Judson Burdon

Painting parking lot lines is a great stand-alone business or add-on to an existing sealcoating or property maintenance business.  It's fast, satisfying work and it helps improve traffic flow and a building's aesthetics.

Whether you are a professional who works on parking lots for a living and you have years of experience in the business, or you are just getting started, you want to make sure that you have the surface of the parking lot completely prepared before you do any work on it including crack filling, seal coating, and parking lot line painting.

When you first started out in the asphalt business, you probably were fine just using the smaller drums and totes for your sealers.   You had time (and the patience!) to drive to sealer plants, transfer, fill, clean, and maintain the containers.  However, as we all know, the fastest path to success is to leverage efficiency.  If you want your business to grow, you will need to make sure that the equipment that you are using is growing along with it. You are not going to have an easy time covering the parking lot of a sports center or a shopping mall if you only have small drums.

Asphalt Kingdom has one of the largest networks of sealcoaters in the business and strives to be the source of information when it comes to taking care of blacktop. So, we thought it would be great to collect all of the tips that the Asphalt Kingdom team, as well as professionals from around the world, have shared and organize them so that everyone can learn more about this important step in asphalt maintenance.

Many homeowners assume that doing repair work on their driveway has to be done by professionals. The fact is that it is now fairly easy to perform simple repair work on common driveway problems such as cracks and potholes.

How to paint a parking lot requires using special paints created for use on asphalt and concrete. Asphalt is a specialized type of concrete that utilizes a petroleum-based binder. So, it is critical to have the right type of paint that adheres to asphalt and doesn't wash away.

Pavement paint that doesn't fade or peel is essential to your success.

After all the work you put into line striping, the last thing you want is to see those lines deteriorate within weeks. In the long run, you need to make sure you get the right product for the job.

In this blog post, you’ll discover:

• How to choose the right asphalt paint
• A closer look at each paint option
• Bonus tips for parking lot lines that last

Do you want to become your own boss? Parking lot striping can be a fantastic option for many out there.

Whether you want to start or grow line striping business part time or full-time work,  there's always going to be a need to keep parking lot lines fresh and crisp.  And when you are your own boss, you can choose your own hours. It has the potential to be a very profitable business, and it is not too difficult to start. However, it's not as simple as buying a little bit of equipment and starting. You want to know how to start a striping business the right way.

One of the most important parts of asphalt maintenance is parking lot crack repair.

In fall and winter, water gets into the cracks and as it freezes, it swells, causing the crack itself to expand and get larger. Dealing with cracks in asphalt as soon as you spot them stops water from penetrating cracks and causing further damage to the pavement's foundation.

When you are shopping for a sealcoat machine, there are several things to consider. Much has to do with how often you plan to use the equipment. That may be once or twice a year for homeowners and property managers while contractors will use the equipment on a regular, possibly weekly basis.