- Prepare the base If you want your resin bound driveway to last a long time, you need to ensure that you prepare the base properly. Remove any block paving, grass or soil and dig down until you hit solid ground. Lay a sub-base of asphalt for good permeability. If you’re laying over the top of your current driveway, make sure that all cracks are increased into a ‘v’ shape with a saw and ensure the surface is dry and weed-free.
- Mix the resin You must follow the instructions on the materials you have to the letter if you want the curing process to work. Usually batches come in ‘Part A’ and ‘Part B’. Keep the resin container secure and on a protective surface to avoid splashing, then mix Part A for 10-20 seconds at a slow speed with a helical bladed mixer. Add Part B and mix thoroughly at a slow speed for about 2 minutes until it’s blended together.
- Mix the dried aggregates and sand with the resin Place a quarter of the aggregates into a mixer, then add the pre-mixed resin and start a stopwatch. You should then add the rest of the aggregates before slowly adding the sand. When you’re happy with that mix, stop the stopwatch. That time is the time that you need to spend mixing any other resin and aggregates to avoid colour variation.
- Lay the mix on the surface Transfer the mix to the work area then plan a laying route. When the mix is laid out, use a very clean trowel to spread the mix. Clean it regularly during the process to avoid dragging aggregates out of place. Once the aggregates stop moving in a fluid movement and become solid, stop trowelling. Then you can polish the surface to give it an attractive shine.
Banff
Banff is a town in the Banff and Buchan area of Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Banff is situated on Banff Bay and faces the town of Macduff across the estuary of the River Banff is a former royal burgh, as well as is the county town of the historic region of Banffshire. Banff's initial castle was developed to push back Viking invaders and also a charter of 1163 AD reveals that Malcolm IV was living there during that time. During this period the community was an active trading centre in the "totally free hanse" of Northern Scottish burghs, in spite of not having its very own harbour till 1775. The initial documented Sheriff of Banff was Richard de Strathewan in 1264, and in 1372 Royal Burgh standing was given by King Robert II. By the 15th century Banff was among 3 primary communities exporting salmon to the continent of Europe, together with Aberdeen as well as Montrose. There was a large amount of lawlessness in seventeenth-century Scotland, and some of the most awful transgressors were members of the nobility. According to documents maintained by chronicler William Cramond, the tolbooth (court house and also jail) of Banff was, in 1628, the site of an altercation between Lord Banff as well as James Ogilvie, his family member. Apparently, he struck James Ogilvie upon the head with a baton during a court hearing. Twenty of his good friends as well as fans then attacked Ogilvie with swords before chasing him into the street and completing him off with a gun shot. Banff as well as Macduff are divided by the valley of the River Deveron. This unforeseeable river was lastly tamed by the 7 arched bridge finished in 1779 by John Smeaton. An earlier bridge had been built in 1765, but was swept away in 1768. The old ferryboat was brought back right into usage, up until it was lost in a flooding in 1773. A public meeting was held in 1800 and also passed a resolution for the structure of a turnpike road in between Turiff as well as Banff as the existing roadway remained in a depressing state of repair work. Later 19th century transport renovations consisted of the building of 2 train lines, from Macduff to Turiff in 1860 and the Banff, Portsoy and also Strathisla Railway in 1859 which linked to the major Aberdeen to Inverness line. During the 19th Century the Banff Fishery Area (making up the ports from Crovie to Sandend) was essential to the herring trade, with production peaking in 1853 at more than sixty-thousand barrels, of which almost thirty-four thousand were exported, however by 1912 production had declined to simply over eight thousand barrels. Presently, the languages spoken in the town as well as in its vicinity tend to be the Doric dialect of Scots, as well as English.