edit: Don’t do this. Embrace modernity and don’t pollute the soil.

  • KnightontheSun@lemmy.world
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    Chip sealing! I know the process as they still do this for neighborhood streets around here. The oil is more like a tar and solidifies as it cools thus ‘gluing’ the chips to the older road surface. Sort of a stopgap before having to repave completely. I don’t think this is done on dirt surfaces as it doesn’t seem workable.

    This process is pretty different than what I described originally. The dirt roads only hold those oils for a relatively short period.

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      Our neighborhood was just done via this method. Usually called tar and stone. Quickly resurfaces the road without all that pesky work. It’s like asphalt glue that cools and then solidifies over days/weeks.