05/29/2026
Great day for dust control. We completed a couple of road oil projects in the Cherry Grove area near Gaston, Oregon today.
Depending on the weather, we may be working in Molalla or Colton tomorrow.
One thing that sets our dust control program apart is durability. Unlike products such as lignin or magnesium chloride that can be diluted and washed away by rain, the road oils we use are designed to bind with the road surface and stay put. A passing rain shower doesn't send your investment down the ditch.
If you're tired of fighting dust on your private road, driveway, farm lane, or access road, give us a call.
We have several large county projects coming up and will soon be shifting into a busy chip seal season, so now is a great time to get on the schedule.
I have had several people reach out just inquiring about pricing. At least one call from a competitor who forgot to block their number. Hopefully this helps.
One thing many property owners don’t realize is that the concentration of the product is what matters—not the number of gallons sprayed.
Our dust control products are applied according to the manufacturer’s recommendations. One gallon of concentrate is designed to treat approximately 75 square feet of roadway. We can dilute that concentrate with water at various ratios depending on the product and application method, but we do not exceed the manufacturer’s recommended coverage rate of 75 square feet per gallon of concentrate.
This is one reason we do not sell our applications by the gallon. If someone tells you they are applying “X number of gallons per square foot,” that number alone doesn’t tell the whole story. A contractor could mix the product 4:1, 5:1, 10:1, or even more and spray a much larger volume of liquid while actually applying less concentrate.
As a customer, it’s difficult to know the difference just by watching the application. That’s why we focus on the amount of concentrate being applied to the road surface, not simply the number of gallons coming out of the spray bar.
For those comparing pricing, our average application rate works out to approximately:
• $0.19 per square foot
• $1.71 per square yard
• $1.90 per linear foot on a 10-foot-wide road
• $2.28 per linear foot on a 12-foot-wide road
For wider roads, simply multiply the road width by $0.19 to determine the cost per linear foot.
Please note that large projects typically qualify for volume pricing, so the cost per square foot is often substantially lower on larger applications.
At the end of the day, what controls dust is the amount of active product applied to the road—not how much water was mixed into the tank.
