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6 month old driveway in Nashville finally showed its true color after a good rain
I poured a small residential driveway back in March and the owner was a bit disappointed with how light it looked. Honestly I was too, thought I messed up the mix or the coloring. Well we got a solid rain last week and the whole thing darkened up perfectly, exactly the shade we were going for. The water brings out the integral color way better than any sealer I've tried. Anybody else see a big difference after a rain on their jobs?
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morgan31614d ago
Nah I gotta disagree with you here. To me a driveway that only looks good when it's wet is just hiding its problems. You pour something in March and by the time summer hits with that Tennessee sun beating down on it every day, that washed out look is gonna come right back. I've seen jobs where guys rely on the rain to make the color pop and then the homeowner is out there with a garden hose every other week trying to keep it dark. Seems like a bandaid for a mix that didn't have enough pigment or the wrong water ratio from the start. If you gotta wait for a storm to make it look right, that's not a feature it's a flaw.
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