Everyone who has replied has been on here for a long time and has helped many many many new starters - we understand what the forum is about and give freely.
There's no gain to Kevin, Darran or myself by giving our time replying.
You've made up your mind, you're doing the job because it is needed finances and there's no judgement on that but you're going to pop down to B&Q for your sealer (mistake number 1).
You've watched the Youtube videos and believe it to be a simple DIY job (mistake number 2) - watching someone who knows what they are doing doesn't make it any easier, he isn't going to show you his 1st attempts.
If I want to be picky, in the 1st video he pours the sealer into his bucket on the Tarmac and the Tarmac is covered with splashes around the bucket - I'd have poured it into the bucket on the block and brushed any splashes out evenly or used a funnel.
He might have cleaned it up but the video didn't show that he did.
How will you get the dried sealant out of Tarmac if you do the same?
He does know what he is doing and experience gives him the confidence to put the videos out there, his experience makes the process look easy.
That drive is bone dry, how will your experience determine that the sub base is as dry as it should be, that if the drive is sloped the top and bottom will be dry enough because if it has any slope they won't dry at the same rate.
What about the weather? - you try and guarantee enough of a dry period in this country to get the sealer down and then give 12 - 24 hours of drying time afterwards.
You book it in in two weeks time but the weather changes, what do you do?
Maybe you put it off two or three times because of this then it's started soiling because you've already cleaned it - you're sealing dirt & detritus into it.
Client doesn't see any of this, they just want a sealed drive and you're letting them down
