Keeping a Resin Driveway Looking New

A stiff broom every few weeks is genuinely the main job. Keeping leaves, soil and organic debris off the surface stops the thin layer of silt that would otherwise support moss and block the pores that make the surface permeable.

Autumn is the season that matters. A leaf blower makes it a two minute job.

A hose or a pressure washer at a sensible distance restores the colour nicely once or twice a year. Use a wide fan lance, keep it around 300mm from the surface and moving, and avoid concentrating a narrow jet in one place, which can dislodge aggregate at the surface.

Never use a turbo or rotary nozzle on resin.

Deal with oil promptly. Soak up the surface liquid, then use a mild detergent or a resin safe cleaner and warm water with a soft brush, and rinse thoroughly. Avoid solvents and petrol based cleaners, which attack the resin itself.

Hot tyre scuffing generally weathers away over the following weeks and does not need treating.

Shaded drives under trees can grow surface moss in damp months. A patio and driveway cleaner suitable for resin, applied at the stated dilution and rinsed off, deals with it, and keeping the surface swept prevents most of it returning.

Any weed you see is growing in surface debris rather than through the surface, so removing the debris is the long term answer.

Grit rather than rock salt where possible, since salt and repeated freeze thaw are unkind to any surface. Snow can be cleared with a plastic shovel or a stiff brush; steel edged shovels will scrape aggregate off.

Solvent cleaners, turbo pressure washer nozzles, jet washing at close range, placing skips or heavy plant directly on the surface, and using the drive as a workspace for cutting paving without protection.