Just got my first house, Home Depot theme was my 4th most played song on Spotify this year. I’m hoping I can achieve a garage floor like this on my week off!
I put mine up to the driveway like you did and that was 16 years ago and it still looks great! The sun hits from morning until about 5 in the evening. It never faded and has always been an easy wash-off to keep it looking new.
Thank you from all the do it all DIY mom's! I have been rehabbing our barns and home while my husband works and I pick a project a week. This video was so concise and informative. Left me both educated and excited!
Great to hear and glad the product is holding up so well. thanks so much for watching and your right. Prep is the most important part for sure. Hope you subscribed.
How is the big box product holding up? Debating if I need to spend $700+ on the many options out there to cover my garage floor. Planning on doing my new garage floor in the next few weeks…
So many useful tips in this video to learn from. Loved the ida of putting tape on the roller before the clear coat. TH-cam is the best teacher out there. Thanks man.
It came out great Brent. I went through this many years ago and it still looks good 30 years later. I put cheap carpet runners down at the work benches to protect from things being dropped off the benches.
I think we all would love to see everything put back in your garage as an after picture.. and how great things are as far as sweeping, I imagine lighting is a lot better too with light being able to reflect off the ground instead of the cement absorbing it all.
Great Note Chad and sorry I didn't include it in the end. If you want to see how well this floor sweeps though, check out the end of this video. Its amazingly satisfying in my opinion haha. th-cam.com/video/xqQU0EqeauA/w-d-xo.html
Thanks for the video. I did this with my last house 20 years ago and I forgot all the steps. Back then it came pre mixed in paint cans , not in bag A & B. I also forgot just how much energy prepping the floor took out of me. Again, thanks for the reassuring video 👍🏼
Great video. How did the epoxy shield hold up on the small section on the outside of the garage, did it yellow or flake due to the UV? And after 4 years, how is it inside the garage, still holding up well even with the traffic? Thanks.
Great video. A quirky tip that i picked up when doing a job like this. If you are a stickler for even coverage of the paint chips, pick up a Hand-held Spreader used for applying grass feed or seed. Fill it up with the paint chips, and just hold it out and squeeze the trigger to get a really nice even spread!
Great suggestion and I even thought of that myself. Unfortunately I tried that and it clogged the spreader immediately. Don't know why but it did. Maybe next time I just need to get a bigger spreader haha. Thanks for watching and hope you subscribed.
Looks fantastic, we brought a new house and the first thing we did before we moved in was got a professional to do this.... the garage looks amazing... and its so simple to clean, bucket of soapy water and your done... now parking the cars in the garage is so much better then plain concrete...
Thank you so much for the video. I followed every step and that was our project for this past weekend. A company was charging me $2200 and instead I spent $280 and did it with my husband.
Wow, What an amazing finish look. This has truly encouraged me to do this right away. I was debating garage tiles vs. epoxy. However your garage transformation has certainly helped me in my decision making as well has the huge cost difference. I’ve done a lot of diy’s this year: repainting front porch, refinishing and painting deck, repainting onscreen porch and so much more. This project will be so exciting to do. Your video was amazing, detailed but brief and very exciting to watch with all of your special effects. Great video and thanks so much for revealing such an amazing DIY with an awesome professional finish. You rock!!!!
Love hearing that Annie and that you so much for watching and your kind words. That means a lot because I take great pride in the videos I produce. Good luck on your project and hope you subscribed :)
Doing ceramic floor tile is far less costly than the vinyl garage interlocking tile and is far, far more durable. At about $0.50 per square foot plus the cost of thinset and grout it isn't that much more expensive than the Epoxyshield (though I am going to use a more expensive epoxy grout). That's what I'm going to do to my garage to replace my nine year old Epoxyshield floor. The biggest thing I found with the Epoxyshield is that no matter how well the floor was prepped and the product applied, over time the heat and pressure from car tires coming home to park will soften it and eventually cause it to lift.
Man, I was alittle scared to tackle this type of project, but your video really gave me the motivation to do it. Great step by step. I liked your video and subscribed. Floor looks outstanding/
Great to hear and thanks so much for watching and subscribing. That is greatly appreciated Ricko. Welcome to the BYOT Fam and good luck on your project.
Use a lawn seed/fertilizer broadcast spreader to dust the flake down. Learned this years ago, very even and works like a charm! I have a Scott's handheld spreader that's perfect.
We did this project at a shop I worked at. We spent $3K on this special floor coating. We rented a concrete scraper, and a weekend crew was going to use it to remove the old paint. The scraper didn’t have the power they wanted, so they went back to the tool rental place for something more powerful. They got a concrete grinder, the grinder is more of a concrete removal tool. It put grooves in the concrete that were about 1/4 inch deep, and in a circular pattern. We came in Monday to this severely damaged floor with epoxy on it. It was long until the grooves were filled with dirt that couldn’t be removed. We went from an okay floor surface to a permanently damaged, expensive eyesore.
Uuuuuuuugh! That is so frustrating just to hear that. Sorry you had to go through that. Is there anyway you can at least wash the dirt out and pour more epoxy on it so it’s at least flat? Probably would cost big $$$ to do that though. Hope you enjoyed the video at least and thanks for sharing.
@@BYOTools They tested the grinder outside before using it in the building. They knew what kind of damage it was capable of. It was just the dumbest thing. A few years later we built a new building and moved out. I think that floor would have required a leveling pour and then new epoxy. None of us had the will to invest any more in that eyesore.
So how did the garage floor hold up to the elements on those exterior 6 inches? You seem to get a good deal of sunlight into the garage too so is the inside of the garage holding up well too?
I am currently at the cleaning/etching stage. This video gave me hope to carry on! Why? What you said at the end... I work in my garage all the time, and I want it to feel like an extension of my house! (I spent a month on nextdoor giving away junk), so I could do this all in one fell swoop. Thanks for the encouragement!
Cool post, only thing I want to recommend to viewers and yourself, throw the paint the chips in the air and allow them to fall like confetti. It spreads more evenly!
Great tip and I fully agree. I’ve done this type of floor multiple times now and I finally got the hang of it haha. Thanks for watching and hope you subscribed.
Very good explanation but wondering why you wouldn't do the concrete repairs prior to etching as you will still have particles on the concrete after sanding?
This is one of the best instructional videos I have seen on how to do home improvements like this. You have that poise of explaining your steps, outlining important pitfalls, key recommendations. I congratulate you. You should get company sponsored, if you are not already. Thank you very much.
Great to hear and thanks so much for the kind words. They are greatly appreciated and I work very hard to make sure my videos are as detailed as possible. Glad you recognize all of the hard work. Thanks again and hope you subscribed.
I used Rust-Oleum Epoxy shield on my garage floor...9 years ago now and learned some lessons. One thing I learned then was that even though they are listed as the same color, the one gallon kit is actually different color shade than the two gallon kit. I had bought a one gallon kit to finish up a small area and it shows. It's not the most durable product. After 9 years it is showing significant wear and age. Outside the garage door that last six inches of slab where the sun hits the paint it has faded significantly. Where my wife's SUV parks on it it has lifted up over time from the heat of the tires (yes, the floor was properly prepped!)...couple spills and stains, lots of scratches and gouges from dragging car jacks across it...I use my garage. So I'm not planning on refinishing it with more epoxy paint. I'm planning on covering my garage floor with 18x18" format ceramic tiles in the near future (not vinyl, not plastic, not Swisstrax, ceramic!)...and really wish I had done tile back then. Ceramic tile done right is far more durable and will last the life of the house. I was doubtful until I saw it for myself. Porcelain tile of course would be stronger and more waterproof, but also wouldn't have enough texture to prevent slips when it's wet....and costs way more. The ceramic tile I'm getting works out to about $0.50 per square foot. If for some reason a tile were to break, it's relatively simple to pop it out and replace it. Anyway, I do like epoxy floors done right, and maybe the Epoxyshield isn't the best product out there to judge all epoxy floors against, but over the last nine years and the wear and tear mine has gotten...I wish I had known then what I know now, and if you're on the fence about using this product I can't honestly recommend it if you plan on owning your home longer than 10 years. I'm hoping to have my new garage tile done before this coming winter hits.
today you save over a thousand. Got quoted $2500 for two car garage. Bought/rented everything myself for about $1000. 3 days of work, about 2 hours a day
Good Job. Surface Prep is a must. The coating will fail if poor surface prep. The ground-level concrete floor will have a high moisture vapor. It is better to have a moisture barrier prior to the full system. Epoxy paint under the sun will degradation such as chalking, change of color to yellow. If you apply final coat of Polyurethane (Color) will protect the epoxy layer.
Great to hear Kalai and thanks so much for all of the helpful tips. Yes the surface prep is the most important thing by far. Thanks so much for watching and hope you subscribed.
In all honesty i did see a slight color difference between the two colors but I think it is because I forgot to let the paint rest for 30min like i did with the first section. But I don't notice it at all now so it might have just naturally blended in after a while. Thanks for watching Tom and hope you enjoyed the video.
Here is a tip when putting on the flecks . . . Take a hand ful and toss it in the air and let the chips fall where they may, just finished the floor in my shop at work. By throwing them in the air they spread out evenly and looks great!
It won't scratch off easily thats for sure but you might find you are able to mar the floor easily if you drag something across the surface. I still love it though. Thanks for watching Marc and hope you enjoyed the video.
Thanks for sharing! I have a couple of questions and wondering if you can help! 1) Does the clear coat finish make it more slippery? 2) Is the clear coat necessary? Are there any downsides of not using it? I like a more matte finish Thanks!
Looks amazing!! Even us girls can tackle this project! Thought about going with Racetrack… but after watching this!! Meh 😑 maybe epoxy! Just moving out everything from the garage is the challenge! 😎🤙🌻🦋🌺
Good video, pro tip, from a pro: toss that paint chips upward and let gravity disperse them back down naturally for a more even distribution of chips. Also, epoxy doesn't contract and expand at the same rate as concrete, so in areas where you have extreme temperature change from summer to winter you may see more areas of the epoxy failing. This is why we don't do epoxy floors anymore and have moved to concrete overlays. That, and it's a more sophisticated look. Nicely done though!
GREAT Tip Jeff! I will have to make sure to remember that one next time I do this. Thanks so much for watching and the helpful tips. Hope you subscribed.
Agreed Jeff! Nice proknees though BYOT :D surprised you didn't comment on their helpfulness, usually don't see them on people not in the flooring trades and others closely related because of the cost :D
I saw a friend's garage that had this done to it and it looked amazing! So out of sheer morbid curiosity, I had to Google this and came across your video. No wonder the pros charge an arm and a leg for this service.
Amazing work! I had a question if the floor was slippery as well, I would love to know if you felt you should have used the anit-skid. Also, any damage to the floor when you moved your equipment to paint after that 24 hours?
Great to hear Jesse and thanks for watching. for me the floor has never felt slippery what so ever and there was no issue with the paint when I moved all of the material over to one side. Just took longer to do overall that way. Hope you subscribed.
Thank you for this. Im doing my own too in my Garage now. Trying to do like a man and I like sexy nice Garage and be proud of myself that I did it myself.
Great to hear and thanks so much for watching. Keep up the great work on your channel and congrats on the pregnancy. My wife is 8 months with our first right now :)
@@BYOTools Cool vid! I plan on having this done in my garage. I also want the front porch and back patio - both cement- done as well. Is there a different app for outside?
Im about to do my floors tonight and this is the first video ive found that addresses the 6inches on the exterior of the garage door. How has it held up in the weather and sunlight?!
Wow absolutely beautiful ! I like my garage organized and clean. Ive been wanting to do this for a while. I would have to move with the help of my grown son of course all our workout equipment, squat bar, plates etc.. into the driveway for at least 5 days . Correct? From sunny south Florida
Great to hear Maggie. The instructions say wait 3 days until you drive on it so luckily its a little shorter then 5 days. But just remember that it is a multi-day application process. Thanks for watching.
Great video. Thanks. It would be nice to know how to apply the sprinkles correctly. All you said is that it was something you have to get used to. Also, what if you have pock marks from salt degradation? What do you use to fill those small holes which are about 1/4 inch deep? Perhaps Top and Bond? Thanks!
Great questions Michael and no it’s not a mandatory step but I highly suggest adding the clear coat for longevity. The floor is definitely slippery when wet but if it’s dry no worries at all. You can always add the anti skid mix, which does help for sure. Thanks for watching and hope you subscribed
Great to hear bud and good luck on your project. If your renting a grinder just make sure you are wearing a mask and rent a heavy duty vacuum with HEPA filter. It is worth the extra money to rent I assure you. Thanks so much for watching and hope you subscribed.
Man, that is a LOT more work than I expected/hoped! :( I have a massively salt-chipped front porch, and this was noted as an option for "fixing" it. Very good to see it done before I tried it myself and got it completely wrong. :) Thanks!
Haha! Ya i was really surprised with how much work was involved with this one as well. Thanks for watching and great to hear the video helped. How you subscribed.
I came in with wet shoes when it was raining outside and didn't feel like I would slip at all. I'll test it out more though and let you know. Thanks for watching Heather and for all the support.
Just a tip for anyone just watching this tutorial. If you have multiple bags that you need to mix, you should mix them all at once in a bucket. Lots of these kits have been knock to be slightly different in color so mixing them all together will make it so you dont have different colors.
Nice Job! Looks awesome! If you were to do it over again, would you patch and grind prior to the clean and etch? My floor looks really similar, but I keep thinking that patch/fill the cracks, sand, and then clean n etch makes more sense. What do you say? Thanks.
Great to hear Silver and good question. In all honesty if I did this again I would most likely degrees the floor first, patch, and then grind the entire surface. I don't know if the etching did much and it takes just as long to do as just going over the entire surface with a grinder. Plus it just introduces more moisture to the slab, which is not what you want. Thanks for watching and hope you subscribed.
Use a squeegee , then back roll with a roller to even everything out. Get spike shoes to walk on it right after you back roll to apply the chips. Tape around everywhere where the floor meets the wall. Usually consumer epoxy takes awhile to jam so you have alot of working time. Personally I would apply a flood coat to fill all the holes so the final finishing coat would be even
@@BYOTools when I used to install professionally I would use ureco epoxy or micca epoxy. Both situated in Quebec. Application wise they were the best to use. You would just need quick footwork because the jam time was shorter.
First off...great video! I had it saved in my "watch later'" folder because I really wanted to learn about applying garage epoxy for an unrelated project. You're really going places and you've done so many things right. The content is real and useful, the dialog is entertaining, you held my attention throughout, I learned that it probably is not going to work for my project lol, your cinematography is solid with well framed shots and b-roll, and you did well with lighting despite it being filmed in a garage, a catchy thumbnail, and so much more. Well Done Sir! A Job Well Done! ...A few things to consider looking into, more lights or more color correction in post production, replacing any muddled dialog during filming with voice overs in post, filming in a higher frame rate or use higher smoothing in post for cinematic shots. Thanks for the video
Wow! Great to hear Ben and really appreciate your support and input. I'm doing this full time now because I wanted to dedicate myself to help others learn how to build and create. Glad I am headed in the right direction by the sound of your comment. And yes we can always improve. What frame rate would you suggest and any suggestions on what program to use for color correction? Thanks again for your support and hope you subscribed :)
Throw the pain chips from a higher point, I think that would help spread it out more randomly/evenly. If you're trowing it from a foot away from the floor it's going to have concentrated areas.
I want to do this to my garage within the next few months. After finding out how much a professional would charge I figured I could do it myself, but all the prep work has me shook😩
Not only is rustolum garbage but if all you do is pressure wash for prep I give it a year or 2 at most. before u have to have a professional company to come grind it off amd it will end up costing more for coating removal.
LOL!!!!! That was a LOT of PpPpppppppp haha! I never noticed that until now. Thanks for the heads up SI and I'll keep that in mind. Thanks for watching and hope you enjoyed the video.
Because the moisture test is testing if the slab has a natural high content of moisture year round. Not moisture from spraying it with a hose. Good question and thanks for watching. Hope you enjoyed the video
I used this product on a new garage floor. I spent an entire day prepping the floor (two car garage), then applied the finish the following day. It was chipping and peeling within a year. Never again.
Epoxy is not UV resistant but Urethane is. Every canoe that I built would suffer from UV damage quickly if left outside and untreated. A great option is to coat the epoxy with urethane, which has excellent UV protective qualities (even if it's just the part that gets constant sunlight). You can cover epoxy with urethane within 24-48 hours (chemical bond) but once epoxy fully cures, you'll need to scuff/sand to ensure the urethane bonds properly (mechanical bond). Awesome job and great looking garage.
In all honesty I would have if I did it again but I wasn't planing on grinding until I noticed issues after etching. Hope that makes a little more sense now. Thanks for watching and hope you enjoyed the video.
Great video overall. Interesting mix from Rustoleum for filling in spots. Wouldn't it have made sense to fill in all the small cracks with, for example, quickrete?
Mann! I wish I found this video before I painted my floor. It came out great! But the section where I had to use a new bag of paint came out looking darker. Then the Concrete Crack patch they have, I can still see the outline of it. But you don’t really notice unless you stare at it.
Well hopefully this video helps on your next garage floor haha. Did you let the paint sit for the same amount of time. I think that letting the paint sit per the instructions is very important for color matching. Thanks for watching JR and hope you subscribed.
@@BYOTools That was my question I have a lot of junk in my garage and was wondering if I could masking tape off half at a time with a good straight line then complete the other half a following day? What do you think would it look good?
I have heard that only etching can be risky in terms of longevity. I just did my floor and I ended up renting a floor polisher with a concrete prep tool and ground the floor a ton, then etched it, then epoxy. There seems to be a lot of debate between etching and grinding so I just did both. I’m pretty surprised rustoleum doesn’t have you do an epoxy primer coat first too. I ended up using the “color chips” epoxy kit and that has a primer, then base coat, then urethane clear coat.
Great video. I'm inspired. Single-handled like yourself, sounds like it's a four day job for roughly 1,000 sq feet for an empty room with a stained greasy floor. Your thoughts? I've always wanted to try this. Now is the time! Thanks for the encouragement.
Great to hear Terri and thanks so much for watching. It took longer for me since I had to do it in two sections but if you can coat the whole thing in one session then yes a 4 day schedule is perfect. (1. cleaning, 2. paint coat 3. clear coat 4. Reorganizing everything back in your shop). Hope you subscribed.
Might want to turn the sensitivity down on your microphone a tad bit. I can hear you pronouncing every letter and breathing almost like those ASMR videos.
I was thinking of getting those Chris. Thanks for the helpful suggestion and I'll keep that in mind for next time. Thanks for watching and hope you subscribed.
Before the clearcoat did you need to sand a little to get rid of any of those things you tossed on there because I assume some would be sticking up a little?
Question... What if the garage was painted on the floor? Do i grind down the whole floor to the bare concrete? And with like hole on 5:45 do i clean out the wole or can i leave the little rocks in there and just put the concrete patch kit on it?
Would a grass seed spreader work? The mall one not the one on wheels and it makes sense to broadcast far away first as all will not make it out all the way and you can then broadcast fewer closer.
I’m assuming you basement floor is concrete, right? If so then yes I’m sure you can do it. Just make sure you test for moisture and there is no clear coat over the top of the concrete. Thanks for watching Dave and hope you enjoyed the video.
I did this coating 15yrs ago. Am going to recoat floor in spring. It's January now. Wish me luck. Worst part is going to be cleaning auto shop floor which is garages purpose. And moving most things out to clean.
When I was 16 years old, I never envisioned I'd be so amazed at a garage floor, nothing like turning into your dad. Nice job
LoL! Right?! I feel the same why when I think about home much I love my dust collection system haha. Thank for watching chad and hope you subscribed.
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Just got my first house, Home Depot theme was my 4th most played song on Spotify this year. I’m hoping I can achieve a garage floor like this on my week off!
I put mine up to the driveway like you did and that was 16 years ago and it still looks great! The sun hits from morning until about 5 in the evening. It never faded and has always been an easy wash-off to keep it looking new.
Good to know, John. Thanks!
Started our 400 SQ FT garage space yesterday based on your tips. Just finished repairs, degreasing and etching - ready to paint & chip tomorrow!
Was one kit enough?
I have no interest in doing this to my garage, but somehow I watched the full 15 min video. Very well done dude!
Haha! Well that must mean the video was at least entertaining haha. Thanks so much for watching Ten and hope you subscribed.
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Same! Haha
Saaame. By the end i was considering doing it lolll
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Thank you from all the do it all DIY mom's! I have been rehabbing our barns and home while my husband works and I pick a project a week. This video was so concise and informative. Left me both educated and excited!
Excellent instructions. Did this a few years ago and it's held up phenomenally well. The prep is 100% where the difference is made.
Great to hear and glad the product is holding up so well. thanks so much for watching and your right. Prep is the most important part for sure. Hope you subscribed.
Which product did you specifically use for you garage epoxy @jimmies?
@@PaigeCorbett it was a Rust-Oleum kit called "epoxyshield" - grey with chips - same as the video
How is the big box product holding up? Debating if I need to spend $700+ on the many options out there to cover my garage floor. Planning on doing my new garage floor in the next few weeks…
I use to spend hours looking at dj related videos and now all I watch is home improvement content. Great video!
Welcome to your 30's and beyond. Good to have you on board.
PRO TIP - do the moisture test BEFORE emptying your garage
Hydrostatic pressure stands no chance against rust-oleum. It says so on the box.
What type test is that ?
@@jacobcastoreno7246 so is this to say you don't need to actually test at all?
So many useful tips in this video to learn from.
Loved the ida of putting tape on the roller before the clear coat.
TH-cam is the best teacher out there.
Thanks man.
It came out great Brent. I went through this many years ago and it still looks good 30 years later. I put cheap carpet runners down at the work benches to protect from things being dropped off the benches.
Great to hear and great suggestion Muir. Thanks for watching and all the support.
I think we all would love to see everything put back in your garage as an after picture.. and how great things are as far as sweeping, I imagine lighting is a lot better too with light being able to reflect off the ground instead of the cement absorbing it all.
Great Note Chad and sorry I didn't include it in the end. If you want to see how well this floor sweeps though, check out the end of this video. Its amazingly satisfying in my opinion haha. th-cam.com/video/xqQU0EqeauA/w-d-xo.html
I cant even see my garage floor from the junk.
I wonder if one those green 'Scotts' hand crank fertilizers would work well to distribute the chips.
Thanks for the video. I did this with my last house 20 years ago and I forgot all the steps. Back then it came pre mixed in paint cans , not in bag A & B. I also forgot just how much energy prepping the floor took out of me. Again, thanks for the reassuring video 👍🏼
Great video. How did the epoxy shield hold up on the small section on the outside of the garage, did it yellow or flake due to the UV? And after 4 years, how is it inside the garage, still holding up well even with the traffic? Thanks.
i honestly have no idea why i'm watching this or why it was in my recommended. i live in a one bedroom apartment
But don't lie Shaun. You still found it entertaining didn't you? lol! Thanks for watching and hope you enjoyed the video at least.
Feel sorry for you.
Roman Juríček feel sorry for you. Freak
Epoxy coat the kitchen floor
same... LOL... ah well.. you learn... and then live i guess.. haha
You took a lot of effort in the prep but seeing the finished product made it worth the while. Well done. It is the handymans version of a "makeover".
Great video. A quirky tip that i picked up when doing a job like this. If you are a stickler for even coverage of the paint chips, pick up a Hand-held Spreader used for applying grass feed or seed. Fill it up with the paint chips, and just hold it out and squeeze the trigger to get a really nice even spread!
Great suggestion and I even thought of that myself. Unfortunately I tried that and it clogged the spreader immediately. Don't know why but it did. Maybe next time I just need to get a bigger spreader haha. Thanks for watching and hope you subscribed.
Hey mate how did you epoxy floor last outdoors on the 6 inch of step?
Looks fantastic, we brought a new house and the first thing we did before we moved in was got a professional to do this.... the garage looks amazing... and its so simple to clean, bucket of soapy water and your done... now parking the cars in the garage is so much better then plain concrete...
Great to hear and thanks so much for watching. Love how this project turned out also. Thanks for the support and hope you subscribe.
Out of curiosity, how much did it cost to have it professionally done?
@@andrewcanella 3.50 - 5 $ / sqft depending on your contractor/ concrete condition
Thank you so much for the video. I followed every step and that was our project for this past weekend. A company was charging me $2200 and instead I spent $280 and did it with my husband.
Your video took a ton of the guesswork out of this for me. I just finished mine today looks so sweet
You did all this work by yourself with no complaining? 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
This was hard work! Great job
Wow,
What an amazing finish look. This has truly encouraged me to do this right away. I was debating garage tiles vs. epoxy. However your garage transformation has certainly helped me in my decision making as well has the huge cost difference. I’ve done a lot of diy’s this year: repainting front porch, refinishing and painting deck, repainting onscreen porch and so much more. This project will be so exciting to do.
Your video was amazing, detailed but brief and very exciting to watch with all of your special effects. Great video and thanks so much for revealing such an amazing DIY with an awesome professional finish.
You rock!!!!
Love hearing that Annie and that you so much for watching and your kind words. That means a lot because I take great pride in the videos I produce. Good luck on your project and hope you subscribed :)
Good project during Covid.
Doing ceramic floor tile is far less costly than the vinyl garage interlocking tile and is far, far more durable. At about $0.50 per square foot plus the cost of thinset and grout it isn't that much more expensive than the Epoxyshield (though I am going to use a more expensive epoxy grout). That's what I'm going to do to my garage to replace my nine year old Epoxyshield floor. The biggest thing I found with the Epoxyshield is that no matter how well the floor was prepped and the product applied, over time the heat and pressure from car tires coming home to park will soften it and eventually cause it to lift.
@@gpzjeffrey7974 where do you live? In the northeast, I wouldn’t be able to use tile and thin set due to the freeze/thaw cycles.
When you applied the final clear coat with the roller, was this step proceeded by brush application of the floor near the walls. Great tutorial.
Man, I was alittle scared to tackle this type of project, but your video really gave me the motivation to do it. Great step by step. I liked your video and subscribed. Floor looks outstanding/
Great to hear and thanks so much for watching and subscribing. That is greatly appreciated Ricko. Welcome to the BYOT Fam and good luck on your project.
Use a lawn seed/fertilizer broadcast spreader to dust the flake down. Learned this years ago, very even and works like a charm! I have a Scott's handheld spreader that's perfect.
We did this project at a shop I worked at. We spent $3K on this special floor coating. We rented a concrete scraper, and a weekend crew was going to use it to remove the old paint. The scraper didn’t have the power they wanted, so they went back to the tool rental place for something more powerful. They got a concrete grinder, the grinder is more of a concrete removal tool. It put grooves in the concrete that were about 1/4 inch deep, and in a circular pattern. We came in Monday to this severely damaged floor with epoxy on it. It was long until the grooves were filled with dirt that couldn’t be removed. We went from an okay floor surface to a permanently damaged, expensive eyesore.
Uuuuuuuugh! That is so frustrating just to hear that. Sorry you had to go through that. Is there anyway you can at least wash the dirt out and pour more epoxy on it so it’s at least flat? Probably would cost big $$$ to do that though. Hope you enjoyed the video at least and thanks for sharing.
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They tested the grinder outside before using it in the building. They knew what kind of damage it was capable of. It was just the dumbest thing.
A few years later we built a new building and moved out. I think that floor would have required a leveling pour and then new epoxy. None of us had the will to invest any more in that eyesore.
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These guys were our people. They weren’t experienced but it doesn’t take experience to know what they were doing was very very wrong.
This is so awesome. I hope whoever purchases your house one day appreciates all this craftsmanship.
We'll they will have quite the video log of how i did everything haha! Thanks so much for watching Jake and all the support.
So how did the garage floor hold up to the elements on those exterior 6 inches? You seem to get a good deal of sunlight into the garage too so is the inside of the garage holding up well too?
Yea it would be nice to hear about those exterior 6 inches a year later
I am currently at the cleaning/etching stage. This video gave me hope to carry on! Why? What you said at the end... I work in my garage all the time, and I want it to feel like an extension of my house! (I spent a month on nextdoor giving away junk), so I could do this all in one fell swoop. Thanks for the encouragement!
Cool post, only thing I want to recommend to viewers and yourself, throw the paint the chips in the air and allow them to fall like confetti. It spreads more evenly!
Great tip and I fully agree. I’ve done this type of floor multiple times now and I finally got the hang of it haha. Thanks for watching and hope you subscribed.
how did the strip in the sunlight out front hold up after all these years?
yeah, my back is killing me from watching the prep work. At 62 I think I'll sub this out. Awesome job btw.
Probably a good idea JG. Thanks so much for watching and hope you subscribed.
Very good explanation but wondering why you wouldn't do the concrete repairs prior to etching as you will still have particles on the concrete after sanding?
This is one of the best instructional videos I have seen on how to do home improvements like this. You have that poise of explaining your steps, outlining important pitfalls, key recommendations. I congratulate you. You should get company sponsored, if you are not already. Thank you very much.
Great to hear and thanks so much for the kind words. They are greatly appreciated and I work very hard to make sure my videos are as detailed as possible. Glad you recognize all of the hard work. Thanks again and hope you subscribed.
how did it hold up on the outside part? I’m about to lay this down tmrw!!
I used Rust-Oleum Epoxy shield on my garage floor...9 years ago now and learned some lessons.
One thing I learned then was that even though they are listed as the same color, the one gallon kit is actually different color shade than the two gallon kit. I had bought a one gallon kit to finish up a small area and it shows.
It's not the most durable product. After 9 years it is showing significant wear and age. Outside the garage door that last six inches of slab where the sun hits the paint it has faded significantly. Where my wife's SUV parks on it it has lifted up over time from the heat of the tires (yes, the floor was properly prepped!)...couple spills and stains, lots of scratches and gouges from dragging car jacks across it...I use my garage.
So I'm not planning on refinishing it with more epoxy paint. I'm planning on covering my garage floor with 18x18" format ceramic tiles in the near future (not vinyl, not plastic, not Swisstrax, ceramic!)...and really wish I had done tile back then. Ceramic tile done right is far more durable and will last the life of the house. I was doubtful until I saw it for myself. Porcelain tile of course would be stronger and more waterproof, but also wouldn't have enough texture to prevent slips when it's wet....and costs way more. The ceramic tile I'm getting works out to about $0.50 per square foot. If for some reason a tile were to break, it's relatively simple to pop it out and replace it.
Anyway, I do like epoxy floors done right, and maybe the Epoxyshield isn't the best product out there to judge all epoxy floors against, but over the last nine years and the wear and tear mine has gotten...I wish I had known then what I know now, and if you're on the fence about using this product I can't honestly recommend it if you plan on owning your home longer than 10 years. I'm hoping to have my new garage tile done before this coming winter hits.
You just saved me a few hundred bucks. This video gave me the confidence I needed to do it myself!
today you save over a thousand. Got quoted $2500 for two car garage. Bought/rented everything myself for about $1000. 3 days of work, about 2 hours a day
Great job! How's the front with the sun exposure holding up after a year? Any noticeable difference yet?
It will turn yellow. That’s the issue with this kind of kits and material.
Good Job. Surface Prep is a must. The coating will fail if poor surface prep.
The ground-level concrete floor will have a high moisture vapor. It is better to have a moisture barrier prior to the full system.
Epoxy paint under the sun will degradation such as chalking, change of color to yellow. If you apply final coat of Polyurethane (Color) will protect the epoxy layer.
Great to hear Kalai and thanks so much for all of the helpful tips. Yes the surface prep is the most important thing by far. Thanks so much for watching and hope you subscribed.
Curious if you noticed any lines from having to paint your floor in two different phases. I'm thinking about doing that myself.
In all honesty i did see a slight color difference between the two colors but I think it is because I forgot to let the paint rest for 30min like i did with the first section. But I don't notice it at all now so it might have just naturally blended in after a while. Thanks for watching Tom and hope you enjoyed the video.
Here is a tip when putting on the flecks . . . Take a hand ful and toss it in the air and let the chips fall where they may, just finished the floor in my shop at work. By throwing them in the air they spread out evenly and looks great!
Great tip Geo and thanks for watching. Hope you enjoyed the video.
How resistant is this to scratches? I work on my car and heavy stuff around sometimes. Will it scratch this off?
It won't scratch off easily thats for sure but you might find you are able to mar the floor easily if you drag something across the surface. I still love it though. Thanks for watching Marc and hope you enjoyed the video.
Did about two years ago works great overall. Easy to clean also but does chip and peel after some time pretty easy.
Also mine stated chipping a bit on the 6in edge in the elements. After 1-2 years still overall nice.
Great to hear john and thanks so much for watching. Hope you enjoyed the video.
Thank you for this, I will be doing it to my garage soon, this was extremely helpful!
Sorry due off topic but love your screen name! 😂
Thumbs up: At 15:15 you mentioned "clear coat" ... I assume that's the top-coat (finish coat) ... but wow, what a difference with/without!
Thanks for sharing! I have a couple of questions and wondering if you can help!
1) Does the clear coat finish make it more slippery?
2) Is the clear coat necessary? Are there any downsides of not using it? I like a more matte finish
Thanks!
Did you use the clear coat?
Looks amazing!! Even us girls can tackle this project! Thought about going with Racetrack… but after watching this!! Meh 😑 maybe epoxy! Just moving out everything from the garage is the challenge! 😎🤙🌻🦋🌺
Good video, pro tip, from a pro: toss that paint chips upward and let gravity disperse them back down naturally for a more even distribution of chips.
Also, epoxy doesn't contract and expand at the same rate as concrete, so in areas where you have extreme temperature change from summer to winter you may see more areas of the epoxy failing. This is why we don't do epoxy floors anymore and have moved to concrete overlays. That, and it's a more sophisticated look.
Nicely done though!
GREAT Tip Jeff! I will have to make sure to remember that one next time I do this. Thanks so much for watching and the helpful tips. Hope you subscribed.
Do you have to apply the paint chips, in case you don't like the look of them?
@@andrewnguyen1627 paint chips are optional
Agreed Jeff! Nice proknees though BYOT :D surprised you didn't comment on their helpfulness, usually don't see them on people not in the flooring trades and others closely related because of the cost :D
I saw a friend's garage that had this done to it and it looked amazing! So out of sheer morbid curiosity, I had to Google this and came across your video. No wonder the pros charge an arm and a leg for this service.
Amazing work! I had a question if the floor was slippery as well, I would love to know if you felt you should have used the anit-skid. Also, any damage to the floor when you moved your equipment to paint after that 24 hours?
Great to hear Jesse and thanks for watching. for me the floor has never felt slippery what so ever and there was no issue with the paint when I moved all of the material over to one side. Just took longer to do overall that way. Hope you subscribed.
BYOT awesome time hear and killer garage! Dude I hit the subscribe button 3 minutes in. Haha Thanks for the videos!
Thank you for this. Im doing my own too in my Garage now. Trying to do like a man and I like sexy nice Garage and be proud of myself that I did it myself.
Hard work but def looks worth it! Thanks bro!
Great to hear and thanks so much for watching. Keep up the great work on your channel and congrats on the pregnancy. My wife is 8 months with our first right now :)
@@BYOTools Cool vid! I plan on having this done in my garage. I also want the front porch and back patio - both cement- done as well. Is there a different app for outside?
Is it slippery when wet?
I love the song at the end
Im about to do my floors tonight and this is the first video ive found that addresses the 6inches on the exterior of the garage door. How has it held up in the weather and sunlight?!
This looks really good Brent! I really want to do this in my garage, how is the floor holding up after almost a year?
Idk how I get here, but now I'm thinking on doing this to my garage. Good job man👍👍
Wow absolutely beautiful ! I like my garage organized and clean. Ive been wanting to do this for a while. I would have to move with the help of my grown son of course all our workout equipment, squat bar, plates etc.. into the driveway for at least 5 days . Correct? From sunny south Florida
Great to hear Maggie. The instructions say wait 3 days until you drive on it so luckily its a little shorter then 5 days. But just remember that it is a multi-day application process. Thanks for watching.
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Great video. Thanks. It would be nice to know how to apply the sprinkles correctly. All you said is that it was something you have to get used to. Also, what if you have pock marks from salt degradation? What do you use to fill those small holes which are about 1/4 inch deep? Perhaps Top and Bond? Thanks!
From South Africa, the song that was played when he showed the finished product is from here!! :D
I had no idea until today. Thanks for letting me know Paige. Hope you enjoyed the song selection :)
Hello from Yorkton, Saskatchewan, Canada. Thanks for sharing your great video’s please keep them coming.
looks amazing! is the clear coat an optional step? Or is this needed to really seal and protect the floor? looks like it would be slippery
Great questions Michael and no it’s not a mandatory step but I highly suggest adding the clear coat for longevity. The floor is definitely slippery when wet but if it’s dry no worries at all. You can always add the anti skid mix, which does help for sure. Thanks for watching and hope you subscribed
The paint chips help add texture to make it less slippery.
Renting a push grinder to grind thin set off my floor for prepping this weekend I’m excited looks good man!
Great to hear bud and good luck on your project. If your renting a grinder just make sure you are wearing a mask and rent a heavy duty vacuum with HEPA filter. It is worth the extra money to rent I assure you. Thanks so much for watching and hope you subscribed.
@@BYOTools I’m renting it from Home Depot could I wet the floor to help with the dust? Or just do the vaccum route?
You just earned a subscription my dude!! Thank you for the awesome vid! You know your stuff
Love hearing that! Thanks so much for watching and the support. It is greatly appreciated.
Man, that is a LOT more work than I expected/hoped! :( I have a massively salt-chipped front porch, and this was noted as an option for "fixing" it. Very good to see it done before I tried it myself and got it completely wrong. :) Thanks!
Haha! Ya i was really surprised with how much work was involved with this one as well. Thanks for watching and great to hear the video helped. How you subscribed.
Wow, that turned out beautifully! I wonder if it's slick when it gets wet? Have you tested that out yet? Nice job and excellent video! :)
I came in with wet shoes when it was raining outside and didn't feel like I would slip at all. I'll test it out more though and let you know. Thanks for watching Heather and for all the support.
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Just a tip for anyone just watching this tutorial. If you have multiple bags that you need to mix, you should mix them all at once in a bucket. Lots of these kits have been knock to be slightly different in color so mixing them all together will make it so you dont have different colors.
Nice Job! Looks awesome! If you were to do it over again, would you patch and grind prior to the clean and etch? My floor looks really similar, but I keep thinking that patch/fill the cracks, sand, and then clean n etch makes more sense. What do you say? Thanks.
Great to hear Silver and good question. In all honesty if I did this again I would most likely degrees the floor first, patch, and then grind the entire surface. I don't know if the etching did much and it takes just as long to do as just going over the entire surface with a grinder. Plus it just introduces more moisture to the slab, which is not what you want. Thanks for watching and hope you subscribed.
Use a squeegee , then back roll with a roller to even everything out. Get spike shoes to walk on it right after you back roll to apply the chips. Tape around everywhere where the floor meets the wall. Usually consumer epoxy takes awhile to jam so you have alot of working time. Personally I would apply a flood coat to fill all the holes so the final finishing coat would be even
Also usually epoxy in sunlight changes color, becomes more yellowish.
Thanks for the tips Michael. What product do you use for the flood coat? Thanks for watching and hope you enjoyed the most of the video.
@@BYOTools when I used to install professionally I would use ureco epoxy or micca epoxy. Both situated in Quebec. Application wise they were the best to use. You would just need quick footwork because the jam time was shorter.
First off...great video!
I had it saved in my "watch later'" folder because I really wanted to learn about applying garage epoxy for an unrelated project. You're really going places and you've done so many things right.
The content is real and useful, the dialog is entertaining, you held my attention throughout, I learned that it probably is not going to work for my project lol, your cinematography is solid with well framed shots and b-roll, and you did well with lighting despite it being filmed in a garage, a catchy thumbnail, and so much more. Well Done Sir! A Job Well Done!
...A few things to consider looking into, more lights or more color correction in post production, replacing any muddled dialog during filming with voice overs in post, filming in a higher frame rate or use higher smoothing in post for cinematic shots.
Thanks for the video
Wow! Great to hear Ben and really appreciate your support and input. I'm doing this full time now because I wanted to dedicate myself to help others learn how to build and create. Glad I am headed in the right direction by the sound of your comment. And yes we can always improve. What frame rate would you suggest and any suggestions on what program to use for color correction? Thanks again for your support and hope you subscribed :)
Throw the pain chips from a higher point, I think that would help spread it out more randomly/evenly. If you're trowing it from a foot away from the floor it's going to have concentrated areas.
Very good point Kraven. Thanks for watching and hope you enjoyed the video.
The one video I wish was recorded years ago so I could find out about the part in direct sunlight. Guess we wait!
Haha! Right?! Yep lets just wait and find out. So far so good. Thanks for watching and hope you enjoyed the video.
Forget the epoxy..nice cleanup job :) thx for the vid, going to epoxy my huge metal garage soon.
Great to hear and thanks so much. Hope you subscribed.
I want to do this to my garage within the next few months. After finding out how much a professional would charge I figured I could do it myself, but all the prep work has me shook😩
If you get a hold of a pressure washer it's not so bad
Not only is rustolum garbage but if all you do is pressure wash for prep I give it a year or 2 at most. before u have to have a professional company to come grind it off amd it will end up costing more for coating removal.
Thanks for the great tutorial! How would you pressure wash close to drywall? My entire garage is surrounded by unpainted drywall.
never in my life have I heard somebody unironically enunciate the letter "P" so hard
3:11 as one example
LOL!!!!! That was a LOT of PpPpppppppp haha! I never noticed that until now. Thanks for the heads up SI and I'll keep that in mind. Thanks for watching and hope you enjoyed the video.
Lol, should get him to say "Proper preparation prevents piss poor performance"
lmao
Why did t you do the moisture test after u pressure washed? Or was that a few days later
Because the moisture test is testing if the slab has a natural high content of moisture year round. Not moisture from spraying it with a hose. Good question and thanks for watching. Hope you enjoyed the video
I used this product on a new garage floor. I spent an entire day prepping the floor (two car garage), then applied the finish the following day. It was chipping and peeling within a year. Never again.
Epoxy is not UV resistant but Urethane is. Every canoe that I built would suffer from UV damage quickly if left outside and untreated. A great option is to coat the epoxy with urethane, which has excellent UV protective qualities (even if it's just the part that gets constant sunlight). You can cover epoxy with urethane within 24-48 hours (chemical bond) but once epoxy fully cures, you'll need to scuff/sand to ensure the urethane bonds properly (mechanical bond). Awesome job and great looking garage.
You mean it should be used for only part that is exposed to sun or all garage؟
5:29 “You want to ensure proper bondage”, not the sort of advice I expected but good advice nonetheless.
You always want proper bondage haha! Thanks for watching UK and hope you enjoyed the video.
Question is why apply degreaser and etched if the floor will be grinded afterwards?
why didnt he just grind the whole floor from the beginning.. all the extra times hes cleaning it doesnt make sense
In all honesty I would have if I did it again but I wasn't planing on grinding until I noticed issues after etching. Hope that makes a little more sense now. Thanks for watching and hope you enjoyed the video.
That's the first thing I thought when he started washing...and washing...and washing.... Just grind it.
Lol I was thinking the same thing.
Great video overall. Interesting mix from Rustoleum for filling in spots. Wouldn't it have made sense to fill in all the small cracks with, for example, quickrete?
I love the these videos. I’ve been wanting to do this to my floor on my channel.
Great to hear TWD. Thanks for watching and good luck on your channel. Let me know if you have nay TH-cam questions :)
Hey how is the epoxy floor holing up just seeing your video I think I am going to try that kit out on mine
Mann! I wish I found this video before I painted my floor. It came out great! But the section where I had to use a new bag of paint came out looking darker. Then the Concrete Crack patch they have, I can still see the outline of it. But you don’t really notice unless you stare at it.
Well hopefully this video helps on your next garage floor haha. Did you let the paint sit for the same amount of time. I think that letting the paint sit per the instructions is very important for color matching. Thanks for watching JR and hope you subscribed.
@@BYOTools That was my question I have a lot of junk in my garage and was wondering if I could masking tape off half at a time with a good straight line then complete the other half a following day? What do you think would it look good?
I have heard that only etching can be risky in terms of longevity. I just did my floor and I ended up renting a floor polisher with a concrete prep tool and ground the floor a ton, then etched it, then epoxy. There seems to be a lot of debate between etching and grinding so I just did both. I’m pretty surprised rustoleum doesn’t have you do an epoxy primer coat first too. I ended up using the “color chips” epoxy kit and that has a primer, then base coat, then urethane clear coat.
I don't even have a private garage but I watched through the entire thing...
Must have been entertaining then haha! Thanks for watching and the support.
It's the same for me..😁
After watching this I feel totally empowered!!! Your video rocks I can’t wait to transform my garage into a sexy beast!!!!
I wish I heard the phrase "evenly and consistently" at least one more time.
Evenly and Connnnnnnnn......... haha! Ya I got stuck on that phrase apparently haha. Thanks for watching though and hope you enjoyed the video.
I would never be able to do this by myself, but it gives me a good idea of what is required should I hire someone to do it! Therefore I subscribed.
Great video. I'm inspired. Single-handled like yourself, sounds like it's a four day job for roughly 1,000 sq feet for an empty room with a stained greasy floor. Your thoughts? I've always wanted to try this. Now is the time! Thanks for the encouragement.
Great to hear Terri and thanks so much for watching. It took longer for me since I had to do it in two sections but if you can coat the whole thing in one session then yes a 4 day schedule is perfect. (1. cleaning, 2. paint coat 3. clear coat 4. Reorganizing everything back in your shop). Hope you subscribed.
Very informative and helpful video!
Do I still gave to degrease the floor on a brand new garage/brand new home? Thanks!
Might want to turn the sensitivity down on your microphone a tad bit. I can hear you pronouncing every letter and breathing almost like those ASMR videos.
Haha. Good to know. Thanks for the heads up and for watching Aaron. Hope you enjoyed the video.
Quick question, if you have plaster board on the walls, is all the water being thrown around going to soak in and maybe damage the wall?
Good job! If you have plans for another room, get some spiked sandals. They will allow you to walk on the wet epoxy to apply your paint chips.
I was thinking of getting those Chris. Thanks for the helpful suggestion and I'll keep that in mind for next time. Thanks for watching and hope you subscribed.
Before the clearcoat did you need to sand a little to get rid of any of those things you tossed on there because I assume some would be sticking up a little?
Question... What if the garage was painted on the floor? Do i grind down the whole floor to the bare concrete?
And with like hole on 5:45 do i clean out the wole or can i leave the little rocks in there and just put the concrete patch kit on it?
Would a grass seed spreader work? The mall one not the one on wheels and it makes sense to broadcast far away first as all will not make it out all the way and you can then broadcast fewer closer.
Would you use the same method for a basement floor? If not, which would you omit or add?
I’m assuming you basement floor is concrete, right? If so then yes I’m sure you can do it. Just make sure you test for moisture and there is no clear coat over the top of the concrete. Thanks for watching Dave and hope you enjoyed the video.
I did this coating 15yrs ago. Am going to recoat floor in spring. It's January now. Wish me luck. Worst part is going to be cleaning auto shop floor which is garages purpose. And moving most things out to clean.