Driveway potholes are a common DIY repair — a fine-grade cold-mix from a 15 or 20 kg bag, a hand tamp, and a Saturday morning. Done correctly, the patch lasts as long as the rest of the driveway and matches the visual finish closely enough that you stop noticing it within a few weeks.
Road Solutions AUS supplies the cold-mix products homeowners and small contractors actually want for driveway work — fine aggregate, smooth finish, permanent bond, no specialist equipment.
5 Gauge Mix is the right product for most driveway repairs. The fine 5 mm aggregate and high fines content give a smooth visual finish that blends with the surrounding asphalt. For larger or deeper driveway failures, 7 Gauge gives more structural strength with a slightly coarser finish.
Either grade is permanent and trafficable immediately after compaction.
A typical driveway pothole takes about 15 minutes end to end. Sweep the void clean of loose material. Pour the cold-mix from the bag into the hole, overfilling by about 10 mm. Compact with a hand tamp, or drive a car tyre back and forth across the patch a few times until it's flush with the surrounding surface.
Park the car on the patch overnight if you want extra compaction. Done — no cure delay, no special tools.
A 20 kg bag covers about 0.5 square metres at 22 mm thickness. A typical 30 × 30 cm driveway pothole 50 mm deep takes about one 20 kg bag including overfill. Larger driveway repairs scale up linearly — two bags for double the area or depth.
Buy one bag for a small repair, a few bags for a larger driveway resurface, or a bucket for ongoing maintenance with a resealable lid.
Hardware-store throw-and-go cold patch is tempting but typically a low-grade emulsion product that ravels out within a season. You'll re-patch the same driveway hole every year. Permanent cold-mix from Road Solutions AUS costs a small premium per bag and lasts as long as the driveway.
Most homeowners report buying one bag of the real product after one bag of the cheap product fails — go straight to the permanent material.
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