Low priced epoxy kits are usually thin water-based, fake 100% solids or lower solids based epoxies with either an inferior topcoat or none at all. They never yield their advertised coverage and require multiple kit purchases to properly hide the concrete, and last only a fraction as long as an ArmorGarage floor. Are you really saving money if the bargain epoxy you bought doesn't fully hide the concrete and requires you to buy more material and do additional coats?
Watch this video to see a side by side comparison between an ArmorGarage epoxy floor and the competition. Its not even close. Even the worst looking floors come out looking like a showroom finish as you can see in the before & after images below by Alan in Denver. His floor was a mess with with years of road salt damage and oil stains but even though he never did anything like this before, his floor turned out as if he paid a professional to do it for thousands.
He left the control joints unfilled as we always recommend, they add a sort of dimension to the floor and makes it look like large slabs of granite. He used medium gray with military topcoat with black, white and primary blue flake.