More than two million miles of paved roads, combined with airports, playgrounds, parking lots, and other marked areas, make pavement marking one of America’s largest and fastest growing markets for thermoplastic pavement striping compounds, also known as hot-melts. It is composed primarily of hydrocarbon tackifying resins, low molecular weight or chemically modified polythelenes, glass beads, and various fillers and pigments. Compared with conventional paint, these compounds offer two major advantages: rapid setup and longevity, with a life expectancy as much as 6-8 times that of paint. This can translate into a substantial savings of maintenance costs.

Conventional solvent-based and waterborne pavement marking paints have a longer drying time, a shorter service life, and higher maintenance costs. As a result of the new clean-air standards of 1996, the use of solvent-base paints is limited in favor of thermoplastics that contain no volatile organic compounds.

J&S Striping is an environmentally-conscious company and uses the latest materials and techniques to minimize or eliminate any impact on our environment.Join the thousands of satisfied clients who know they can depend of J&S Striping to deliver cost-effective solutions for every municipal and private enterprise project.