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Anybody here have knowledge into why it wouldn't be possible to just formulate the pavement itself to be lightly colored? I'm wondering out loud here why you co
by poulsbohemian 9y ago
Anybody here have knowledge into why it wouldn't be possible to just formulate the pavement itself to be lightly colored? I'm wondering out loud here why you couldn't mix something into it that would alter the color and be a more permanent solution than a top coat.
- flashman 9y agoYou probably could. But there are a lot of roads that already exist.
- mc32 9y agoConcrete topped roads are lighter than asphalt. But yeah, no reason they cannot have some coating mixed in with the paving material to make it lighter. Whenever I'm in Vegas, I do wonder why they don't use lighter paving material --you see the warped asphalt from the Summer heat.
- newnewpdro 9y agoI'm no expert but asphalt is bitumen for a reason, and bitumen is blacker than black. If you were to mix in something in sufficient proportion to lighten the color of the asphalt, it seems likely you'd change more properties than just its appearance, like its durability and water resistance.