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Crack filler vs cold patch, neighbor told me I was doing it wrong
My neighbor Ron watched me filling a 12 foot crack in my driveway last weekend and straight up said I was wasting my time with the pourable crack filler. He swears by the bagged cold patch stuff you shovel in and tamp down, even for narrow cracks. I argued that the liquid stuff self levels and gets into every little gap, but he pointed at my last repair from 8 months ago and said it was already crumbling. His driveway is 20 years old and he only ever uses cold patch, and his is still solid. So which is actually better for the long haul, or does it just depend on the climate? Anyone else had a neighbor or old timer tell them a totally different method than what the internet says?
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ryan49416d ago
Did your neighbor ever actually prep the crack before he filled it, or does he just dump cold patch straight into whatever's there? I ask because I've seen guys swear by one method when really the difference was they spent 20 minutes with a wire brush and a shop vac first. Cold patch tends to sit on top of junk and still hold okay, but pourable filler needs a clean dry crack or it peels right out. That crumbling spot from 8 months ago, was that a dirty crack or just the wrong product? Also does Ron's driveway have the same kind of cracks as yours, like hairline vs a half inch gap, because that changes the answer a lot.
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