Patented in 2004
Bio Preferred Asphalt Sealer 

Why Seal with Biorestor

  • Asphalt has a life expectancy of fifteen to twenty years depending on type of asphalt, traffic, weather, how well it was installed and a number of other factors that could contribute to the life expedience.
     
  • The number one most destructive agent that destroys asphalt is oxidation. This is the process that starts as soon as the asphalt is laid and continues till the asphalt is worn out.
    Oxidation happens when the surface is exposed to rain, sun, traffic and other outside agent that starts the process of drying out the surface. If you notice asphalt is black when it is first laid and as the asphalt gets older it starts to turn grey, this is the start of oxidation. The oil in the surface is starting to wash away, dry up because of the sun etc.
    Research shows that of the total oxidation process that happens in the life of asphalt, as much as 40% to 60% can happen in the first two to four years. Protection is critical from the first day the asphalt is laid.
     
  • Owners of the asphalt should be more proactive in looking after their asphalt than reactive. The problem is they see a nice looking parking lot when it is new and don't see the damage that is being done till a few years down the road, then they have to react to try and save the asphalt that has already started and will continue to fail.

If Biorestor agricultural oil based product using non toxic soybean oils and other environmentally friendly additives along with a SBS Polymer is used to seal the surface, oxidation is virtually eliminated. This also helps eliminate surface cracking.

This sealer should be applied as soon as possible. Asphalt not treated in the first two years may not be as cost effective.

Most asphalt Jobs require a compaction test to pass at least 95%. What happens with the other 5%, this means that in a square meter there is at least 5% that is not passing the compaction test therefore you can have a area the size of a 8x11 piece of paper that is nothing more that a big hole for water to be absorbed into the surface. Picture a thousand square meter parking lot with a thousand 8x11 pieces of paper laid out, one on every square meter, it may be kind of overwhelming. Now this may seem extreme, but with sealing from day one we feel that we can almost seal that hole up.

Traffic can also increase the compaction by as much as 2% thus making it even harder to seal after the asphalt has aged. New asphalt has no sand in the voids, thus penetration is at the best it can get.

The cost for this type of sealing will usually be about 10% to 15% of a recap, and depending on traffic, type and condition of the asphalt should be sealed every three to five years.