Patent ID: 6074128
Filing Date: 2000-06-13
Classification: C08L,E01C

Abstract:
A method of repairing openings, including cracks, apertures and small potholes in a site in a roadway including the steps of:(A) supplying the site with a first material to fill the opening defined by said site and to soften the portion of the roadway adjacent the opening, said first material being comprised substantially of petroleum emulsion;(B) selecting as a second material an absorbent, highly porous, spreadable bulk material, from the group of organic, vegetatively-derived substances consisting of mulched leaves, mulched fruit, grass trimmings and garden trimmings, tree bark mulch, tree mulch, mulched wood, hay, sawdust;(C) following the supplying step, applying said second material as a cover blotter material to the site covering substantially the entirety of the first material such that said cover blotter performs a blotting function in that it both adsorbs and absorbs a continuous phase of said first material forming a suspended mass in said first material; and(D) compressing said second material into said first material until said second material permanently coagulates into said first material to produce a repaired road surface.