Slurry Seal
A slurry seal is a mixture of quick setting asphalt emulsion and fine aggregate mixed and uniformly spread over the road surface.
Slurry seals are used as both a preventive and corrective maintenance course on an existing asphalt surface. The surface of a slurry-seal treatment is smoother than a chip seal treatment. The slurry-seal treatment is, therefore, more “surface friendly” than a chip-seal treatment in areas such as village and city streets as well as areas that need to have a black finished surface look.
Slurry seals will fill small surface cracks, protect the pavement road surface from the deteriorating effects of the sun and water, stop raveling, and improve the skid resistance of the pavement. |
