Pli-Stix 30 ft. Medium Black Permanent Blacktop Joint and Crack Filler

Have used product before, Have tried many other Joint fillers that are premixed in buckets. They work for 1 year then crack and open up again. This is the same formula they use on roads, only theres is premelted when they apply it. I melt it in the cracks and it stays for years without cracking or opening up. All you need to apply is a propane torch works best for me.This time applied it where sidewalk and driveway meet, water from leader was going in crack . Took about 10 minutes to apply and worked great.

Home Depot should carry this stuff in their stores, better than the jug of crack filler stuff that doesn’t last. Extra cost of buying a torch to melt this stuff is worth it in the long run as you only have to do it once. Seems very permanent.

Fills in cracks and gaps nicely.

This is the best crack filler I have used on my driveway compared to the past 'shallow patch' and liquid ones I have used. So far, so good on the filler holding. This crack filler is essentially a hard tar that you melt into the cracks. With that, you need a torch. I used a MAP gas torch and it worked great as a lot of heat is needed to melt this stuff. Propane would have taken longer. This product is supposed to be jammed in the crack and melted. Most of my cracks were larger than a 1/4" or 1/2" so I just laid the stick on top of the crack and melted it into the crack. I melted it into 90 feet of cracks before my torch ran out of fuel. You will get about 100 feet of stix melted on one standard MAP canister. It cools hard and when in the hot sun it is a little loose but not enough that an imprint can be left in it. Rain washes off most burn marks eventually and sealer can be applied over this. Some tips from my experience: -Power-wash and clear the cracks beforehand. -Fill the deep cracks with sand, up to about 1/8" from the top. Otherwise you will end up melting a lot of these stix into them. -Use MAP gas -Leave the stix in the sun so they become loose and easier to work with -You can heat the stix a little to help form them along the crack -If you are careful enough, you can heat the stix and drag them along smaller cracks to fill them -Work the torch back and forth, dont overheat one area -If you overheat the tar, it will bubble out of the crack -As you heat the stix, you are also heating the driveway so turn the torch off when you get really close to a full melt and let the driveway melt the rest -Use a heat-shield on driveway edges to prevent grass fires -The force of the torch can be used to push the tar into other cracks or along the same. -Use torch to fan any out across asphalt so you dont get lumps -Position yourself upwind of the stix so you don't inhale the fumes.

This product was outstanding and easy to use.

I have just completed applying three of these boxes. The stuff seems great! When you melt it it will flow into the crack and seal. I think it is ideal to join a crack about 1/2 inch to 1 inch making a water tight seal. If the crack is deep, use sand or gravel to bring it up to about 1 inch depth. Larger is possible but it will use a lot of stuff. Get the large economy size. I made the mistake of using a torch intended for soldering plumbing pipes. Using this took forever to melt the tar. I suggest a torch that puts out much more heat and something that has a hose so you are not handling the bottle. Even better would be a torch with a wand long enough you can do it standing. I do not know if Home Depot sells such a thing. If they don't, I saw several at Harbor Freight.

Product worked as expected

This stuff is sweet! Have been putting off fixing the gap between my asphalt driveway and the brick border of my stone patio for way to long. Saw positive comments and ratings on Pli-Stix and figured it was time to give it a try. Did some minor mortar patch on the brickwork first. Too impatient (as usual) to let it dry more than overnight. Dug the dirt out of the gap with a screwdriver and until about an inch deep. Then laid in some stone dust to bring it up to around a half inch deep. Tamped that in to make it solid. Then laid the product in the gap. Used standard Bernzomatic handheld torch to melt it in. Worked like a champ. Melted nicely into the interstices of the asphalt and the brick/mortar. The length of the gap was about 7 feet. Took about 30-45 minutes front to back. Couldn't be easier and no clean up whatsoever. Tack free in another 30 minutes. We'll see about durability but for ease of use, gets 5 stars.

It does a good job so far filling up cracks. At the beginning I was stuffing the rope into the deeper cracks, later, I found that I can melted on top of shallow cracks and level by just slightly move the rope over melted part. I did have to do a few passes to level a few areas that gave me trouble. It was time consuming, hope it last longer. I found using camping stove propane can easiest, watch out for the smokes!

I used the crack filler to fill the nominal 3/4" gap between my drive and the garage to stop water from getting under the slab and lifting the drive slab in the winter. It has filled the gap and appears to have adhered to both surfaces. It is quite easy to use. I laid it down much like electric weld from a spool. It looks much like the old tar seams when cool, it levels nicely. I will keep an eye on it this winter to see if it cracks and opens up after a few hard freezes. I do not understand why it cannot be purchase at my local Home Depot - perhaps people have already done the research and found that it doesn't hold up well in real life. It is too soon to give it 5 stars, but I am hopeful it holds up.