Joe Pack
03-25-2004, 7:42 PM
I received an advertising packet of cards for wood/building/homeowner products a couple of days ago. One of the cards was from a company called Protect Your Surface, located in Lindenhurst NY (NJ?), promoting an epoxy-like coating called DuraCoat. The card said that it was for protecting wood, concrete and metal.
I called the 800 number to check it out and was told by a fellow there that they were "...an industrial paint and coatings business that sells excess material to consumers through advertisements like you received." The "...don't sell through dealers, because the bulk of our business is industrial coatings...", not retail.
I explained that I was looking for a coating to help fill minor pitting in my garage floor, at the same time protecting the concrete from further damage from salt drippings from my car (the only salt my concrete ever sees). He said that the DuraCoat was "...just the thing..." to do this job; it would fill cracks, small pits, etc., and, after curing, not even be affected by hot tires. In short, he indicated that this product was just what I was looking for...an easy to spread (3/8" nap roller), "molasses consistency" material that was "almost foolproof."
When I described the condition of the area where the cars sit, he suggested rolling or using a squeegee to fill the pitted areas first, then go over it again with the whole floor topcoat. I was told that it adhered to concrete, even floors with old sealer, with no problem, except over relatively fresh oil, which must be cleaned thoroughly.
The product supposedly has a 20 year guarantee. The cost is $99/gallon, with a gallon covering up to 300 sq. ft (although the fellow did advise that 250 sq. ft would be more reasonable...my guess also).
I have done a thorough internet search, and have found "DuraCoat" to be anything from a gun barrel/bullet finish coating to a spray for cloth to concrete smoothing material to coatings for steel buildings to concrete coatings, but I have found nothing about the company that produces it, and only one listing of a company that carries it by name. (The name, if copyrighted, is plagiarized by MANY other companies.)
Bottom line...have any of you either heard of this product or know someone who has used it or have used it yourself? It sounds good, even at the high price, but....
Call me skeptical, but wishful.
Thanks for helping.
I called the 800 number to check it out and was told by a fellow there that they were "...an industrial paint and coatings business that sells excess material to consumers through advertisements like you received." The "...don't sell through dealers, because the bulk of our business is industrial coatings...", not retail.
I explained that I was looking for a coating to help fill minor pitting in my garage floor, at the same time protecting the concrete from further damage from salt drippings from my car (the only salt my concrete ever sees). He said that the DuraCoat was "...just the thing..." to do this job; it would fill cracks, small pits, etc., and, after curing, not even be affected by hot tires. In short, he indicated that this product was just what I was looking for...an easy to spread (3/8" nap roller), "molasses consistency" material that was "almost foolproof."
When I described the condition of the area where the cars sit, he suggested rolling or using a squeegee to fill the pitted areas first, then go over it again with the whole floor topcoat. I was told that it adhered to concrete, even floors with old sealer, with no problem, except over relatively fresh oil, which must be cleaned thoroughly.
The product supposedly has a 20 year guarantee. The cost is $99/gallon, with a gallon covering up to 300 sq. ft (although the fellow did advise that 250 sq. ft would be more reasonable...my guess also).
I have done a thorough internet search, and have found "DuraCoat" to be anything from a gun barrel/bullet finish coating to a spray for cloth to concrete smoothing material to coatings for steel buildings to concrete coatings, but I have found nothing about the company that produces it, and only one listing of a company that carries it by name. (The name, if copyrighted, is plagiarized by MANY other companies.)
Bottom line...have any of you either heard of this product or know someone who has used it or have used it yourself? It sounds good, even at the high price, but....
Call me skeptical, but wishful.
Thanks for helping.