D-I-Y Guide to Repairing Cracks in Concrete Sidewalks

While that dandelion pushing up through a crack in the sidewalk may be endearing, it’s not safe. Concrete sidewalks are everywhere—homes, schools, businesses, churches, and they are destined to break down. Cracked and broken sidewalks are a tripping hazard, and much as we don’t like it, a legal liability. Minor cracks can quickly become a [...]

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Asphalt Ramp Repair

Standard Asphalt ramp repair methods may require digging out, scarification and sealing but with FloMix you simply clean up the damaged asphalt ramp to ensure that there are no loose pieces, mix your materials and apply. Mixing the material to a thicker slurry will keep the material from running and enable you to work on [...]

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The Stuff Repairs Are Made Of

Roklin’s repair products are made with polyurethane. I talk about asphalt and concrete a lot because that’s what our products are made to repair. It occurred to me that people might not know much about polyurethane. Polyurethane is a resilient, strong and flexible  material that can be manufactured in many forms.  It can come in a smooth, [...]

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Concrete & Asphalt Repair Equipment

For the best possible mixing of Roklin’s Polyurethane products, we recommend using Roklin’s Concrete and Asphalt Repair Equipment. For a small job, the pail mixer is a must for properly mixing the urethanes and sand. The high-torque Spade Handle Drill works best with the Pail Mixer and our concrete and asphalt repair products. For a [...]

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How to Fix Asphalt Water Damage

Water-damaged asphalt quickly turns from unsightly to ugly, and unsafe. Cracked, faded and crumbling asphalt—a direct result of water on asphalt, will grow quickly and must be repaired before the damage is so severe it has to be replaced. Asphalt with water damage becomes alligatored, potholed and spalled if left untreated. Asphalt is naturally porous and [...]

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Dopey Soup, aka PolyFlex DS

No one really asks what the DS stands for on PolyFlex DS so I thought I’d give our visitors a little quirky product history. DS stands for Dopey Soup, a name given to a polymer used in a mold to create some creepy figures in the Disney movie entitled Something Wicked This Way Comes. The [...]

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Roklin’s Systems Are Unique, by James Swan

I was at the 2012 World of Concrete tradeshow last week to see new products, tools, and systems. As I toured the Las Vegas Convention Center I realized Roklin’s polymer systems are really unique for a variety of reasons:   They bridge the gap between fast setting polyureas which lack strength and the cementitious repair [...]

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Quick Testing Results

Roklin is doing some comparison testing on our products and methods as well as some of the more common alternatives. One of the early test results was remarkable enough that we want to share it now. Cold mix asphalt is failing miserably. We have heard for many years that cold mix or cold patch just doesn’t [...]

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Welcome New Roklin Sales Representative James Swan

Roklin is pleased to announce the addition of a new sales representative to our staff, James Swan. Swan comes to us from the construction management field. With more than 25 years experience in construction management, Swan has been responsible for university, hospital, military and other projects that included overseeing constructing new buildings, relocations, modernizations and [...]

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Tips for Improving Your FloMix Asphalt Patch

Asphalt is going to breakdown whether from traffic, rain or improper upkeep. There is no questions about asphalt decaying.  Cracks and potholes are a problem that will only grow and should be fixed with an asphalt patch. FloMix should be used for an asphalt patch. It provides a fast-setting repair with almost no interruption of [...]

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