Micro Surfacing

A Product of Quality

Sucessful Micro-Surfacing incorporates carefully selected materials, scientific mix designs, advanced technical specifications, and proven field practices.

Micro-Surfacing begins with the selection of high-quality materials -- asphalt, aggregate, emulsifiers, water, and additives -- which must pass special laboratory tests, both individually and when combined as a Micro-Surfacing system.

Blacklidge Emulsions' broad range of specialized mix design tests help to insure that the mixture has these Micro-Surfacing characteristics: situations:

• Is capable of being spread in variable thick cross sections (wedges, ruts, scratches course), which...
• After initial traffic consolidation, it does not further compact (i.e., resists compaction) throughout the entire design tolerance range of bitumen content and variable thicknesses to be encountered and...
• Maintain good macro-texture (high wet coefficient of friction) in variable thick sections throughout the service life of the Micro-Surfacing.

Successful Micro-Surfacing projects depend on strict adherence to technical specifications. Many users find it helpful to design their individual job specifications around those recommended by the ISSA (Technical Bulletin A-143).

The resulting "mix design" and job specifications are carefully adhered to in the field, where contractors use specialized job-calibrated equipment and thoroughly trained crews to maintain consistent quality control.