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I figured I would share some photos of the coating I just put down on my garage floor. The floor itself wasn't in great condition, it had a lot of spalling concrete that I repaired myself, The previous owner never sealed the concrete and after a few years of winter ice it had some big ruts.
I could have ground the repair smooth, but didn't care enough to spend the time and rent the grinder, lol |
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Step 1 sweep out the are to be painted
Step 2 Wash the floor with a concrete degreaser and let dry. Step 3 Mask off the wall areas I used the tintable product so I had to use a Urethane base coat to get my colour, this is 100 ml to each 1 litre bottle. I applied one coat, and let it setup and applied a second coat 40 to 60 minutes later. On the last coat I would work a 4' by 4' , once done I applied the speckle coat which is a bag of flakes to give more color. Let everything dry overnight. Wear a mask as the smell is quite strong and wear gloves. Sparkle flooring, this is the picture of the sparkle flakes, it is best to sprinkle these over a 4x4 area on the last coat of Raptor while it is still wet. I suggest you get a kit and play around with it.
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One of our customers has used RAPTOR several times to coat his and a couple buddies grilles with our black textured coating. Take a look at some of his work. He says its all about the prep. Make sure it has been scuffed up everywhere. Clean well, let dry and spray on at least 2 coats with gun pressure set for best texture result you like. Always a good idea to spray some cardboard or newspaper to see how its going to lay out before you attack your project.
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Equipment Services refurbish cranes and highlifts for resale. They spray them with tintable Raptor reduced down 10% and shot out of an HVLP gun. They needed a product that would hold up to the abuse that they are put through on a daily basis and have been working with the RAPTOR and are extremely pleased with the results. They average 5 to 6 cranes a week. In the picture are the finished cranes.
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This local aluminum boat building factory frequently coats it's aluminum boat floors with RAPTOR Liner and RAPTOR's Traction Additive for long lasting durability and non slip texture.
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Tony's 2009 F150 needed a shot of Raptor to freshen it up. The front and rear lower painted bumpers were showing signs of rust that really show up on his white bumpers as you can see in the photos. A local body shop sanded the rust and prepped the bumpers for colour code matched tintable Raptor. 1L of tintable Raptor was more than enough to do this minor fix. Tony was elated with the texture and durability of the new coating that looked factory fresh.
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John has taken RAPTOR and covered below the windshield pillars on his 1987 Pontiac Firebird for a new textured look on a classic. He reported that he loves the way it went on and the result. Just waiting for some RAPTOR Liner decals to add.
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This is what Shawn did to achieve exact Colour Match... this is not "Tintable Raptor Liner"
I used it on both box panels step 1 was cutting out rust welding in new outer panel patch. Step 1 for paint was priming over filler bare metal area... epoxy primer was used on bare metal with urethane primer filler le3404s from cromax... Step 2 was applying raptor liner (black) over wheel well lips and Lower bottom 3 inches up (was sanded with 120 grit for raptor liner) the raptor liner was applied at 80psi as customer wanted little as possible texture. Step 3 was curing the raptor on bake cycle for 1 hour. Step 4 I applied a sealer coat value shade 4 (as recommended for top coat coverage) of cromax urethane sealer le3440s flash for 20 mins. Step 5 I applied my waterborne paint colour (wa926l) let dry. Step 6 2 coats of cromax le5100s clear coat. Turned out awesome! Lighter colours do tend to show the bedliner texture more so maybe in future I would reduce it... I sure loves this product👍Makes my job easier when I can trust a product to withstand and meet customers needs! |
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Awesome product. Very easy to apply. Good coverage. Looks good and tough as a box liner should be.
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