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The Hidden Dangers of Damaged Asphalt on Your Car
As a business owner, maintaining your commercial property is crucial for the overall success and satisfaction of your customers. This includes regular upkeep and repairs to your parking lot, specifically when it comes to damaged asphalt. Not only does damaged, old, and crumbling asphalt make your property look unappealing, but ...

Crack Filling: Why It’s Essential for Your Asphalt
Cracks in asphalt can be detrimental to the longevity of your asphalt surface. These cracks are caused by temperature changes, water accumulation and weight from vehicles driving over it. While some areas may experience more severe cracking than others, no one is immune to this problem. Without proper crack filling, ...

How Buffalo Weather Affects your Asphalt
Asphalt is a popular material for driveways and commercial lots alike. But in Buffalo, New York, the constant changing weather between hot summers and cold winters can wreak havoc on your asphalt. So it’s important to understand how these weather changes affect your asphalt so you can take steps to ...

Asphalt Striping for Appeal
Baughman Magic Seal's Striping provides an excellent solution for business owners who want to improve the curb appeal of their property. Not only does proper striping of your parking lot add a professional look, but it also serves a safety purpose by providing traffic flow guidance. It helps direct vehicles ...

How to Maintain Asphalt in Winter: Causes of Damage and How Magic Seal Can Help
Asphalt is one of the most popular materials for driveways and parking lots because it is durable, easy to maintain, and looks great. However, asphalt can be damaged in winter weather if not properly maintained. Let Baughman Magic Seal protect and maintain your asphalt during the winter season. Causes of ...

The Importance of Parking Spot Size and Stripe Types
Having a well-marked parking lot is appealing to look it, but also ensures proper functionality and improves safety. Striping not only defines individual spaces, it sections off handicap parking, curbs, no-park or fire lanes for emergency services, crosswalks, loading zones, and more. Re-striping your parking lot and keeping those lines ...
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Benefits of Resurfacing Your Asphalt
Resurfacing your asphalt is a great way to extend the lifetime of your asphalt. It’s recommended that you resurface your asphalt every 15-20 years or so. Here are some of the benefits of resurfacing your asphalt: You save money: Asphalt installation can be very expensive due to the machinery used, ...

How To Remove Stains On Your Driveway
Stains can occur on your driveway from time to time and can be a pain to clean. Here are some things you can do to remove stains on your driveway: Use dish detergent and hot water: Take ½ cup of dish detergent and mix it with 3 gallons of water ...

Properly Maintaining Your Asphalt Parking Lot
Your parking lot is an important part of your business because it helps to bring you customers. If you don’t have a well-maintained parking lot, customers may be less inclined to go to your business. Proper maintenance of your asphalt parking lot should include regular cleaning, sealcoating, repairing potholes, and ...

Your Fall Driveway Checklist
Fall is on its way which means it’s time to start preparing your driveway for it. Here are some things you should do to prepare your driveway for Fall: Clean your gutters: If your gutters are clogged, the water will get stuck and could run onto your driveway and cause ...

Check your Driveway’s Drainage
Checking your driveway’s drainage is important so that you can ensure there is no water damage to your driveway. A common sign that your driveway has poor drainage is if water pools on your driveway for long periods of time. A good way to check your driveway’s drainage is to ...

Fun things to do on your driveway
Your driveway isn’t just there for your vehicles. It can be used to do so many fun things! Here’s a list of fun things you can do on your driveway: Draw with chalk: Drawing with chalk is a temporary way to have art on your driveway and have some fun ...