EVERBRITE 32 Oz. Clear, Protective Coating for Metal

I have a lot of cast-aluminum deck furniture that is now 13 years old. The SC sun eventually kills the finish. The furniture in the shaded, screened porch has retained its bronze finish, but the finish of pieces in the weather faded to the color and texture of charcoal briquettes. Replacing the furniture would have been thousands of dollars. I knew that painting the furniture would have been pretty easy, but it would not last a long time and would become dull and faded. Every other year, I would end up painting again. I cleaned the furniture and brushed Everbrite directly over the existing finish. Of course, it did not return the bronze color (Everbrite is clear) but it made the furniture a very attractive, very glossy black. It looks brand new. The pic I attached shows the first coat on a small table sitting beside a chair that had not been touched. The pic does not really do the product adequate justice. One coat got me about 90% of where I wanted to be. I could have stopped there, but I put two coats on every piece so that I would have a thicker and glossier surface Things you need to know: 1) the product seems to be a type of plastic that is dissolved in xylene. The xylene keeps the product about the consistency of maple syrup. As the xylene evaporates, the product hardens. 2) Xylene is extremely aromatic. If you don't have a place to work that is covered and well ventilated, this is not the product for you. I recommend natural ventilation as fans will reduce the working time which is already pretty fast. You want the product to have time to self-level to remove brush strokes. Also, as the product dries, there is a time that the finish is very sticky. You don't want fans blowing bugs or debris into the finish. 3) I know that no finish can stand up to continuous sun and weather for years and years. I can't tell you how long the product will last in the long term, but I am 100% sure that it is better than paint, poly, or anything else I could find. I have had it in the SC weather for a couple of months now and it looks just like it did when I applied the finish. The manufacturer says it has UV resistance, so only time will tell. 4) Lastly, a small point. Due to the viscosity, I recommend applying with a brush and letting it self-level. However, it gets very tacky pretty quickly. Spend the money and use only high quality brushes. The stickiness of the drying product will pull the bristles out of lower quality brushes and they will end up embedded in the finish. Good Luck!

Protección para metal de la abrasión

I used this on some barn steel. I wanted to save the rust and make it all look shiny and prevent it from rusting further. The product is easy to work with and it looks great. It has a wet look and and the rust pop.

Waited 8 months to write this review purposely so it could be as accurate as possible. It has been exposed to snow, sleet, rain, hail, subzero temps and 100+ degree in direct sunlight most of the day. Used this to seal the copper on a brand new cupola on my garage. Cleaned copper with acetone to remove any oils rolled on 3 good coats and the copper still looks like the day I did it. Stuff definitely works. Make sure you do it on a calm no wind day or inside your garage if you can move your project inside, stuff gets really sticky as it’s drying and if anything blows onto it it’ll stick. Was worried I wasn’t going to have enough to even do 2 coats but a little bit goes a long way. I still have left over even after the 3 coats on the cupola and also did 3 coats on the flashing around my chimney and that still looks brand new.

My garage doors are 15 yrs old. This product has brought them back to life. Very easy application with a sponge. I did 2 coats. On the picture, the middle door hasnt been done, just to show difference. I highly recommend Everbrite.