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Originally Posted by sunyn70
I purchased a U Coat it system for my 3 car garage, newly constructed home. The system was a little bit of work, but that is to be expected, nothing really too difficult.
They have detailed instructions and a CD to view. The BIG PROBLEM, I followed the instuctions perfectly and the outside temp was perfect. The floor looked pretty good, but a couple weeks after I installed it, it was raining outside and I parked my new F-150 King Ranch in the garage. The next day when I pulled the truck out of the garage, the floor lifted where the tires sat overnight. This happened anytime the tires were wet, anywhere on the floor. Also I left my 06 Corvette parked in one spot for two weeks and when I moved it the floor also llifted where those tires sat dry.
What really made me mad was after I went thru the warranty process, I was sent a letter from U Coat It, about 2 months later saying it was my fault because I did not install the system properly. This is untrue, I followed the instructions perfectly. BEWARE of U Coat It, they do not stand behind their product.
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Wow,
Sorry to hear about your problems. My original application held up wonderfully. We sold the house last May and the garage floor looked brand new. No lifting or peeling at all. The cars what went in and out were not easy on the floor either. My 993 was a heat machine with big wide tires. The 996 and Cayman S also had big tires. Drove them in wet, snowy, etc. with no problems. The biggest hazards to the floor that I encountered were rocks in the treads and/or getting a rock stuck under the steel wheels of a floor jack. UCoat It was wonderful to deal with then.
I went with the UCoat It product again in our new to us house. The application was more difficult on this house because of the prep work. The prep work took me much longer because of some abuse by the previous owners. I say abuse and most would say normal use of a garage. I had to take up some paint and I had to really degrease and scrub some areas.
My finished product actually looks better on this house than the first. I decided not to use the texture material this time because it attracted dirt and made it harder to clean and the deletion makes for a nicer finish. I have had the new coating on the floor for about 2 months now with no issues. I followed the directions to the T and actually didn't drive any cars onto the finished floor for 10 days.
Now that said I have one complaint about UCoat It, however, it does not have to deal with product performance. The Ugloss-AF application is difficult to cover correctly because it is the exact same color as the finished product. I learned alot from my first application and didn't make near the misses with roller this time. In fact I only had 2 missed spots, whereas, last time I had something like 10. I called Ucoat It (like I did last time) and they said the could send me a repair kit. It cost $42!!!!! whoa! 7+ years ago it was free, not now. Sure the mistake was my part and I guess I should pay, however, because of my past experience I was caught off by the cost.
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