Unsealed pavers in Southwest Florida don't stay nice — they can't. Between the UV, the summer rain, and everything that wants to grow in the joints, a paver surface left bare is in a slow fight it always loses. Sealing changes the math.
Why SWFL pavers need sealing in the first place
Florida sun bleaches paver color a little more every season. Rain washes joint sand out, the joints loosen, and weeds and ants move into the gaps. Once the sand is gone, pavers start to shift and settle — and that's when a cosmetic problem becomes a structural one.
What sealing actually does
- Locks the joints. The sealer hardens fresh joint sand so it can't wash out — which is what keeps the field tight.
- Blocks weeds and ants. Hardened joints leave nothing to dig or root into.
- Defends the color. A UV-resistant coat slows the fade dramatically — wet-look even deepens it.
- Makes cleaning easy. Sealed pavers rinse off; unsealed pavers absorb.
Sealing is joint stabilization first, looks second. The shine is optional — the protection isn't.
The process: how we actually do it
Every Premier sealing job is the same three passes, no shortcuts: a deep pressure-clean down to bare pavers, fresh joint sand swept and settled into every gap, then a full sealer coat — wet-look or matte.
The sand and the sealer we use
We joint with ASTM‑C144 graded sand — not polymeric sand, which can haze and crack over Florida pavers. For the coat itself we use URE Seal H2O, and CAT5 when a client wants the deeper wet-look. These hold up in SWFL heat; bargain sealers are where white haze comes from.
When stripping is required
If a previous sealer is failing — white haze, peeling, blotchy patches — it has to come off before anything new goes down. New sealer over failing sealer fails too. We'll tell you at the quote whether your pavers need a strip first.
Faded already? Tinting brings it back
If the color is already gone, tinting adds it back while we seal — 14 colors to choose from. It's the fix for faded, blotchy, or mismatched pavers without replacing a single one.
Plan a few days around the job
Sealer needs time to cure before the surface goes back to full use. We'll give you exact walk-on and drive-on timing for your job when we schedule it — plan on keeping cars off for a few days.
Thinking about doing it yourself?
You can — and we wrote an honest guide on it. The short version: the materials are the cheap part, the prep is the actual job, and most DIY problems come from sealing over dirty pavers or empty joints. Read the DIY guide →