DIY concrete deck resurface: Synta vs. Encore

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Not familiar with either product, BUT . . . . comparing the "ABOUT" pages on the sites:

http://synta.com/about-us/
http://encorecoatings.com/aboutus/

reveals that Synta is an established and family owned business, while Encore is a new marketing company. That fact alone would HUGELY tilt me toward Synta! Families lie and die by their company's output -- marketing types just go bankrupt and move on if their new hype fails! That's not to say families don't run perfectly good businesses into the ground -- my older son works for a company where that's precisely what is happening. But, family businesses are rarely shyster companies . . . . and marketing driven businesses often are.

The fact that SCP (PoolCorp) is selling Encore doesn't impress me -- SCP rolls products in and out of their line up regularly, and the CEO there would sell his grandma's toenail clippings, if he could find a way to do so profitably!

[PoolDoc]

Just did a little more checking -- Encore lists a location for all their distributors, but doesn't list their own location anywhere -- a VERY bad sign. Let someone else be their guinea pig!