CarCrazyRDM
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I ordered three of their ArmorClad kits, including the primer and the upgraded "military" topcoat. This was obviously more than enough to do my 24x36 detached garage but I also plan to do my attached garage once I am "settled" in the detached.
Edit: I wanted to add for other's research that I ended up going with their Khaki Tan epoxy with black, white, and gray flakes. I'm fairly certain I am going to paint the bottom half of the garage walls gray, the top half will remain white, and I will likely do some type of black accent stripe in between. So I think when it's all said and done it will tie in nicely.
Overall I am very pleased. The products themselves seem to be great (only time will really tell though) and the install process was pretty much as advertised. My only real complaint is that after coming home today and having a good look at the completed process (I just finished applying the topcoat this morning) that the topcoat with friction additive (FA) has definitely dulled the gloss that was on the epoxy only floor. I don't think this has anything to do with the topcoat itself as much as it does the FA. Which erks me a little because this was a specific question I ask and was told I wouldn't even know the stuff was there. Had I known it was going to turn out as it did I might not have used the FA or certainly would have gone with less of it.
To spite following the directions and making sure to thoroughly mix the topcoat and additive each time before pouring it into a paint tray and rolling it on, the FA still didn't go on evenly throughout the floor and as mentioned above took some of the glossy shine away.
You can tell in spots where the FA only got on the "bottom" of the roller (where I think it began to settle in my paint tray) and so when I rolled it on it goes, more sandy, less sandy, more sandy, less sandy over 3 -4 foot sections. And towards the end of my application process you can tell there is more FA in the floor as a whole.
While that was a little bit of a bummer after seeing it look so fantastic the day before and all the time, money, and energy invested in it, it still looks great. And the truth is, after I start filling the building up with work benches, cabinets, a lift, tools, etc it will all be so broken up that hopefully I won't notice. Actually, I'll still notice but hopefully not quite as much, lol. I'm hoping when I get lights in there that it'll be so bright that I won't notice the inconsistencies in the floor. Although it could make it worse. I guess we'll find out soon enough.
But I also want to add that Armorpoxy's customer service was top notch, both in helping me select the product, the amount, the type and color, and on through the application process. They answered multiple emails from me over the weekend and usually within a very short period of time, including Sunday night at 10:00 pm within 15 minutes!
So anyway, I know most folks skipped right over all the above and only came in here to look at pics, lol. So without further ado...
Everything I ordered-
After cleaning and acid etching-
I separated my flakes out into bags and quantities to help me evenly distribute them over the 8 sections of concrete. Turns out you'd have to very heavily cover the floor to use up all the flakes that come with these kits. I don't think I even used half of what was provided.
After primer-
The next three photos are after epoxy only-
And these pics are after the topcoat with friction additive application-
Edit: I wanted to add for other's research that I ended up going with their Khaki Tan epoxy with black, white, and gray flakes. I'm fairly certain I am going to paint the bottom half of the garage walls gray, the top half will remain white, and I will likely do some type of black accent stripe in between. So I think when it's all said and done it will tie in nicely.
Overall I am very pleased. The products themselves seem to be great (only time will really tell though) and the install process was pretty much as advertised. My only real complaint is that after coming home today and having a good look at the completed process (I just finished applying the topcoat this morning) that the topcoat with friction additive (FA) has definitely dulled the gloss that was on the epoxy only floor. I don't think this has anything to do with the topcoat itself as much as it does the FA. Which erks me a little because this was a specific question I ask and was told I wouldn't even know the stuff was there. Had I known it was going to turn out as it did I might not have used the FA or certainly would have gone with less of it.
To spite following the directions and making sure to thoroughly mix the topcoat and additive each time before pouring it into a paint tray and rolling it on, the FA still didn't go on evenly throughout the floor and as mentioned above took some of the glossy shine away.
You can tell in spots where the FA only got on the "bottom" of the roller (where I think it began to settle in my paint tray) and so when I rolled it on it goes, more sandy, less sandy, more sandy, less sandy over 3 -4 foot sections. And towards the end of my application process you can tell there is more FA in the floor as a whole.While that was a little bit of a bummer after seeing it look so fantastic the day before and all the time, money, and energy invested in it, it still looks great. And the truth is, after I start filling the building up with work benches, cabinets, a lift, tools, etc it will all be so broken up that hopefully I won't notice. Actually, I'll still notice but hopefully not quite as much, lol. I'm hoping when I get lights in there that it'll be so bright that I won't notice the inconsistencies in the floor. Although it could make it worse. I guess we'll find out soon enough.
But I also want to add that Armorpoxy's customer service was top notch, both in helping me select the product, the amount, the type and color, and on through the application process. They answered multiple emails from me over the weekend and usually within a very short period of time, including Sunday night at 10:00 pm within 15 minutes!
So anyway, I know most folks skipped right over all the above and only came in here to look at pics, lol. So without further ado...
Everything I ordered-
After cleaning and acid etching-
I separated my flakes out into bags and quantities to help me evenly distribute them over the 8 sections of concrete. Turns out you'd have to very heavily cover the floor to use up all the flakes that come with these kits. I don't think I even used half of what was provided.
After primer-
The next three photos are after epoxy only-
And these pics are after the topcoat with friction additive application-
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or you will end up getting up close and personal with the finish