asphalt lots' continuous damage:

• Sprinkler run-off
• Hot weather
• Automobile traffic 
• Winter freeze, salt, and snow

All these are the three of the major items that wear away the layers of seal that you should be getting each year.

Much your asphalt parking lot is a capital investment. Your asphalt coating has to be maintained to be able to expand its performance. On surfaces, sealcoating replaces particles lost from your asphalt's surface due to oxidation from the sun, and retains the asphalt elastic for more.

As stated above, sealcoating your parking lot typically costs only pennies per square foot; compared to a few dollars per square foot needed for asphalt repairs, sealcoating is a no brainer. Unless they are on the smaller side most projects fall between 3-6 cents per square foot. The best thing you can do is call for a cost.



Our primary goal is to fix any issues at hand, and eventually earn your trust and your company through communication without any hidden prices, a customer for life.

Safeguard Sealcoating performs an assortment of Sealcoating repair jobs. Every facility and client type is unique, and as always, presents itself with its own set of challenges and unique needs that we as a professional sealcoating firm need to bear in mind. From sealcoating a shopping center to flat complexes, we provide many sealcoating projects that we take to satisfy our clientele's needs. Strip Malls & Shopping Malls are an ideal example of a special needs project. We at Safeguard Sealcoating know the urgency when you call us and you need to get there open a retail store front within a deadline that is set. Strip mall centers cannot afford any down time due to the character of a company that is Retail, and because of this, Safeguard Sealcoating constantly works with facility managers, property managers, and our entire staff to minimize any issues that are possible during sealcoating jobs. Down below are some of the normal blacktop sealcoat project types in doing we're experienced.

• Parking lots
• Shopping centers and strip malls
• Commercial buildings
• HOA’s - Home Owner Associations & Apartments
• Schools & college campuses
• Entertainment parks and golf courses
• Distribution centers
• Municipalities