This document discusses tack coats, which are used to bond new asphalt layers to existing pavement. It defines tack coats and their components, like residual asphalt. It reviews tack coat application methods like emulsions and hot-applied asphalt. Proper application involves spraying the tack coat at a rate of 0.06 to 0.1 gallons per square yard to ensure full coverage. Issues with application like clogged nozzles, uneven coverage, or too little residual asphalt can cause pavement failures over time, like slippage, cracking and potholes. Maintaining a clean surface and proper application technique are emphasized for durable pavement bonding.
8. • Residual Asphalt - the remaining asphalt after
an emulsion has set typically 57-70 percent.
• Tack Coat Break - the moment when water
separates enough from the asphalt showing a
color change from brown to black.
• Tack Coat Set - when all the water has
evaporated, leaving only the residual asphalt.
Some refer to this as completely broke.
• Diluted Emulsion - an emulsion that had been
diluted with additional water. 50:50, 60:40
TERMINOLOGY
14. Advantages Disadvantages
HOT APPLIED
•Night time work
•Quick release to paving
operations.
•Less tracking/no tracking
•Issues with dirty surfaces
•Needs a dry surface to bond
to
•Higher costs
PG 64-10, PG 70-10, NO TRACK HOT APPLIED
15. SPRAY BAR SET UP Triple Lap Coverage
12”
Existing Asphalt Pavement
SprayBar
23. Original Pavement
New Asphalt
Tack Coat
Original Pavement
New Asphalt
New asphalt layer not
uniformly acting as one with
the original pavement
New asphalt layer uniformly
acting as one with the
original pavement
Corn Row, Clogged Tips,
Drilling
Flexing can cause slippage,
delaminating, premature
cracking
ANATOMY OF A POOR TACK
COAT APPLICATION
30. Look in both directions to help determine if the tack is
being applied properly
View: Northwest View: Southeast
TROUBLE SHOOTING Looks can be
deceiving
41. COST OF TACK COAT
New or Reconstruction
About 0.1-0.2% of Project Total
About 1.0-1.5% of Pavement Total Cost
Mill and Overlay
About 1.0-2.0% of Project Total
About 1.0-2.5% of Pavement Total Cost
45. RESIDUAL ASPHALT Specified Residual
Asphalt of .050/yd2
If you want this Instead of this
Consider …
50/50 dilution: your shot rate would be .166 gal/yd2 to maintain a residual of .050/yd2
60/40 dilution: your shot rate would be .139 gal/yd2 to maintain a residual of .050/yd2
70/30 dilution: your shot rate would be .119 gal/yd2 to maintain a residual of .050/yd2
For Emulsion: your shot rate would be .083gal/yd2 (Assuming a residual asphalt for emulsion of 60)