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Excessive damage or abuse that could have been avoided by the customer. This includes, but is not limited to, regularly parking on the edge of the pavement, areas of fuel or oil saturation due to spills or leaking vehicles, etc. Proper care and info for newasphaft: • Asphalt pavement contains "Liquid Asphalt" which is the black, tar -like substance that holds the pavement together, and this liquid needs time to harden and cure. Your new asphalt coultl take up to a year to fully cure. Even when fully cured, asphalt pavement can sometimes soften in extreme heal, or harden faster as temperatures drop. To temporarily harden the pavement, you can water down the surface with a garden hose. If soapsuds appear, don't he worried. This is a reaction between the chlorine m the water and the asphalt. • Keep vehicle(s) 00 new asphaft for at least 72 hours or more depending on temperature. • Avoid driving off the edges of your driveway, this will cause it to crack and crumble due to lack of side support. You may support the sides by backfilling the sides with soil. • Keep motorcycle and bicycle stands, boat jacks and other sharp objects off the surface. • On a hot and sunny day, the sun can easily heat the asphalt back up making it soft and pliable again, therefore caution should be taken when making light or sharp turns on it. If you wind up causing tire tracking there's not a lot you can do to fix it. Unfortunately, only time and a little oxidization will make these disappear, Power steering divots are caused by turning your steering wheel while Your vehicle is setting in place. This can cause damage to your new asphalt especially on a very hot summer day. It turning around in your driveway is absolutely necessary, try and keep the vehicle moving at all times while you're turning_ moving forward and backwards until you're turned around. • If you have any campers, boats or trailers, and you need to store them on your new asphalt, it's a good idea to place some plywood underneath each tire in order to spread the weight more evenly to keep small divots or low spots from forming in the asphalt. These divots or swales are irreparable without causing even more problems surrounding them. The way these are formed is by any combination of several things like the wind blowing, climbing in and out of the boat, climbing in and out of the trailer or camper... this vibrating or moving the vehicle back and forth and wiggles the asphalt back and forth under the tires and eventually causes that low spot or a swale in the asphalt To remedy this, place some (3141 plywood underneath each lire. Generally you want to about 2 feet on each side of your tires and of course, a couple of feet in length past the front of the back tires. This will distribute the weight more evenly over a larger area and eliminate that potential problem. • Your asphalt may look smoother in same areas than in others because of its makeup. Asphalt a composed of various sizes of stone, send, liquid asphalt and other Ingredients which cause a varied texture of the surface. Also, asphalt areas that have been raked and spread with hand tools may appear different in texture from those spread by machine. • Sealcoating your asphalt will increase the life and appearance of your driveway. Sealcoating your asphalt will lock in the existing oils to keep the asphalt flexible, which reduces cracking. We recommend that you seal coal your driveway 6 months to 1 year after install and every 2-3 years after that. 13099-1 #1) 313012023