On Tue, 19 Aug 2003 19:44:30 -0400, Trent©
wrote:


I'm not sure what you mean by 'cosmetic'. Doesn't cosmetic mean there
are minor defects?...which will accelerate into major
defects?...unless repaired when they are minor.


When speaking of driveway sealer and sealing of parking lots cosmetic
means exactly what the Merriam-Webster definition says:

Main Entry: 1cos·met·ic
Pronunciation: käz-'me-tik
Function: adjective
Etymology: Greek kosmEtikos skilled in adornment, from kosmein to
arrange, adorn, from kosmos order
Date: 1650
1 : of, relating to, or making for beauty especially of the complexion
: BEAUTIFYING cosmetic salves
2 : done or made for the sake of appearance: as a : correcting defects
especially of the face cosmetic surgery b : DECORATIVE, ORNAMENTAL c
: not substantive : SUPERFICIAL cosmetic changes
3 : visually appealing
- cos·met·i·cal·ly /-ti-k(&-)lE/ adverb

Sealing will not correct any defects, minor or major and will not
delay the need for repairs - if there are any defects they will have
to be repaired, regardless of any sealing that has been applied. In
fact once a program of periodic sealing has been established it will
be necessary to continue it for precisely the cosmetic purposes it was
applied - the sealer will slough off and leave the "sealed" surface
looking worse than it would have had it not been sealed in the first
place!