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and a sense of quality and cleanliness. It can
be the permanent 'red carpet treatment' for
pavement."
Gearheart continued, "When it comes to
the versatility, colored sealcoat is available in
a range of different colors and surface textures.
Lighter colors can lower the surface and ambient
temperatures, and darker colors can absorb
heat and promote melting of snow."
Color-coatings have been used for sports
and recreational surfaces for many decades so
their use on mainstream pavement surfaces is
relatively new.
"In the past, asphalt and concrete surfaces
were coated with colorized asphalt or pigmenting
concrete that were, well… sort of
unattractive," said Girish C. Dubey, president,
STAR, Inc., Columbus, Ohio. "The best possible
base materials that provided any kind of
durability in a coating system were dark and
could only be tinted up to muted earth tones
at best. Brightly coated sports surfaces leaned
towards more traditional paint formulations
that lacked the durability needed under pedestrian
or light vehicular traffic.
"Recently there have been great strides in
the development of specialty polymers that
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