Bravo for preparation. You are one of the few people that shows diamond grinding as preparation. Great job installing the prime coat also. That looks like a very durable floor. you did a great job
What company makes the material you used for this project and if it’s a new garage that was poured less than a year ago, do I still have to grind or can I just drop an etch liquid?
I love you guys’ work flow. I got hired last week at a local company and every work day is hectic bc i work with a guy who has me do everything except roll which I understand. I know im learning but i think he just wanted someone to do everything for him. I get it. I want to learn as much as i can and then quit and subcontract for someone else. He also skips steps like acid etching or washing concrete. He also doesn’t add primers.
hi mike, i recently completely bullshitted my way into a construction job and i've been watching your videos to learn everything because i literally had no prior experience. well i've been promoted twice now 😂 so thanks for helping me fake it 'till i make it
🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️ I hope your employer doesn’t find you on social media. My company fires people who willfully lie on their resumes. You can injure or hurt yourself and you could screw up jobs depending on what it is.
@@lianealbert7728 i’m applying auxiliary breaks to houses liane, relax. At the time of my comment i was promoted twice and since then I’ve received a raise for my performance. Also I received 2 weeks field training as is standard for general labour employment in my Province. 3/10 overall sloppy comment, i expect better from you next time
I was going to epoxy my basement floor. However, after watching this I have decided not to. I can't risk doing it wrong the first time- financially or emotionally. I appreciate you for showing me the real problem I'd have gotten myself onto. Thank you immensely! I'll just save up and get it done professionally. 👍
Hello, great video. Our garage has concrete slabs with paint on it. How do I prep the floors for that. Should I still grind the paint off or can I use some other method to remove the paint layer. Thank you
Great video! Glad to see a pro doing it right. I’m a contractor and a customer asked me to do epoxy on a storefront floor... never again will I mess with it. We used that rustoleum stuff and it was absolutely horrible. We diamond grinded, etched, cleaned and followed all directions.They offer a guarantee but I sent the pictures and they wouldn’t respond. Took twice as much product to finish the job over $700 in kits plus machine rentals. Would have been better to hire pros like yourselves
Thanks for the video; nicely done! If someone wants to use the chips, when do those get applied? Do you have to do it as you apply the epoxy or can you apply the epoxy and have time to spread the chips? Thank you!
Geez guys you make it look so easy! I'm going to attempt it in my wife's garage (attached with in floor heat) before I do mine!! I'll do it this early summer, got to remove all her "stuff" in they'a beforehand. We built the house w/attached 2 car garage in 2015. Floor is in good shape with no cracks.. so after watching you guys here I think I can manage it. I'm up in Orrington not wicked far from ya! What do you recommend for the base coat and topcoat brands? I don't want to waste my money on Home Dump cheap products. I'd like to do a full flake broadcast and then the topcoat to seal her up. Look forward to your response and again thanks for the wicked awesome videos! Oh, I am at work in the Arctic circle watching your UA-cam channel! Cheers!.. fellow Maniac!
You guys always make it look easy……like the squeegee…I am sure getting that spread evenly is very difficult. Get it on uneven and then what. Prep looks tedious…and very important. You guys excel at everything I watch you do.
I got epoxy done for 2 car garage. I wasn’t interested in the very smooth finish because the winter and slips. So I did 2 coats with lots of chips. I realized when guy was done, some area when touched are very rigid while some areas had shiny smooth epoxy. I told him about it and he said this is normal to avoid slipping. Not sure if I got robbed and he’s being lazy. I paid $1650
Ali Ahmad good luck keeping dirt from getting stuck in the rough areas. Sounds like you floor is a bit wavy. There’s a way to do 100% flake coverage, yet not have rough areas. I can’t tell you all the secrets, or I’d be out of a job. 😏
Yes it will need to be prepped. The purpose for grinding is opening up the pores of the concrete to create a surface that the product can grab and bind to. Even newly poured concrete will dry in a way that will not be ideal to bond to whatever product is being applied. Hope this helped!
Yes, I just had my newly-built home done and they still needed to grind the concrete. Not to mention, for a new slab it was already dirty as the construction crews had stored equipment and even parked in the garage while the home was u see construction.
Great Video Sir, my question, I have a 30x 40 garage, the concrete has a vapor barrier and is about 2 months old now (smooth finish) do I still need to do the grinding step on fresh concrete or will an etching type primer do the trick?
Great video. Whats the process for a brand new concrete garage floor in a new house build. Just start with the primer or can the primer step be skipped?
I subscribed after watching this video, and another before this. Thank you for the quality info. Always great to see someone who takes pride in their work. 👍
That’s a suweet lookin floor! Never worked with epoxy floor coverings but I’m gonna go ‘out on a limb’ here and bet that the secret to a nice looking epoxy floor that lasts is probably gonna be the prep work? Almost true with anything really. Prep, prep then prep again. 🤜🤛
Yes, the prep work is really important. That's why most homeowner diy epoxy floors fail. They're told to just acid etch then apply the big box epoxy. As soon as they drive on it with hot tires the epoxy peels right off under the tire. I grind all my floors before we do our epoxy floors. Never had one fail yet.
Hi Great video and thanks! I have a brand new house with a clean white garage floor that has never had a car on it yet. Do I still need to go the the Diamabrush step or should I just use a cleaner and then the primer coat?
Its good to know what kind of prep it takes to do the job right, im mainly going to use my garage for storage and maintenance work on the cars, I think i will be fine with the cheaper stuff, also since i dont plan on living here forever
My opinion is that you use acid to ech the concrete to make for better adhesion. Grinding it back to bare is effectively doing this. But if you want a super slick finish you can do both followed by filling any holes or uneven surfaces. Grind again. Vacuum all debris and dust. The seal it
Can you round the corner between the block wall and the concrete floor, then paint the epoxy up on the 1st row or two of a concrete block wall? Also, where are you guys located? I'm in east Tennessee. I wish I had you guys to do my floors (and walls) at my workshop!! What filler material would you use to make a radius transition between the floor and the walls?
Hey Mike, really great video. My old man used to say "Always enough time to do it over, but never enough time to do it right...just do it right the first time" What do you think of the rustoleum epoxy kit?
@@MikeDayConcrete I just bought one of those Rustoleum kits but after watching your video, I think I'll return it. I'm not hearing great things about them, especially in the coverage area. Some people are saying they need 4 to cover a 2 car garage properly. At $214 a pop at Lowe's, might as well just hire a pro or go your route. I would like to try it myself still, so I think I'll just take your advice. Just need some of those fancy shoes you guys have on lol.
@@tylerrue3108 We did our shop floor at work with the Rustoleum ten years ago. Worked great and has held up very well. There are a couple of areas right under the lift that have been cleaned 100 times with solvents and we've got maybe three dime sized areas that basically just wore through that showed up when I pressure washed it. I've spilled every automotive fluid out there on it, dragged forklift forks across it, and generally just used it, and it has held up great. Using brake cleaner on it is the only thing I've found that actually damages it, so don't do that.
Is that just a normal 7" grinder? What sort of head do you recommend for that? I saw you mention the DiamaBrush for the larger tool; is it the same sort of head for the handheld?
I'm glad I seen this video, I bought some 1prt epoxy paint and some clear epoxy from the big box stores, I wasn't even going to use bonding primer lol thanks for the tips
Mike following for 1 year and i wanted learn how to epoxy coating on concrete n i see you daylie foing videos pouring concrete cux i do concrete n im just proud ur my teacher again glad see u have 1 mil more views on this video love your worlds n help thanks you
I have a floating slab detached garage in Minnesota. I have been told not to epoxy my floor because there is NO vapor barrier underneath. What’s your opinion Mike? Will I get to much moisture from the freeze/ thaw?
No, not necessarily. You can check for moisture by testing the slab. google that. The first primer coating I used on this one will block most any moisture that's coming up through the concrete. If it's excessive (you'd notice that) there's even moisture blocker epoxies for that much moisture also.
You do the moister test. Tape a piece of plastic and leave it overnight, next Day you take it off, if the concrete underneth the plastic..... you good to go
SIKA EPOXY IS ONE OF THE STRONGEST GRADE EPOXY. if your spending the money to get epoxy flooring done, get the right stuff. No shade to the creator of the video, if the epoxy is done properly with correct mixtures the finished product will last decades if not forever without gaining cracks or breaking chunks free. I have used Sika since I first began epoxy, and my dad did his floor and it remains unscathed for 20 years and counting
I have a very bad garage concret floor, grinding only won’t help, means I need to go down 4-5 mm. Any idea what I can use to level/fix it first before applying the epoxy? 😢
My training courses are here: www.everything-about-concrete.com/concrete-courses.html I have one for solid color epoxy floor and one for epoxy flakes floors.
That's a FANTASTIC tutorial step-by-step, Thank You! Now I need to get some spiked shoes! How much do you charge in your area for a 750 sqft garage for the job advertised? Looks like a 2-3 days project.
What's the best kit to get, I have a 730sqf garage. I would like to get everything I need. I'm on vacation til Thursday of next week and I think I can get this done
If you apply when concrete is still curing (dry to the touch but not quite 120 days yet), will the moisture well up and form a wet spot visible from the above? There’s a mysterious pool of wetness in my shed but there’s no roof leak anywhere
Hi Mike..I just found you here...I had my garage epoxy chipped and it turned out great...(He was a professional ) Patio turned out great stamped...Now he stained and sealed my driveway and I am little bummed with that...Have a feeling it was little hot to seal...But anyway..I haven't used a power washer and been couple months..Should I just use dawn with power washer?He used 3 coats of sealer.
What’s the difference between a driveway coating and a coating for a garage floor? Sherwin Williams is recommending a water based enamel stain by H&C called heavy shield. What do you think?
cool video, I have 3 questions if you or someone would kind to help: what if garage f'oor is slopped towards a drain? will the epoxy run off the concrete ? what if you have repaired cracks, does the epoxy hide it all? what if your concrete is cracked heavily, and/or bucketed towards the the wall do you just use leveling cement and use epoxy?
1. Unless the slope is very steep, the epoxy shouldn't run to the drain. Always tape over the drain though to protect it. 2. The epoxy will hide the repaired cracks, yes. 3. You can repair it with some kind of leveler. Just have to let it cure fully before applying epoxy over it.
I am planning on doing this on my laundry room that it's on the basement. I am thinking on applying this on the stairs that lead to the basement as well. Any thoughts?
Nice looking floor Mike! I’ve got a 1368 sq/ft garage that I built last summer. The floor is heated. Next winter I’ll be bringing my farm tractor in and it has chains on the rear tires. Would the chains mark the epoxied floor? It hasn’t marked it yet on the bare concrete. Thanks from Kazabazua, Quebec, Canada!
Mike, what kind of product you recommend fixing garage horizontal crack. and big question is willl it last. pls advise the link of the product to buy the crack before i applly epoxy
What would the prep process be for a concrete garage floor that’s less than a year old with no material on it besides the sealers they sprayed before it cured
Bravo for preparation. You are one of the few people that shows diamond grinding as preparation. Great job installing the prime coat also. That looks like a very durable floor. you did a great job
Thank you!
@@MikeDayConcrete what epoxy coating did you use before the clear coat? Can you recommend the products?
What company makes the material you used for this project and if it’s a new garage that was poured less than a year ago, do I still have to grind or can I just drop an etch liquid?
I love you guys’ work flow. I got hired last week at a local company and every work day is hectic bc i work with a guy who has me do everything except roll which I understand. I know im learning but i think he just wanted someone to do everything for him. I get it. I want to learn as much as i can and then quit and subcontract for someone else. He also skips steps like acid etching or washing concrete. He also doesn’t add primers.
Acid isn't always a must but primer is.
Mike, you’re a pro, I appreciate your expertise and help in your videos. Thanks! Much success!
Thank you!
As much of a DIY'er I see myself as, I'm convinced I'm hiring a pro after watching 😂😂😂
Hi Mike, Do you recommend grinding the garage floor in a brand new house? Thinking of epoxying the floor before moving in.
Can you mention the brands you are using in this video? Thanks in advance. The video was very knowledgeable
How do you walk on it while working without leaving footprints everywhere? Lovely job you've done👍
We're wearing special spiked shoes, like golf shoes or baseball cleats.
If you play some grass-based sport you're in luck, I suppose.
Honestly Homedepot has a Great Epoxy and Colors ..and yes we grind the concrete floor prior havent had any complaints
Are you using the Rust-Oleum Epoxy Shield?
Would you recommend washing the floor before grinding or after?
Thanks
Thank you for taking the time to create this video. Very helpful!
what do you think about the H & C kit? does that have everything you need or should you buy something else?
Thank you Mike! will start doing my new built 370sq ft garage floor this afternoon...
hi mike, i recently completely bullshitted my way into a construction job and i've been watching your videos to learn everything because i literally had no prior experience. well i've been promoted twice now 😂 so thanks for helping me fake it 'till i make it
😂😂
🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️ I hope your employer doesn’t find you on social media. My company fires people who willfully lie on their resumes. You can injure or hurt yourself and you could screw up jobs depending on what it is.
@@lianealbert7728 ok karen
@@lianealbert7728 i’m applying auxiliary breaks to houses liane, relax. At the time of my comment i was promoted twice and since then I’ve received a raise for my performance. Also I received 2 weeks field training as is standard for general labour employment in my Province. 3/10 overall sloppy comment, i expect better from you next time
I installed a kit from Lowes, didn't do any of this grinding or prep, and its been nice and shiny for going on 5 years now
Well what was it?
I was going to epoxy my basement floor. However, after watching this I have decided not to. I can't risk doing it wrong the first time- financially or emotionally. I appreciate you for showing me the real problem I'd have gotten myself onto. Thank you immensely! I'll just save up and get it done professionally. 👍
Damn I just watched this video and thought the same thing you said. I will have to hire a professional.
my friend did it himself did everything in this video and a year later it all came up.
@@eddwinnas He ever figure out why?
@@wilky15 i think ground was a bit wet it didnt in other room
Is always a good experience to do it yourself!
Great straight to the point with a lot of honesty. Thank You Sir!
Hello, great video. Our garage has concrete slabs with paint on it. How do I prep the floors for that. Should I still grind the paint off or can I use some other method to remove the paint layer. Thank you
Grinding usually works the best to remove the old paint and prep the concrete for the new epoxy.
Great video! Glad to see a pro doing it right. I’m a contractor and a customer asked me to do epoxy on a storefront floor... never again will I mess with it. We used that rustoleum stuff and it was absolutely horrible. We diamond grinded, etched, cleaned and followed all directions.They offer a guarantee but I sent the pictures and they wouldn’t respond. Took twice as much product to finish the job over $700 in kits plus machine rentals. Would have been better to hire pros like yourselves
I run into that a lot. People trying it themselves without really knowing just how or what needs to be done. That's why I made the course.
Thanks for the video; nicely done! If someone wants to use the chips, when do those get applied? Do you have to do it as you apply the epoxy or can you apply the epoxy and have time to spread the chips? Thank you!
I couldn't fund the link to what kind of Epoxy you used? Thanks
Geez guys you make it look so easy! I'm going to attempt it in my wife's garage (attached with in floor heat) before I do mine!! I'll do it this early summer, got to remove all her "stuff" in they'a beforehand. We built the house w/attached 2 car garage in 2015. Floor is in good shape with no cracks.. so after watching you guys here I think I can manage it. I'm up in Orrington not wicked far from ya! What do you recommend for the base coat and topcoat brands? I don't want to waste my money on Home Dump cheap products. I'd like to do a full flake broadcast and then the topcoat to seal her up. Look forward to your response and again thanks for the wicked awesome videos! Oh, I am at work in the Arctic circle watching your UA-cam channel! Cheers!.. fellow Maniac!
You guys always make it look easy……like the squeegee…I am sure getting that spread evenly is very difficult. Get it on uneven and then what. Prep looks tedious…and very important. You guys excel at everything I watch you do.
Floor came out awesome, big transformation.
I resurfaced concerte first. Used etching. Then primer, then epoxy, then sealer. Works great.
I got epoxy done for 2 car garage. I wasn’t interested in the very smooth finish because the winter and slips. So I did 2 coats with lots of chips. I realized when guy was done, some area when touched are very rigid while some areas had shiny smooth epoxy. I told him about it and he said this is normal to avoid slipping. Not sure if I got robbed and he’s being lazy. I paid $1650
Ali Ahmad good luck keeping dirt from getting stuck in the rough areas. Sounds like you floor is a bit wavy. There’s a way to do 100% flake coverage, yet not have rough areas. I can’t tell you all the secrets, or I’d be out of a job. 😏
If you’re not in his area, you don’t have the job anyway. Pay it forward. Unless you don’t watch tips from professionals…?
Great video!!! Quick question...if I primed after I cleaned and etched but didn't grind the concrete will it still peel?
Great stuff! If you're dealing with new construction, will the floor still need to be prepped or will it be good to go?
Great question, would love to hear the answer to this as well.
Yes it will need to be prepped. The purpose for grinding is opening up the pores of the concrete to create a surface that the product can grab and bind to. Even newly poured concrete will dry in a way that will not be ideal to bond to whatever product is being applied. Hope this helped!
Yes, I just had my newly-built home done and they still needed to grind the concrete. Not to mention, for a new slab it was already dirty as the construction crews had stored equipment and even parked in the garage while the home was u see construction.
They put a clear sealer over it, you probably need to grind off
Hey Mike...I’m not seeing where the course you offer is located...Can you please guide me? Thank you
Wow what a difference! Nice work Mike
Thank you!
Great Video Sir, my question, I have a 30x 40 garage, the concrete has a vapor barrier and is about 2 months old now (smooth finish) do I still need to do the grinding step on fresh concrete or will an etching type primer do the trick?
For the best long term adhesion, I'd grind it.
Professional job, detailed to a high standard, thanks for sharing.
Thanks David!
Question if you put on your driveway how long it last south texas heat
What sort of mask do you recommend when sanding the concrete?
What is a fair price to prep, seal and
epoxy an average 500sqft garage?
Great video. Whats the process for a brand new concrete garage floor in a new house build. Just start with the primer or can the primer step be skipped?
I subscribed after watching this video, and another before this. Thank you for the quality info. Always great to see someone who takes pride in their work. 👍
If its a brand new garage... new construction do you need that diamond grind step or can you go straight to cleaning then priming?
What kind of primer should we be buying ? Is it latex ? A regular wall primer ?
That’s a suweet lookin floor! Never worked with epoxy floor coverings but I’m gonna go ‘out on a limb’ here and bet that the secret to a nice looking epoxy floor that lasts is probably gonna be the prep work? Almost true with anything really. Prep, prep then prep again.
🤜🤛
Yes, the prep work is really important. That's why most homeowner diy epoxy floors fail. They're told to just acid etch then apply the big box epoxy. As soon as they drive on it with hot tires the epoxy peels right off under the tire. I grind all my floors before we do our epoxy floors. Never had one fail yet.
Mike Day Everything About Concrete 🤥
Love this, I'd like to do this as a business.. how do you decide your price that you charge? Also I'm going to buy your course
I talk and help you with pricing in The Concrete Underground.
Would it still need to be sanded if it was a brand new garage floor? Thanks for the help,and video
Hi Great video and thanks! I have a brand new house with a clean white garage floor that has never had a car on it yet. Do I still need to go the the Diamabrush step or should I just use a cleaner and then the primer coat?
Its good to know what kind of prep it takes to do the job right, im mainly going to use my garage for storage and maintenance work on the cars, I think i will be fine with the cheaper stuff, also since i dont plan on living here forever
Is it possible to use a drywall sander to remove epoxy and prep garage floor for new epoxy?
So if you grind the floor first, do you not have to mess with acid etching?
My opinion is that you use acid to ech the concrete to make for better adhesion. Grinding it back to bare is effectively doing this. But if you want a super slick finish you can do both followed by filling any holes or uneven surfaces. Grind again. Vacuum all debris and dust. The seal it
Can you round the corner between the block wall and the concrete floor, then paint the epoxy up on the 1st row or two of a concrete block wall?
Also, where are you guys located? I'm in east Tennessee. I wish I had you guys to do my floors (and walls) at my workshop!!
What filler material would you use to make a radius transition between the floor and the walls?
Hey Mike, really great video. My old man used to say "Always enough time to do it over, but never enough time to do it right...just do it right the first time" What do you think of the rustoleum epoxy kit?
I've never used it myself, but if it's not 100% solids forget it.
@@MikeDayConcrete I just bought one of those Rustoleum kits but after watching your video, I think I'll return it. I'm not hearing great things about them, especially in the coverage area. Some people are saying they need 4 to cover a 2 car garage properly. At $214 a pop at Lowe's, might as well just hire a pro or go your route. I would like to try it myself still, so I think I'll just take your advice. Just need some of those fancy shoes you guys have on lol.
@@tylerrue3108 We did our shop floor at work with the Rustoleum ten years ago. Worked great and has held up very well. There are a couple of areas right under the lift that have been cleaned 100 times with solvents and we've got maybe three dime sized areas that basically just wore through that showed up when I pressure washed it. I've spilled every automotive fluid out there on it, dragged forklift forks across it, and generally just used it, and it has held up great. Using brake cleaner on it is the only thing I've found that actually damages it, so don't do that.
Damn thats some fine smooth job you done there.
Thank you
Is that just a normal 7" grinder? What sort of head do you recommend for that? I saw you mention the DiamaBrush for the larger tool; is it the same sort of head for the handheld?
I'm glad I seen this video, I bought some 1prt epoxy paint and some clear epoxy from the big box stores, I wasn't even going to use bonding primer lol thanks for the tips
Happy new year sir..
Sir how many letters need in 100 square. Meters and what kind of primer you apply before epoxy?God bless sir
Thank you for the video, what is the cost for a 2 car garage? The floor is in very good shape, Thank you
Mike following for 1 year and i wanted learn how to epoxy coating on concrete n i see you daylie foing videos pouring concrete cux i do concrete n im just proud ur my teacher again glad see u have 1 mil more views on this video love your worlds n help thanks you
I have a floating slab detached garage in Minnesota. I have been told not to epoxy my floor because there is NO vapor barrier underneath. What’s your opinion Mike? Will I get to much moisture from the freeze/ thaw?
No, not necessarily. You can check for moisture by testing the slab. google that. The first primer coating I used on this one will block most any moisture that's coming up through the concrete. If it's excessive (you'd notice that) there's even moisture blocker epoxies for that much moisture also.
You do the moister test. Tape a piece of plastic and leave it overnight, next Day you take it off, if the concrete underneth the plastic..... you good to go
what floor primer should we use? any brand?
I'm using Elite Crete brand on this one.
Which brand epoxy do you buy I’m looking forward to do it my self on a 2 car garage
Great job. Looking forward to doing this on my garage floor.
Makes it brand new again.
Would you use this outdoor on a pickleball court?
Where can I see one in person or what businesses have this type of flooring? Slippery when wet?
Hi, great vid.
Could you please tell me what is the best type of roll to apply the epoxy paint with?
Thank you very much in advance.
Dan
What is the color of the epoxy grey with green in your old orchard beach video?? Love it!
Curious about grinding little areas in the corners that the grinders can’t reach?
SIKA EPOXY IS ONE OF THE STRONGEST GRADE EPOXY. if your spending the money to get epoxy flooring done, get the right stuff. No shade to the creator of the video, if the epoxy is done properly with correct mixtures the finished product will last decades if not forever without gaining cracks or breaking chunks free. I have used Sika since I first began epoxy, and my dad did his floor and it remains unscathed for 20 years and counting
I hope this comment was helpful! The application was correct just the grade of epoxy was low or maybe the mixtures and times for them were incorrect
How is it that it does not stick to the shoes when they are applying it?
I'm wearing spiked shoes, like baseball cleats.
I know this was 3 years ago but what does something like that cost to have done vs DIY? Nice video.
Not sure if it has been asked or not but what kind of shoes do you wear to walk on the Epoxy?
What kind of shoes do u wear for this ? It doesnt look like it spreads when u step on It
A lot of people use baseball/football cleats to reduce surface area contact.
@@noahscholl8995 yes I was able to figure that out :) thank u very much Noah
I have a very bad garage concret floor, grinding only won’t help, means I need to go down 4-5 mm. Any idea what I can use to level/fix it first before applying the epoxy? 😢
Looks nice but looks like it would be extremely slippery when it gets wet?
thank you, would you want to have all the walls and benches built before you put this down or can I build over the epoxy?
How long do you have to wait before applying polyurethane top coat??
Hi Mike , I recently moved to Florida and have a new driveway that I would like to epoxy. Where do you purchase your product? Thank you
Look up Elasti-Deck, that's what you'd use for a driveway.
@@MikeDayConcrete
Thank you , and thank you for your videos
Will there be problems during this job in winter?
Hey you mentioned a training course ? Where do I find that ?
My training courses are here: www.everything-about-concrete.com/concrete-courses.html
I have one for solid color epoxy floor and one for epoxy flakes floors.
@@MikeDayConcrete thank you
Is that a paint primer that you apply before the epoxy? Or is it some sort of epoxy primer?
What do you think about Epoxy Seal Krete from Rust Oleum?
Do u need to prep if it's a brand new basement or garage
I bought epoxy 2 years back and then chickened out. Now I’m pulling courage to do it. My question- is there a expiry for epoxy?
It should be still good if you didn't open it and it didn't freeze.
That's a FANTASTIC tutorial step-by-step, Thank You! Now I need to get some spiked shoes!
How much do you charge in your area for a 750 sqft garage for the job advertised? Looks like a 2-3 days project.
What's the best kit to get, I have a 730sqf garage. I would like to get everything I need. I'm on vacation til Thursday of next week and I think I can get this done
Does your guide tell how to remove carpet and tile in order to get to the concrete?
Curious, what do you guys wear on your feet? Great video btw!!
can you just primer over paint ? The place I work at want the floor epoxied, but it is a semi-cleanroom and particles can become an issue.
No I wouldn't. We always remove existing paint & coatings before applying a new one.
What are my options if my garage floor is susceptible to moisture during winter ?
With this primer that you use is there no need for etching? Or should you Etch the floor first and then prime it?
So you have 3 layers? First layer is a primer, than the epoxy layer, then a polyurethane coating?
Yes.
What kind of shoes do you wear for this job.?
If you apply when concrete is still curing (dry to the touch but not quite 120 days yet), will the moisture well up and form a wet spot visible from the above? There’s a mysterious pool of wetness in my shed but there’s no roof leak anywhere
Can't have any moisture coming up through the floor and use this stuff. Have to fix that first.
Thanks! You save me from ruining my garage floor.
Hi Mike..I just found you here...I had my garage epoxy chipped and it turned out great...(He was a professional ) Patio turned out great stamped...Now he stained and sealed my driveway and I am little bummed with that...Have a feeling it was little hot to seal...But anyway..I haven't used a power washer and been couple months..Should I just use dawn with power washer?He used 3 coats of sealer.
What’s the difference between a driveway coating and a coating for a garage floor? Sherwin Williams is recommending a water based enamel stain by H&C called heavy shield. What do you think?
cool video, I have 3 questions if you or someone would kind to help:
what if garage f'oor is slopped towards a drain? will the epoxy run off the concrete ?
what if you have repaired cracks, does the epoxy hide it all?
what if your concrete is cracked heavily, and/or bucketed towards the the wall do you just use leveling cement and use epoxy?
1. Unless the slope is very steep, the epoxy shouldn't run to the drain. Always tape over the drain though to protect it.
2. The epoxy will hide the repaired cracks, yes.
3. You can repair it with some kind of leveler. Just have to let it cure fully before applying epoxy over it.
If your floor never had epoxy on it, is grinding the floor necessary?
I am planning on doing this on my laundry room that it's on the basement. I am thinking on applying this on the stairs that lead to the basement as well. Any thoughts?
Won’t a shiny coat reduce traction and increase probability of sliding if your tires are wet or it’s icy outside?
Nice looking floor Mike. What do you typical charge for something like this?
Nice looking floor Mike! I’ve got a 1368 sq/ft garage that I built last summer. The floor is heated. Next winter I’ll be bringing my farm tractor in and it has chains on the rear tires. Would the chains mark the epoxied floor? It hasn’t marked it yet on the bare concrete. Thanks from Kazabazua, Quebec, Canada!
It may. I would broadcast flake into the epoxy for that kind of vehicle. It would make it even more durable.
Mike Day Everything About Concrete Thanks for the reply Mike and keep the videos coming, they’re awesome!
if its new concrete do you still grind it floor preper?
Great Tutorial, my question is do you travel to other states and if so how to contact you for a epoxy job for a patio and garage ? Thank you
Mike, what kind of product you recommend fixing garage horizontal crack. and big question is willl it last. pls advise the link of the product to buy the crack before i applly epoxy
What would the prep process be for a concrete garage floor that’s less than a year old with no material on it besides the sealers they sprayed before it cured