30-11-14, 07:27 PM
(30-11-14, 06:31 PM)darrsi link Wrote: [quote author=bigbluebear link=topic=15403.msg175646#msg175646 date=1417364178]
For the past ten years I've been working on frostfree Tarmac, and for the past three years I've used it on my drive and surrounding roads which has been very successful. I used this in a spray format which lasts ten times as long than salt and grit but the true test is on the roads where traffic wear will be probably the deciding factor. I have also used this formula on pavements and even with a few inches of snow it has remained not just snow and frost free but also dry. I have just started to mix this in with the Tarmac to see what longevity this will have but testing this method is proving to be very expensive. This would be a revelation in road surfacing world wide and paramount to road safety during winter months.
I know this will carry huge costs for all the councils and local authorities to convert the traditional grit lorries to a liquid spraying solution and resurfacing all the roads if my Tarmac mix works, but millions is spent each year and is more a reactive solution where my Tarmac mix is proactive and permanent. This means that even sudden heavy snow falls it doesn't lie and instantly dries too.
However I am convinced that I am really onto something and the Canadian authorities have indicating they could provide funding for the final testing on a stretch on one of their roads.
It's an exciting time for me and have set up a company to do more testing and market this worldwide.
As fellow bikers I'm sure you would agree it would transform winter biking.
Crikey,you patent that one and you'll end up a billionaire! :deal
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That's the hard bit, all patents are pending at the moment, I didn't believe how hard it would be. Tarmac is a patented brand and been to see them but all they want is my recipe for their own testing.....aye right!!!!! Inventing a new type of road surface is virtually impossible but I'm sure a deal could be done with Tarmac but they're play hardball at the moment.
Even the gtitter lorry spreading mechanism is patented along with a whole load of other shit in processing......that's why it's taking so long........dragons den beckons