In this video I'm going to clean this driveway and then I'm going to seal the
pattern imprinted concrete. As you can see from these pictures the drive is very
dull and is covered in moss in some places. To start off with I have brushed the
drive and removed the majority of the debris. This video has been edited down
to about five minutes long but this job normally takes about two days to do.
Although for a smaller driveway you will do it much faster. I'm now using a
pressure washer to blast away the dirt if you have a rotary drive cleaner that
can be attached to a pressure washer it makes the job much easier.
If I remember rightly it cost about £200 for the materials to seal this drive.
Unfortunately if you live in the UK there are only a couple of days of
the year when you can actually do this job
it does actually take about two days to clean the drive fully, let it dry and
then seal it for the next day.
It's a good idea to get a large empty tin if possible to do all the mixing
you can apply the sealer using a roller, a sprayer or a natural bristle broom works
well and it's probably the cheapest option. I'm now emptying the sealer and
some xylene thinners into a mixing tub I'm also applying some anti slip additive this
will make the driveway less slippery once it has been sealed. You really need
to take advice from the sealer manufacturers on the best sealant to use.
I was advised to seal the drive using two coats of the sealer the first one
had to be diluted with thinners. I'm now going around adding some sealant directly to
some of the areas of concrete that have blown. This type of damage is caused in
winter by freezing conditions. One thing you should never do with a pattern imprinted drive is to treat
it with raw salt as it damages the surface and makes the
concrete blow in places.
At this point it is a good idea to make sure that nobody walks on the drive so I
often use a couple of wheelie bins and put notices on to warn people. Obviously
you don't want to walk on the sealer so it's best to start at the end of the
drive and works backwards towards the house. Now I'm going to start applying the
sealer as mentioned earlier the first coat has been mixed with xylene and
so it will soak in pretty quickly. I'm applying the sealer ensuring that the
drive is covered and ensuring there are no runs.
After the first coat has dried, normally after a couple of hours you can repeat
the process using undiluted sealer. It is important that you do not allow
any vehicles to drive over the sealer for at least 24 hours or wheel marks
could be left in the sealer.
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