MMC Concrete Truck — 1-Year InduroPro Follow-Up
project overview
COVERAGE: FULL CEMENT MIXER BODY, WHEELS & RIMS, REINFORCED PITTED AREAS
KITS USED: 6 X 17 OZ KITS OF INDUROPRO
LOCATION & APPLICATOR: MOBILE, AL
THE INDUROPRO TEAM
TYPE OF EQUIPMENT: CONCRETE TRUCK
CONDITION: HEAVY USE. 8 YEARS OLD W/PITTED SUBSTRATE
project results: protection where it counts
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STILL HOLDING AFTER A YEAR
Over a year of daily concrete pours, acid washing, and jobsite exposure — InduroPro remained fully intact across the mixer body, wheels, rims, and reinforced pitted areas.
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CONCRETE RELEASES IN MINUTES
Zac, the truck's driver at MMC, confirmed that a five-minute acid wash sends concrete falling off the surface — with minimal brushing required on a truck that runs daily pours.
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THE CLEANEST TRUCK ON THE LOT
Coworkers at MMC regularly asked Zac how he kept his cab so clean — especially the black around the tires. He didn't realize he was doing anything different. That's InduroPro working.
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EASIER MAINTENANCE. EVERY SINGLE DAY
Compared to his previous truck without a protective coating, Zac described this one as dramatically easier to keep clean — a difference he noticed immediately and has experienced consistently for over a year.
A DRIVER WHO DIDN'T KNOW WHY HIS TRUCK WAS DIFFERENT
WHEN YOUR COWORKERS NOTICE BEFORE YOU DO, THE COATING IS WORKING
When Chase Starring, partner and founder of InduroPro, returned to MMC in Mobile, Alabama over a year after the original application, he wasn't sure what he'd find. A concrete truck running daily pours, acid washes, and jobsite conditions for twelve-plus months is about as demanding a test as any coating can face. What he found was Zac — the driver of the coated truck — who had been fielding questions from coworkers about how he kept his cab so clean. Specifically the black around the tires. Zac's answer? He thought he was just doing a good job washing it.
He wasn't doing anything different. That was the point. InduroPro had been doing the work quietly for over a year — keeping the surface slicker, releasing concrete faster, and making the truck look significantly cleaner than the uncoated equipment around it. The 4-month follow-up had already confirmed the coating was holding. This visit confirmed something more valuable: after a full year of real-world use, the driver of the truck had no idea the coating was the reason his job was easier. That's what a coating that actually works looks like.
OVER A YEAR IN SERVICE. STILL THE CLEANEST TRUCK AT MMC.
FROM THE 4-MONTH CHECK TO THE 1-YEAR MARK, INDUROPRO KEEPS DELIVERING
At the 4-month follow-up, InduroPro showed zero chipping, peeling, or delamination across the full mixer body, wheels, rims, and pitted areas. The acid wash test confirmed the coating was holding completely under chemical cleaning. That was proof of concept. Twelve months in, the results have only continued — with the truck's own driver confirming that daily cleaning is faster, easier, and more effective than anything he experienced on a previous uncoated truck.
Zac described the difference plainly: spray acid on it, give it five minutes, and the concrete falls off. Not much brushing needed. The paint stays slick, the surface stays cleaner, and the truck looks sharp enough that his coworkers keep asking what he's doing differently. He's not doing anything differently. InduroPro applied over a year ago — across the full cement mixer body, wheels, rims, and reinforced pitted areas using 6 × 17oz kits — is still doing exactly what it was designed to do.
ONE APPLICATION. OVER A YEAR OF RESULTS.
THE FULL MMC STORY: FROM ORIGINAL COAT TO 1YR FOLLOW-UP
The MMC concrete truck was originally coated by the InduroPro team in Mobile, Alabama — a full application across the cement mixer body, wheels, rims, and reinforced pitted substrate areas using 6 × 17oz kits of InduroPro ceramicized epoxy. The 4-month follow-up documented zero coating failure after continuous pours, chemical cleaning, and daily jobsite abuse. Now at the 1-year mark, the story is complete — a working concrete truck that is easier to clean, looks better than the equipment around it, and has required zero reapplication or maintenance since the day it was coated. See the original project here and the 4-month follow-up here.
WHY CONCRETE EQUIPMENT IS THE HRADEST TEST FOR ANY COATING
ALKALINE CHEMISTRY, ABRASION, AND ACID WASHING. INDUROPRO HANDLES ALL OF IT
Concrete trucks operate in conditions that destroy standard paint faster than almost any other piece of construction equipment. Wet concrete is highly alkaline — it attacks unprotected metal and painted surfaces on contact, breaking down the surface layer and creating the conditions for corrosion and pitting to accelerate. Add daily acid washing to remove hardened concrete buildup, physical abrasion from aggregate, and the constant moisture cycle of a working mixer, and you have an environment that no wax, ceramic, or wipe-on coating was designed to survive long-term.
InduroPro's ceramicized epoxy bonds molecularly to properly prepared metal and painted surfaces, forming a hard barrier that resists alkaline concrete chemistry, acid cleaning agents, abrasion, and moisture simultaneously. It doesn't sit on top of the surface — it bonds to it. That distinction is why the MMC truck's coating is still fully intact over a year after application, why concrete releases in five minutes with acid wash, and why the driver of the truck has been fielding questions from coworkers about how he keeps it so clean. The coating is doing the work. Every single day.
BUILT FOR THE LONG HAUL
INDUROPRO AS A LONG-TERM PROTETCION AND MAINTENANCE REDUCTION STRATEGY FOR CONCRETE FLEETS
For concrete fleet operators, the cost of maintaining equipment appearance and surface integrity is a constant operational drain — repaint cycles every three years at $7,500 or more per truck, downtime pulling equipment out of rotation, and cleaning labor that compounds daily across an entire fleet. InduroPro's ceramicized epoxy coating addresses all three simultaneously. One application protects the surface from the concrete, chemicals, and abrasion that force repaints, reduces cleaning time by keeping surfaces slicker and more release-friendly, and holds up through the kind of daily abuse that ends the life of standard paint well before its time.
The MMC concrete truck follow-up — now documented across the original application, a 4-month durability check, and a 1-year driver testimonial — is the most complete real-world case study InduroPro has in the concrete equipment space. A heavily used, 8-year-old truck with significant substrate pitting, coated once and still performing over a year later with zero reapplication and zero maintenance required. For fleet managers running concrete equipment in Mobile, Alabama or anywhere conditions are equally demanding, the MMC truck is the proof. InduroPro isn't a detail product for concrete trucks. It is a fleet protection and maintenance reduction investment that pays for itself long before the next repaint cycle comes due.
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