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The Hidden Dangers of Damaged Asphalt on Your Car

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

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

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

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

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 ...
Cars parked in parking lot with neat stripes.

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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Avoid Using Harsh Chemicals On Your Driveway

Avoid Using Harsh Chemicals On Your Driveway

Using harsh chemicals on your driveway can lead to damage. Here are some harsh chemicals you should avoid using on your driveway: Bleach: Bleach is good to use for cleaning some surfaces, but not your driveway. If you use bleach to clean your driveway, it will damage the color and ...
Avoid Taking Sharp Turns On Your Driveway

Avoid Taking Sharp Turns On Your Driveway

Taking sharp turns on your driveway can severely damage it. Sharp turns cause damage to your driveway because it adds stress to your driveway which can cause it to crack. Here are some reasons that taking sharp turns damage your driveway: Tire scuffing: When you make a sharp turn, your ...
How To Properly Repair A Crack

How To Properly Repair A Crack

Cracks can not only make your driveway look unappealing, but can damage your driveway severely. That’s why it’s so important that you repair cracks in your driveway as soon as you can. Take a look at your driveway and see if there’s any cracks that need repairing. It is recommended ...
Signs You Need To Pave Your Parking Lot

Signs You Need To Pave Your Parking Lot

Your parking lot is the first thing a customer notices about your business and it helps them to create their first impression of your business. You will want to make sure your parking lot not only looks good, but is safe for your customers. That’s where paving your parking lot ...
How To Prevent Asphalt From Cracking

How To Prevent Asphalt From Cracking

Asphalt is pretty durable, but is still susceptible to cracking. Cracking can not only make your driveway look bad, but damage it. Here are some things you can do to prevent your asphalt from cracking: Sealcoat your asphalt: You should sealcoat your asphalt every 2-3 years to reduce cracking and ...
How To Protect Your Driveway From Harsh Winter Weather

How To Protect Your Driveway From Harsh Winter Weather

Now that November is here, Winter is on its way soon. Your driveway is damaged the most during the winter season, due to the harsh weather, so it’s important that you take these steps to protect it: Be gentle while shoveling: Shoveling can be hard to do when the snow ...