It's cool to see a dude that clearly has the means to pay to have that done doing it himself. Props...

I love the way you attack a project like I do: •I probably should’ve cleaned the driveway better before I started • I probably should’ve patched the cracks yesterday, but I wanted to get started Haha - I thought I was the only one like that!

I did my 2580 square foot driveway yesterday by myself. . 10 buckets, 4 hours. However, over the course of the previous week, I removed 13 wheel barrows of grass and soil encroachment, pressure washed the entire driveway using a 3700 psi PW and a surface cleaner, patched every crack with a quick patch gel product. Removed a crumbling retaining wall and reinforced some edge sections with concrete in a shallow trench. That took 3O hours all in. Like painting, its all in the prep. You definitely should pressure wash even clean looking driveways, for better adhesion. I'm 67 years old..going on 40. This is a great video, slow clap.

I seal driveways...Tips for next time, weed whack any edging that goes over the driveway, BLOW the dirt off, PRESSURE WASH thoroughly, after it dries BLOW it again then fill the cracks, you should only need to wait an hour or so, when it's dry you may need to blow again if stuff is landing on the driveway and then paint the edges you can't reach (ie garage edge, walls, rocks, etc. before you start. Edges you can reach paint afterward to match the thickness of the squeegee. But good job!

I started a sealcoating business a few years ago. The objective of sealcoating is protecting your driveway and making it look good. You accomplished both. I thing you did a really good job.

Thanks for all the comments and questions. Sorry I didn't see the comments until now. It's been almost 3 years and has held up pretty well.

This dude is obviously smart enough to figure out how to do anything by himself with a little practice....I love it!!

Good job, I appreciate people that do projects on their own.

I remember when I thought 8 years was a long time. Then I got old. And now I know I'd be doing it again before I know it. Good video.

Exactly what I was hoping to find. Thanks for posting this! I wasn't sure this was something I could do and now I know I certainly can! Beautiful house you got there, too.

I plan on doing my own driveway in the spring and wanted to watch a few how-to videos. This video was perfect. You did an amazing job and now I am inspired!

I did this years ago by myself when I was about 40 and it turned out very well. Luckily my drive was small and downhill as it's hard work!. I searched for how to videos prior to my two 35 y.o. sons repairing my drive way. Thanks for the video - it turned out great and I love your home!

I have been sealing my own blacktop driveways since I was a teenager. Back then they just had the one year stuff. Within the last 15-20 years they have been selling the multi-year sealants. On all the multi-year sealants they all say one must apply 2 coats to get the multi-year coverage. My last time I sealed was in 2016 with a sealant that said it was a 7 year blacktop sealant (two coats a week apart). I probably should have done it last year - 2020 but it unquestionably needs it done this year. You have a large driveway and you are definitely saving money doing it yourself!

I'm doing mine tomorrow! Thanks for posting this!! Very helpful. Never done it before!

As someone who's also in central MN, the info about going with a longer guarantee product is well appreciated!

Not bad for your first time. I usually watch "how to's" on projects I am going to do on KZfaq first Then that way I see the do's and don'ts before I could mess it up. Keep DIYing. :)

Thank you for the video! I’m have to do this for my parents. Your video helps me know what to buy so I can finish this job faster and I was using a roller.

Great job! Beautiful home. I love the walkway leading to the front of the house.

I used the Sealbest 1000 and it held up pretty good for 2 years, I use my pressure washer to clean my asphalt pretty often. Last year I decided to put a new coat of the Sealbest 1000 on the asphalt. After a harsh N Wisconsin winter, the coating was embedded with

I own an asphalt paving and asphalt maintenance business. I'm all for DIY projects. I think it's important for home owners to learn how to do simple things with their property such as what you have done here. For what it's worth, you probably could have hired a professional contractor to do the entire job for about what you paid for the sealer alone. I think it's great that you tried it yourself and got it done. There is always a sense of self satisfaction taking care of your home. For your first time, it looks like it turned out well.

Just finished my driveway today. Used menards seal coat. Came out just beautiful. I always use the squeegee side.yes and also use a different handle for the broom.

Great job and amazing looking property!

That house! Beautiful! Good Job!

Fellow obviously has coin but desires to do this huge job himself. Kudos.

Forget any haters looks good. And I believe you applied a better product than you get out of some of these companies

Using same sealer tomorrow..2,000 ft ...I spent almost 2 days prepping already filling cracks and edges...Gonna use 12 inch brush all around edges then get er done...Wish me luck😎😎😎...Thanks for video...Central Minnesota

Good job Bubba doin mine tomorrow. Sealed the cracks today. Fun stuff

Beautiful home..

Thanks for the heads up bud! Cheers from Canada

looks good, my wife started that with the video i quickly got the tripod for her and put the broom in her hand. she took to it fairly quick

Great job and good video. Thanks for taking the time to make it.

Well done , You made it look very easy !

Thank for the information, you have covered everything to refurbish the driveway.

Great stuff! Gave me the right motivation to diy

This video shows something that I stand behind... You don't HAVE to know all the proper techniques to start something. Your technique is awful, and inefficient. HOWEVER... through perseverance and the ability to learn on the job, you ended up with an amazing finished project. I'm happy for ya man. So many people are afraid to try things, because professionals like to make it seem impossible to someone with no experience. But how did they get the experience? The same way you did, and the same way more people should. Get out there, and get it done. Just what you did, and kudos to you for doing it.

Thank you! I really appreciate the video, very insightful and authentic.

Great job Jeff

Great video, it turned out fantastic! Thank you! I dream of a driveway that size...someday! 😅

Great job! Looks good!

Beautiful house to match the new beautiful driveway !

Now I know what not to do by watching you you are a very funny guy and your job turned out very nice

Thanks for sharing. I will trying it tomorrow on my driveway

I'm gonna try this

Good job for a diy. Thinking of doing this myself.

The only way to figure something out is by doing it, I would recommend pressure washing the driveway first next time but all in all you did a nice job. 👍🏻

Looks like it may have been your first rodeo. I live in Virginia by the way. Most of the stores are Lowe's here. I buy the blackjack brand. I found a homemade mix that outlasts the driveway sealer alone. I use 1/2 gallon of roof & foundation sealer to one 4.7 gallon pail of blackjack 300 sealer. The higher end sealers contain latex which won't work on a driveway that used to be gravel. I need the ability to melt & self-heal in hot weather. The previous pavement was bagged asphalt & recycled asphalt. It was heated with a torch wagon & then rolled. True pavement can use what you use. I trim the outsides first. Get less overlap marks.

You did a great job👍🏼

Looks really good.

Good job. Looks nice

Nice work 👍

beautiful home

Nice video..... I'm starting all the prep to do my driveway myself. Going to be applying some weed killer in some of the cracks near the edges.... Fill all the cracks and use a lg. crack filler for the bigger cracks on the edges.

Absolutely gorgeous house

Loved the wife with the TEA BREAK!!! Great video!

Great thoughtful wife!! You did good

Great video. Thanks.

Looks great! Cool house too!🙂🙂🙂

Great video. Thank you so much

I worked in commercial construction for over 20years and the guys that used to do Epoxy coating on floors used to go to Walmart and K Mart to buy the cheapest pairs of golf shoes as the spikes allowed them to walk on the floors without getting footprints in the coating plus they didnt worry about getting the epoxy on the cheap shoes ! I always thought it was funny to see guys going to work in Golf shoes but yet a pretty good idea I imagine that would work fine to seal driveways

Great job!!

Do the edging first then the main application.

Good video. A little hard work can save a bit of money. I like the design of your house.

What a beautiful home.

Great job

Looks great👍

Beautiful house. Pretty good job

If your located in the Oklahoma City area I would recommend arrow asphalt to take a look at your driveway!!

Thanks for posting Jeff. Finished job looks great and house too! Trying to do a few home jobs while I am furloughed 8h every wk during Covid19!

That was actually looks pretty nice

Great diy video

I do this for a living 22$ an hour been doing it for 5 years Clean/crack/seal coating for my local asphalt company

Really should have filled those large cracks first, followed by applying the sealer around the edges with a 4 inch paint brush, before carrying out the main task. Also, it's advisable to pour sealant from one container into another and mix it ( in case there is a colour variation between the batches). Anyway, the finished drive still looks very nice and compliments what looks like a lovely house.

You done a good job. 🇺🇸👍🏻

Nice great work...

Looks NICE!!

fine job sir

nice job

Beautiful house

Nice video - thanks! :) How does it look now nearly a year later?

I like using longer and heavier handles plus a 2 ft squeegee

You got the right sealer

Great Vidio... Thank You!

Nice house!

well done.

I wonder if two coats would look even better. My driveway is only 8x70 so I may give 2 coats a try

I think looks good 👍

I'll be doing mine by myself. Piece of cake

I worked for the city of Manhattan Beach, Ca. '67-78'. The city had a serious "Slurry seal" program. I later worked for the County of Kern road dept. from '86 to 2003. The county used Reclamite and sand. He should've filled those cracks with a flexible sealer first. He probably spent $500+ for sealer and a cheap broom/squeegee. On the day he filled the cracks, he should've cut in the edges. Other than that he did okay for a rookie. If anyone is thinking of a DIY seal job on their Asphalt drive way, and they live in a arid or hot environment, they need to give serious thought to the fact that the sealer will track on surrounding surfaces due to the heat(90*F+) until it's fully cured. So do some research into the available sealers. The cracks in his D'way will allow water to seep down to, and cause a failure in the sub-base. He needed to check out having a hot AC overlay put down. Anyone who buys a place with a new AC drive way should seal it at least every 5 years, more often if you live in a climate with extremes of weather. A well constructed and cared for AC drive way should should last 35-50 years.

Jeff how does this look after the first winter? i do not know how Minnesota winter was but South Dakota had a pretty bad year?

I did mine... It's been awhile since... I patched all cracks with rubberized roofing paint. . Then Black Jack 1000... I personally feel buy the best product you can afford... Labor is the same so ...

the way to fill the cracks is to mix a bit of bitumen with sand and broom it into the crack. let it set before sealing the driveway. You may have to fill the crack twice as it will sibside a bit as it dries.

Good work, that was a pretty big job! So how is it 2 years later

Looks really cool but what's the funtionallity. This is the first time i see this.

Big driveway!

as you go long you could use play sand or black diamond sand with the seal work just as good as any crack fill just a bag help you and it won't last 8 years how gray it was before it will soak it up. I always add a second coat with spray or by hand really it's better wait 6 months or whole year then add a second coat or how it dulls out how much it takes in you have to maintain it where don't over do it but how your driveway takes it then it start lasting longer..

I bought the 1000 at Menards (10 year warranty). It didn't cost that much more. BTW - I saw that they had two different brushes and one was built more sturdy and cost more. I opted for the cheaper brush since I have a very small area to do. However I might reenforce it before starting. I'll have to wait until July to do the job in order to have the hot temps since I live in Ohio and the temps haven't been all that warm as yet. This is May 16th and the afternoon temp is only 73°

It's now the summer of 2024 and it's looking like it needs a redo. I'll be doing a video on that.

I thought you were from California cause you look like Tony Hawk and you have a laid back Californian accent 😉 wish I could've helped. Yeah weather degrades it fast. Just applied a 3 yr sealer 2 weeks ago and sun already disintegrated part of it. Im in upstate New York, weathers not quite as harsh as Minnesota but there are times when we're colder, plus we get a ton of lake effect snow

I have a plain concrete driveway, black molds keep on coming back. Will sealing reduce the recurrence of black molds ?

what about the sides of the driveway? Why did you do it so far from the lawn? Just curious.