WHY ARMORGARAGE IS THE BEST EPOXY
Difference Between Epoxy Floor Coatings
The most frequent question we get is what makes your epoxy floor coatings better than other garage floor epoxy coatings. The short and simple answer is in the two images below. Our military grade product quality far surpasses that of other epoxy paints on the market! On the left side of each image is our epoxy coating and on the right is a typical store bought water based, low solids, fake 100% solids (coatings that aren't 100% solids in both volume and weight!) or Cycloaliphatic type floor epoxy. These typical types of epoxy paints will require you to purchase multiples of their kits to even come close to covering your floor properly because they should mostly only be used as primers. Just take one look at the cinder block, the left side is our Armor Chip Garage Epoxy and on the right is a top name brand epoxy. The difference in finishes with one coat is startling. Which means you'll be spending a lot more TIME & MONEY to get the same level of finish as our garage floor coatings and the worst part is you'll still end up with a lower quality epoxy floor that won't last. If you are going to epoxy paint your floor you need to read this whole page, then the How To Prep & Paint Your Floor page in the Need To Know section if you plan on doing your floor only once.
Here are some important facts you need to know and may want to keep in mind as you shop for epoxy flooring! Buying an epoxy paint for your floor is much more complicated than buying paint for your walls or ceilings. There are tremendous destructive forces produced by your twisting turning hot tires and the grit that is on them. If you don't know what you're buying you'll end up just wasting a lot of time and money. So spending 5 minutes to read this page will save you many hours or even days of heartache in the future.
When the video on the left was shot the floor was about 8 yrs old. This NEW VIDEO link is a new video of the same floor when it was 16 yrs old! You'll see the same Blue Arrows and drain plate in this video as in the original video. The floor still looks great! In this second link ArmorGarage vs Big Box Epoxy you'll see the same floor area compared to the other areas of the building done with the type of epoxies we try to caution you about. You'll see there's no comparison to appearance or durability. See Case Studies for proof our epoxy floors last the longest, other companies don't provide any proof their floors will look good past 1 or 2 years if that! Another great page to read is "What Is Epoxy Flooring"
Be wary of fake solids epoxies or high solids epoxies being recommended as anything other than primers. When purchasing an epoxy floor coating using only the highest quality will provide you with a beautiful high gloss finish that lasts. The blue arrows and the video below tell the story the best as to what happens with low grade epoxy paint. The epoxy in the video below is only 14 months old! Yes it can happen that fast!
The above floor was redone in our Armor Granite Grage Epoxy in Charcoal Gray with Black, White and Primary Blue flakes. The customer used primer and the military topcoat to ensure they wouldn't have to go through a messy redo ever again. This is what you call a bulletproof floor.
Do some research before buying, see the specification ratings.
Know the facts before you buy any epoxy coating, even ours.
Customers who use the types of epoxies we try to warn you about all experience the same results. We get calls everyday from these unhappy customers with buyer's remorse and regrets. You can read online from people who have no idea what they're talking about tell you that epoxy floors are the worst thing ever and those that did use the wrong epoxy coatings wishing they never epoxy painted their floors.
All our epoxy flooring systems are professional, high-quality, Military Grade 100% Solids (by weight & volume) Epoxies. If you want a floor that's easy to install, easy to clean, is resistant to chemicals spills from vehicles or work place activities, can handle heavy traffic loads, car jacks rolling toolings and even rubber tracked equipment then you need an ArmorGarage Epoxy Floor System. If saving a few dollars is your main concern, you're making a big mistake when dealing with epoxy floor paints. The mess you wind up with is no way worth the money you save.