Mind The Gap Tarmac Asphalt Joint Repair Tape 2" Wide x 33ft Long Driveway Road & Path

July 2018: While the product did accomplish the mission of covering cracks in the driveway, I found the process of rolling the tape off the role onto the driveway to not work as well as other joint repair tape I have used. This tape only has separation plastic on one side of the tape leaving the other exposed sticky side of the tape difficult to unroll and prone to stick to itself. While I was able to apply most of it without it folding and sticking to itself, there are other brands that have separation plastic on both sides of the tape that allow much easier application (December 2018: Unfortunately the easier to apply EWT Asphalt Tape does not hold up in cold weather and the crack reopened through it). The cost also was higher per foot than the other type of tape I have used. Also a week after installation it still is very soft and has not hardened as I would have expected. It has been in the 90's all week so perhaps it just needs some cooler days. Cannot judge how it will hold up in the long run, but hope it does well.DECEMBER 2018: This tape ended up being superior as it is thicker than another brand I tried. It was spongy in hot weather but did not move and now that it is cold it shows no signs of cracking over the original crack as the other brand I used did.

Would have done 5 star if it came off the roll easier/better. It’s so sticky that it doesn’t unravel well what so ever so it’s difficult and time consuming applying

I have a long driveway with lots of cracks. This sealant was easy to use and we are now in winter and the cracks still look great. Have plowed the driveway and the tape still looks great.One word of caution is not to use the final bit that stays on the roll. I cut it off and sealed some patches that are now showing some gaps. I know, I’m cheap... minor issues with the roll sticking to itself, especially on the sides but just used a Stanley knife to separate it. Only happened on a few rolls - nothing serious. Heating the tape is not hard at all using a propane flame torch.Awesome product. Have a few more areas to do and will use this product.

Has d some issues with tape sticking to itself as I installed as well as the plastic barrier peeling a little as the tape stretched. Not sure there’s an easy fix for either - you want it to be very sticky and to conform to substrate. I tried latex gloves with some oil on them to keep it from being too sticky to hand / fingers - did’t seem to work as well as I hoped, but did help. Torching / melting was not as good as I had hoped as well. Where it had bunched up, it basically burned instead of melting. I was using to cover invisible dog fence wire at base dog long driveway - maybe would have worked better with a thicker tape.

Had a difficult time getting it apart. Lost it’s shape and came off in pieces. It had plastic strip that it was rolled on but the sides had stuck together on both sides. I used this product two day after delivery. Don’t know if it was old or had been stored in a hot place. I’m waiting to see how it holds up after the winter. That will be the real test. I think the product would’ve been fine if it hadn’t melted together.

Was helpful to read reviews. Ex.: Place in refrigerator or freezer before unrolling and cutting. First time working with 20 lb propane tank with torch. I tended to overheat and melt tape too much. Takes a little time to get the melting process correct. Once applied correctly it takes a couple days to "cure." Then it appears to have value. Will continue to use and see how it holds up during the winter. I have found it difficult to find an asphalt repair product that truly lasts for any reasonable time.

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I used this in conjunction with some other products that you melt onto your driveway cracks. This stuff was really too stick to work with. So you end up with gobs of it sticking to itself. But I used it anyhow. I put medium grade coal slag (looks like black sand) on it to take out the stickiness after I applied it. This product would be better.. much better.. if they made it not so sticky.

I found this stuff quite tricky to handle but, with practice, I got a good result. A couple of things to consider:Try unwrapping it before you start laying it because the edges of the roll tend to weld themselves togetherClean all the dust off the area where you will be applying it otherwise you wont get it to stick so well. I used a leaf blower to get rid of all the loose stuff.Keep the backing tape on as you lay it otherwise it tends to stretch. If it is stretched, as you heat it, it will shrink back and you end up with gaps. But do take the backing off before you go near it with any heat otherwise it wont come off.I used an old Black and Decker heat gun rather than gas and it worked well albeit rather slowly.I was using it to seal the edges of some Maccrete repairs I made to the drive and heating the Maccrete made it really soft. I ended up hosing the whole lot down when I was finished because it was all still a bit soft and sticky.

Il prodotto in sè avrebbe una sua utilità rispondendo allo scopo per il quale è stato pensato.Purtroppo, per come viene assemblato risulta di utilizzo impossibile. Il nastro catramato è coperto ed avvolto con un nastro trasparente delle stesse dimensioni, srotolando il nastro catramato, questo aderisce su se stesso sui fianchi e diventa impossibile svolgerlo, o se preferite si riesce a svolgere un pezzo di una ventina di centimetri poi diventa un blocco totale che aderisce a qualsiasi cosa. Sarebbe bastato avvolgere il nastro catramato con un nastro trasparente di larghezza superiore al catramato stesso e probabilmente il prodotto sarebbe realmente utilizzabile. Temo che difficilmente il produttore adeguerà la modifica per cui è un peccato ma ho dovuto buttare via tutto rinunciando al lavoro.