Dear Richie: Repairing driveway potholes yourself can be challenging without heat. Heating the asphalt repair materials makes them pliable and easier to compact and stick together. Using heat is also ...

The lack of sand in the patching asphalt, in my opinion, is a major factor that contributes to its poorer performance. The sand in hot-mix blacktop fills all the voids between the stones in the mix.

CTS Cement has released Rapid Set Asphalt Repair Mix, a cement-based, flexible pothole fill and repair material. It is resistant to cracking, bonds to existing asphalt, stays intact during service and ...