Sealcoating

[GregW]

Originally Posted by Piscator

I need to get mine done too, I see some commercial guys do spray and others do squeegee. I'm trying to figure out cost to do myself or cost to pay someone. If it's not that much more, I might just pay someone and I'll go fish. I heard they buy the sealer in so much bulk it can be close in cost to hire vs doing it yourself (just what i heard though, not sure how true)

Whether you do it yourself or have someone do it for you, I would not go with the spray on.

[Piscator]

Originally Posted by GregW

Whether you do it yourself or have someone do it for you, I would not go with the spray on.

Any reason why? Is the spray on not as thick? I thought I heard that one time. I've also heard that the spray goes on much more uniform (but maybe not as thick????)

[GregW]

Originally Posted by Piscator

Any reason why? Is the spray on not as thick? I thought I heard that one time. I've also heard that the spray goes on much more uniform (but maybe not as thick????)

If you think about applying any liquid like that you are not going to get the same protection if you were to spread evenly with a squeegee (especially if they didn't do the prep very good).
As far as it being more uniform, that is only true if the pressure, speed, etc stays the same throughout the application and they spread it evenly. I think it would be very easy for them to have it heavier in one area and barely hit another area with mostly overspray.
If it was me I'd use a squeegee.