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HOT PATCH Pam... Is The Answer <br />Using proper patching techniques, an economical permanent patch can be produced with Hot <br />Patch Pete, any time of the year .. , winter, spring, summer or fall. Long term cost savings of <br />permanent patching eliminate the dangers and ndaled exponses caused by the pothole crisis. <br />Simple Step-by-step Patching <br />Preparing subbase <br />Fill with asphalt mixture <br />Tark Coat Application <br />Proper compaction is needed <br />Hot Patch Potholes From Scrap Material <br />Anytime of the Year <br />BEFORE: Pothole waiting to: bend <br />a rim, blow a lire, or cause injury <br />to a bicyclist. <br />Proper preparation is very <br />Important. <br />Cut the outline of the patch at least one foot <br />(0.3 m) outside the area to be patched. The <br />outline should be square or rectangular with <br />straight and vertical faces. <br />Tack Coat Application <br />The hole to be repaired should be cleaned, <br />the subgrade compacted and leveled as <br />needed, and a lack coal applied to the bob <br />lom and all sides. <br />Fill with asphalt mixture <br />Place the recycled material against the <br />edges first when filling the hole. A sufficient <br />amount of material should be allowed to in- <br />sure proper patch level after compaction. <br />Proper compaction is needed <br />When compacting the patch, overlap the <br />first pass and return of the compactor no <br />more than 6 inches (15mm); move to the <br />opposite side and repeat. Then proceed at <br />right angles to the compacted edges, over- <br />lapping each pass a few inches onto the <br />mrcompactod patch. <br />Hot Patch Pete keeps material uni- <br />formly hot ... even on cold winter <br />days ... because asphalt is heated at <br />the patch, not at a remote mix plant. <br />Adjustable propane burner can heat <br />mix to more than 300'F (149"C). First <br />hot malarial from chunks is available <br />in 6.8 minutes, depending upon chunk <br />size and temperature. Hot mix from <br />milled or cold -planed material is avail• <br />able in 4.5 minutes, depending upon <br />temperature. Fiber glass insulation <br />encases the mixinglheating cham• <br />bor—keeping the mix hot frorn patch <br />to patch. <br />AFTER: A permanent patch to <br />handle all kinds of traffic. <br />