Paving Chemical Solutions:
Release Agents, Removers, Cleaners & More
Effective chemical solutions for paving projects and road maintenance
Chemistry is a Critical Component of Your Work
As our cities grow and traffic increases, paving and road maintenance are integral. And changes to your industry mean that the environmental impact of the chemistry is also of high concern. Yet you still need chemicals that work effectively and keep your operational costs low. Finding this perfect balance isn’t easy, and it’s always at the forefront of your mind.
You Need a Chemical Partner That’s With You at Every Step
Success takes unparalleled service as well as science
There are unique pressures to road maintenance and paving, which is why you need a partner who understands what’s at stake. At Guardian, we can deliver the chemistry you need to work in any conditions while minimizing downtime and meeting environmental requirements.
Solutions
Cleaning & Degreasing
Your equipment goes through a lot. And if you can’t keep it clean, it will slow down or stop your work. That’s we have created an innovative range of cleaners and degreasers that work in the toughest of conditions to keep your equipment at top performance. Our experts will analyze both your conditions and the unique makeup of whatever is fouling your equipment to come up with a solution and application to get your machinery clean and ready to operate as quickly as possible.
Release Agents
Newer, extreme heat asphalt processes can easily gum up your steamrollers and other equipment, delaying your projects. Our innovative release agent solutions ensure you never need to slow things down or compromise the quality of your asphalt surfaces. Our formulations, including the readily biodegradable PAVEGUARD PG, are more cost-effective than traditional diesel solutions, while outperforming and out-lasting oil or water-based lubricating soaps.
Sanitizing & Disinfecting
Protect the health of everyone from the visible and invisible bacteria, fungi, and other contaminants that can linger for days in the right environment. Guardian’s wide variety of solutions include several registered with Health Canada. All our hard surface cleaners, sanitizers, and disinfectant chemicals are made to ensure the cleanliness of contaminated surfaces.
We Don’t Settle for ‘Good Enough’
The best chemical partner in the world is only as good as its ability to keep step with innovation, and that’s who Guardian continually proves itself to be.
We have dedicated ourselves to helping you stay at the forefront of changing technology and practices. This has included improved release agents for high-heat processes and ensuring that all chemistry meets the environmental requirements that protect your employees and community. In an evolving industry, we strive to be with you every step of the way.
Supply and proof: industrial degreasers from Guardian and the TerraSol asphalt emulsion case study. Local supply in Calgary and Toronto and the GTA.
We don’t believe in ‘deliver-and-done’. True benefits revolve around the consistency of program execution, which is why we’re there when you need us both for regular servicing and emergency support for life.
Our experts know your industry and will seek to understand the unique challenges of your business. Let’s talk.
Your systems and processes are interconnected. We’ll arrange a site visit to understand the bigger picture.
Frequently Asked Questions About Chemical Solutions for Paving and Road Maintenance
Asphalt release agents for truck boxes, pavers, rollers and hand tools, cleaners and degreasers for equipment and plant, and sanitation chemistry for shop and site facilities. Release agent selection is the one with the most direct effect on both productivity and equipment life.
Because it damages the asphalt it touches, stripping binder from aggregate where it pools in the truck box, and it creates exposure, fire and environmental liabilities that most jurisdictions now treat seriously. It also damages rubber and painted surfaces on the equipment. Purpose-built release agents avoid all of that.
A properly formulated one does not. Diesel and other solvent-based substitutes do, because they dissolve the binder and leave a weakened area in the mat. If you are seeing premature ravelling that traces back to specific loads, the release agent is worth investigating.
Enough for a thin continuous film, no more. Over-application is common and pools in the low points of a truck box where it does the most binder damage. Measuring applied volume per load rather than per week is how most operations find they are using several times what they need.
It depends on the product. Paving in a northern climate means product sitting in a tank through cold nights and shoulder season, so freeze-thaw stability and pour point are practical selection criteria, not fine print. Ask for the cold weather data before the season starts.
A dedicated asphalt or hydrocarbon cleaner with enough dwell time to soften the binder, not a general degreaser and not pressure alone. Hardened asphalt on pavers, screeds and hand tools is a dwell time problem, and crews almost always cut the dwell short.
It can be, which is one of the practical arguments against diesel. Product applied to truck boxes ends up on the road, at the plant and on the yard. Choosing a product with a favourable environmental profile removes a conversation you would otherwise have with a regulator or a client.
Yes. Standardising release agent and cleaning chemistry across yards makes application settings consistent, simplifies training for seasonal crews, and lets you compare consumption between locations. Seasonal turnover in this industry makes standardisation worth more than it appears.
By planning stocking around the season rather than ordering into it. Paving operations compress a year of consumption into a few months, so we set the delivery schedule against your expected volume before the season opens rather than reacting to it.
As your chemical partner, we blend innovative science and unsurpassed service for solutions that move your business forward.
