Dust and erosion control · Gravel and dirt roads
Gravel road dust suppression and dust control
Igugu Industries supplies gravel road dust control: a dust suppressant or dust binder for gravel and dirt roads, put on with your water cart or a spray. For municipalities, farmers, contractors, estates and lodges. Tell us about the road and we advise the product, the dosage and how to apply it. In drums, flowbins or bulk, depending on the product, delivered to all nine provinces.
Why a gravel road needs more than water.
A gravel or dirt road is loose material under traffic. Every vehicle lifts the fines into the air, and plain water dries out and has to be put on again. A dust suppressant, also called a dust palliative or dust binder, is mixed into the water or sprayed on. It holds the fines to the road, so less of it leaves as dust.
- Less dust means better visibility and safer roads.
- Fewer trips by the water cart, because a binder holds the fines on the road.
Roads differ in material, traffic and weather, so we do not promise one figure for all of them. We advise the product and the dosage for your road.
Four dust control products for gravel roads, and when to use each
Pick by the road, or tell us about your road and we advise. The same four products are on the road dust suppressant block of our dust suppression page.
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Lignin-based binder
DustBinder Lignin
When: gravel roads you want to water less often. It is mixed into the water cart and binds the fines into a firm, flexible crust that builds with each application.
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Bitumen-based binder
DustBinder Bitumen
When: main and access roads that carry the heaviest traffic. A bitumen-based binder that goes into the water cart, at the same dosage as DustBinder Lignin.
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Water extender
Hydrogel
When: temporary roads, or roads that change often. Dosed into the water cart at the fill point, it keeps the road wetter for longer on less water.
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Polymer-based binder
CRP88
When: a road that must also be stabilised. It turns unbound gravel into a water-resistant stabilised layer and suppresses its dust, in one product.
Also written as: gravel road dust suppression, dust palliative, dust binder for dirt roads, dust control gravel road, dust suppression chemical, road dust suppressant, dirt road dust control.
How the products go on
- Binder through the water cart. DustBinder Lignin and DustBinder Bitumen are mixed into the water cart at 50–1,000 L per 10,000 L of water, depending on road and site conditions, and sprayed on the road. Repeat applications of DustBinder Lignin build a stronger layer.
- Building a new treated surface. The DustBinder Lignin data sheet gives 1–3 L/m² to establish a road, neat or 50:50 with water, and 1–2 L/m² for a section being rehabilitated. Before you start, the road is swept and damaged spots are repaired and compacted.
- Hydrogel at the fill point. It is dosed into the water-filled cart, by a dosing pump or by hand from 20 L containers, and goes on with your normal watering.
- CRP88 into the road material. It is sprayed and mixed into the gravel, then compacted. We advise the dosage for your job.
For any other dosage, we advise it for your job.
What to send for a gravel road quote
- The road length and width, and the road: farm road, estate or lodge road, or public gravel road.
- The traffic: vehicles a day, and whether trucks use it.
- The water cart or tanker you have: its size, how many, and the fills a day.
- How often you water the road now, and the water source.
- The season and how long you need dust control, and one-off or ongoing supply.
- The delivery site, and whether you want drums, flowbins or bulk.
Technical support
Technical support comes with the supply: product selection, dosage and application guidance for the job and its specification. Tell us the job, the material and the specification, and we recommend what to use and how to apply it.
How to order
WhatsApp 084 556 8888 with the road, the quantity and the delivery site, or e-mail sales@iguguindustries.co.za. Attach the RFQ or the BOQ if you have one. We reply with a quote, and the quote confirms the pack and the delivery date.
Quoting a municipal RFQ
RFQs for gravel roads often ask for a “dust suppression chemical”, a “dust palliative” or “dust control”. Send the RFQ number, the closing date, the road lengths or the litres, and the delivery point, and we quote every line we supply against your specification. See road maintenance materials for municipalities.
Igugu Industries is B-BBEE Level 1, 100% black-woman-owned and CSD registered.
Buying for a tender or RFQ
Igugu Industries is B-BBEE Level 1, 100% black-woman-owned and registered on National Treasury’s Central Supplier Database (CSD). Vendor details and compliance documents are sent on request, with data sheets and safety data sheets for the products on your quote.
Related pages
- Dust suppression for roads, yards, stockpiles and spray systems: the whole range.
- Road and soil stabilisers, when the road needs a stronger layer, not only less dust.
- Stabilising a gravel road, with an emulsion or a chemical stabiliser.
- Dust control for construction sites and quarries, for stockpiles and spray systems.
- Haul road dust control, for mines and the contractors on their sites.
- For municipalities and for contractors: quoted to your RFQ or BOQ.
- Delivery to all nine provinces.
Questions buyers ask
Questions about gravel road dust control.
What is the best dust suppressant for a gravel road?
It depends on the road, its traffic and how you water it. Igugu Industries suggests DustBinder Lignin for gravel roads you want to water less often, DustBinder Bitumen for main and access roads, Hydrogel for temporary roads that change often, and CRP88 where the road must also be stabilised. Tell us about the road and we advise.
Can I use a dust binder in my own water cart or tanker?
Yes. DustBinder Lignin and DustBinder Bitumen are mixed into the water cart and sprayed on, and Hydrogel is dosed in at the fill point. Send us the size of your cart or tanker and we advise the dose per load.
How is a dust binder different from just watering the road?
Water wets the surface and then dries out. A dust binder is mixed into the water and holds the fines to the road, and repeat applications of DustBinder Lignin build a stronger layer. How long a treatment lasts depends on your material, the weather and the traffic.
Do you supply a farm, an estate or a lodge, not only municipalities?
Yes. Igugu Industries supplies end users buying for their own roads as well as municipalities, road authorities and contractors. Send the road, the quantity and the delivery site, and the quote confirms the pack: drums, flowbins or bulk, depending on the product.
Our RFQ asks for a “dust palliative” or “dust suppression chemical”. Can you quote?
Yes. Those are other names for a dust suppressant or dust binder. Send the RFQ number, the closing date, the road lengths or litres and the delivery point, and Igugu Industries quotes against your specification, with data sheets and safety data sheets on request.
What do you need from me to give a quote?
The road length and width, the traffic, your water cart size and how often you water now, the season, and the delivery site. If you do not know some of these, send what you have and Igugu Industries advises the rest.
Delivered to site, mine, plant or depot in all nine provinces, with quick lead times. Tell us the site and the date you need it, and the quote confirms delivery. Delivery details
Contact
Request a quote.
Send the product, the quantity, the delivery site and the date you need it. Holding an RFQ, tender or BOQ? Send it whole: we price every line we supply and tell you which lines we do not.
Talk to us directly
WhatsApp 084 556 8888- Call
- 084 556 8888
- Head office
- 1225 Keyser Avenue, Queenswood
Pretoria, Gauteng, 0186
Igugu Industries (Pty) Ltd · B-BBEE Level 1 · 100% black-woman-owned · CSD registered