MeldrikM to [email protected] • 1 month agoGood luck getting that off of your car...files.catbox.moemessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up171arrow-down11
arrow-up170arrow-down1playGood luck getting that off of your car...files.catbox.moeMeldrikM to [email protected] • 1 month agomessage-square16fedilink
minus-squareveroxiilinkfedilink10•1 month agoMaybe I’m just a dumb Australian but what are they doing exactly? Painting a street? Why? Is it purely decorative or is there some functional purpose eg “seals the surface so ice during winter doesn’t crack it”
minus-square@fodderohlinkEnglish20•1 month agoApplying sealer to asphalt every few years extends how long the asphalt lasts before it has to be replaced.
minus-squareveroxiilinkfedilink11•1 month agoThanks. I can see how our Australian tradition of letting roads just go to shit confused me. I guess we don’t really have freeze and thaw cycles. Only hot and even hotter cycles.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•1 month agoAnd we put that shitnon our roads it melts out anyway haha
minus-squareMeldrikOPMlinkfedilink5•1 month agoI just think it’s a thin layer of tarmac? Maybe to smooth out the road more and reduce noise.
Maybe I’m just a dumb Australian but what are they doing exactly? Painting a street? Why? Is it purely decorative or is there some functional purpose eg “seals the surface so ice during winter doesn’t crack it”
Applying sealer to asphalt every few years extends how long the asphalt lasts before it has to be replaced.
Thanks. I can see how our Australian tradition of letting roads just go to shit confused me.
I guess we don’t really have freeze and thaw cycles. Only hot and even hotter cycles.
And we put that shitnon our roads it melts out anyway haha
I just think it’s a thin layer of tarmac? Maybe to smooth out the road more and reduce noise.