Home Depot Inc. and Rust-Oleum Corp. have been slapped with a putative class action in New York federal court, accusing the retailer and manufacturer of selling a defective liquid armor resurfacer that causes surfaces to peel and crack.

The suit claims the defendants’ statements about the effectiveness of the product Restore are false and misleading. Instead of protecting the surfaces, the product “was materially defective and incapable of adhering to wooden or broom swept concrete surfaces without peeling, cracking or otherwise becoming dislodged after its application,” the complaint states.

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