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Prevents gravel chipping, scratches and damage to automotive
OEM and custom paint finishes.

ArmorCoat™ Paint Protection Coating (Patents Pending) is a revolutionary spray installed clear bra system designed to protect painted surfaces in high wear areas of vehicles which are prone to chipping and damage.

The factory paint finish that arrives on your new car or truck is a durable system involving multiple layers of primer, colored base coats and a hard, baked on, clear glossy topcoat. A great deal of trials and testing have gone into ensuring this system maintains its color and appearance for many years into the life of the vehicle. But, with a total film build or thickness of only 4 to 5 mils (4 to 5/1000 of an inch), these finishes are subject to chipping in just a short time. The hard properties of automotive paints and clear coats are not very forgiving to the severe impact caused by larger stones or gravel. When a high speed impact occurs, paint covered by a hard, thin clear coat has a tendency to shatter leaving a crater sometimes right down to primer or worse, the bare surface of the hood, bumper or body panel.

Putting aside the emotional trauma of chips in your new cars finish, think about the resale and trade in value which diminishes with each scratch, chip, dent and ding. Now ArmorCoat™ and its amazing ability to absorb impact and ward off chipping can help preserve the beauty and integrity of your vehicles OEM or custom finish and also the value of one of your largest single investments.

What's so revolutionary about ArmorCoat™?
Never before has a product like ArmorCoat™ been available as an aftermarket option for passenger, fleet and custom painted vehicles. ArmorCoat™ is designed for spray installation as a permanent solution to the age old problem of automotive paint chipping. When sprayed and cured over an existing OEM or body shop clear finish, the highly flexible and impenetrable properties of ArmorCoat™ will reduce and prevent chipping, scratching and damage caused by stones, insects and weathering. Best of all, it's virtually invisible.

How does it work?
ArmorCoat™ was developed through an innovative chemical grafting process. By attaching the molecules of polymers that vary greatly in both hardness and flexibility, a unique combination of properties were created that exhibit incredible abrasion resistance and resilience in the same polymer. By tightly controlling the synthesis of dissimilar materials, the resulting formulation is capable of acting like a traditional hard drying automotive clear coat while withstanding a 70 MPH gravel impact that would normally be disastrous.

ArmorCoat™ is spray installed at a dry film thickness roughly 3 to 4 times greater than traditional automotive clears. Areas not to be covered are masked off prior to installation. The product is then sprayed and allowed to air dry, then unmasked and returned to the customer.

ArmorCoat™ was designed for cars, trucks, motor homes, over-the-road trucks, motorcycles and any painted automotive surface subject to damage caused by normal use and daily driving.


ArmorCoat™ Clearly Goes Where No Film Has Gone Before

Protects Costly Custom Paint, Pin Stripe Work and One of a Kind Air Brush Murals & Graphics
Custom paint work requires a body shop clear coat as final protection against the same chipping and damage as your factory finish. With many pay checks invested in a glorious paint job on the bike or vehicle of your dreams, why leave this beautiful and costly finish vulnerable to chips and scratching when you have other options. As an optically clear safeguard, ArmorCoat™ can be installed over any custom paint work, to select portions or to an entire vehicles painted surfaces. No other clear on the market offers chip prevention like ArmorCoat™. Covering thousands of dollars in custom paint with a traditional hard clear coat can be a big mistake. Speak to your favorite custom paint shop today about ArmorCoat™.


More Versatile Than Paint Protection Films
Where paint protection films and traditional bras were only capable of protecting portions of a vehicles painted surface, ArmorCoat™ can be installed over an entire vehicle or just the key areas prone to chipping and damage.

Where is it used?
ArmorCoat™ is installed to key areas of a vehicle where paint chipping commonly occurs. Since it is spray installed, ArmorCoat™ can also be used to protect an entire vehicle.

Can I do it myself?
Unless you are a professionally trained automotive painter, it would be very difficult to master the process of installing ArmorCoat™ without wasting material before you get it right the first time. Flash times between coats are extremely short and the technique is not easily mastered without practice. Even if you think you are good, and have reasonable experience handling spray equipment, we strongly suggest you speak to a quality collision shop that has worked with the product and can guarantee the correct results. For this reason, ArmorCoat™ is not for sale to the general public and we do not offer technical support to anyone who is not in the auto body, collision or custom painting field.

Where can I get ArmorCoat™ installed?
ArmorCoat™ can be installed by any quality oriented collision shop, automotive restoration and paint shop, custom auto paint specialist or truck and fleet autobody/paint shop.

 
Armor Auto, LLC • P.O.Box 3974, Missoula, MT 59806 • Toll Free: 1-800-433-6903 • Toll Free Fax: 1-800-735-0477