Installing Epoxy [Polycuramine] Floors! The Right Way - Rustoleum ROCKSOLID Metallic 

You need to out a clear coat on that floor or it will get messed up. Also, when you put the clear coat on, you need to sprinkle aluminum oxide all over the floor. It makes the floor stronger and it helps with traction because you will slip on that floor if there is water on it. I do this as my job, please take my advice! The clear coat is much needed!!!

This floor is probably start peeling soon. You have to acid etch the concrete. Those white bags that you said it was sand is actually concrete etch.

Been doing floor coatings for 30 years, looks great man.. I have one unsolicited suggestion, A UV stable clear coat will improve the look but also add valuable protection.. Very good job done properly!!

Id like to point out that the "salt" is actually the etching solution that you use before painting. I would highly recommend anyone who is planning to do any floor painting to etch their concrete it will give you a longer life out of your floor. Also a foam roller or just a higher quality non-shed roller would help.

Wash the cover first! Most of the new /loose fibers will be removed prior to application. If you get a “cooked”(the product has begun to cure on the cover while applying)replace with new cover. If you keep the cover activated with new product, meaning you are moving quickly it should remain pliable. Etching the surface is definitely a must (chemically or manually via a diamond type grinder) on smooth/any surfaces for proper bond FOR SURE!! You also need to have the surface super clean (simply green)or you will have “fisheyes”, grease, oil, wax, or any other contaminants will produce non uniformed results.

Thank you for watching this, my five year old daughter and I watched this Sunday afternoon. She is more excited than I am to do our garage floor. Great practical advice

Congratulations bro the all the DIY videos of metallic epoxy that I see it you are the person the do it better. 100 points for you prep work.

Those are not bags of salt or non-slip additive. It's actually acid, that you were supposed to mix with water, and use it to etch the concrete.

Nice! Good job, kudos.. looks great, thank you for your time and content/knowledge...

Really liked this video and I’ve watched a lot of garage floor videos. The recommendations at the end - Key! Thanks 🙏

At least you used a gray epoxy to go with your patch color. You will always see it, but anyone else will think its part of the covering. Floor looks great! Cant wait to see what else you do.

You are incredible my friend... the garage project is epic!!! You did work your ass off but total worth it... big thumbs up!!!

I lived in West Texas for 13 years and when I could leave (was active duty) I dipped!!! I hate all the wind in Texas. Can never keep a clean porch/patio if you have trees lol IF you have trees

That 392 made the video so goooooood!!!! Amazing car.

Looks great! It blows the mind why manufacturers never seem to test their products before they sell them. The roller problem is ridiculous

Content is great as always.

Purdy brand rollers are the best in my opinion. That's all we used when I ran a painting crew.

Awesome video thanks for sharing

You should have used a squeegee it would have been faster. And you could have primed the floor as well

Awesome job man!! Can’t to see the finish product lookin good bro!!

After completing my garage floor I wish this video came out before I started back in October. Mine is a little different because Rustolium recommend I lay down black first to act as a primer and help the silver bullet colors pop. It looks great but even after hours and hours of RU-vid university, days of careful planing, and meticulous prep work - still - errors and heart aches. But overall I’m happy with my DYI. This project is not too difficult. It really takes a lot of time and a ton of patience if you want it to last and not look like and embarrassing attempt. Realizing that you’ll end up spending almost twice as much as you think you will. Buying extra cutting brushes, better quality rollers, and nearly everything you use will be thrown out because after each batch the epoxy will set up and harden on paint brushes and rollers. I used a lot of mineral spirit cleaner. Quality gloves, full body painters suit and shoe covers to prevent my clothes being destroyed and plastic painters sheets on all work surfaces. When they say keep a wet edge... yes once it dries and the metallic settles you will see where you let spots dry before continuing and refrain from correcting mistakes as they might make bigger mistakes. So plan on devoting most of a day to laying out the material. I also bought bug killer and deet bug spray to try and deter bugs from wandering in.

It's good for the first time, the best part is to play with the roller on different/crazy directions

Awesome work, enjoy your videos

I’m proud of you, son.

Well done dude!

Awesome job man🤙🏻

Awesome SRT

I absolutely LOVE your Charger!!!!!

My dude had the Rona in November 💀

16:50 you say that is the non slip additive... if your kits is like mine. That is the concrete etching mix that is supposed to go on the concrete prior to the install to allow the poly to adhere and penetrate the floor better. Being that you ground the surface you should be okay though. Either way, looks great and I hop it holds up well!!

AWESOME TIPS, THANK YOU!!!!!

Aloha!!!!! Dope video brother 🤙🏽

Fantastic outcome!!! Hurt my soul when the fries fell out that bag! Keep it up though!

Just to be on the safe side. I would add a louvered door on the water heater closet. Floor looks great!

Great video! Great recommendsNn

Hey I see that it’s been a year since you posted this video. I want to do the same thing in my one single, 400 square feet garage. How is it holding up for you?

Braddah Chad......Freaken Awesome!🤙🤙🤙🤙🤙from Hawaii

I use squeegees and I wear reusable epoxy kleets so I can walk on the floor as I apply the product

Subscribe after the best intro I've seen

Nice job. I did the gray with black, silver and white chips. I did 1 coat with just the "apoxy", then a day later a second coat. You're right, my 2nd clar made a difference. I also cleared over it all. The solid color kits with chips come with black foam rollers and they are sh*t too. It unraveled and chucks started coming off. I picked up most of it, what I could. The chips hide the rest. I bought a couple Purdee 1/4" nap rollers for polyurethane and smooth surfaces and that worked pretty well.

Looks killer Chad!!

Another video I saw, the guy used painters tape to wrap the rollers completely that way it took off any extra fibers that are loose. Also you’ll want a clear coat . The guy also used metal cleats while laying the expoxy to avoid prints. Also having your dad mix when you’re almost done with the one mix is helpful in keeping the epoxy edge from drying

I'm honestly glad you've happy. I'm guess going dark is a huge mistake.

What if you had patched before the grinder. Seems like the cracks would be less noticeable

You can use a stucco roller for exterior use. From ppg

Cherreh brah🤙🏽

Very good looking floor!! What year charger is that btw lol I luv it !

A trick I used when I painted and coated with FBE was to take blue painters tape and cover the roller then immediately pull the tape off. This helped with the fuzzies in the paint and epoxy. It didn't get rid of everything but a good chunk of the problem was gone.

Nice silver, try acid wash, rinse with water pressure, let dry. Mix 2-3 colors with 2-car garage I used total 6 kits. Mix each color in 5gal buckets with speed bit then hustle fast cover fast, use a large squeegee swirl your colors using a foam roller to finish the design. Started in-home 1000sq ft area sets up nice with heat lamps..Again, hustle fast before it sets up..Not bad for single color first time. I did use cleats inside only to strip tape and touch up.

Awesome video, thanks for the tips because I'm about to do my garage that is the same size. Did anyone ever let you know about a better roller to use? Please let me know.

Those bags you tossed out were the etching to scrub the floor 🤣🤣🤣

Don’t use just one roller. Instead use one per kit because they become saturated and begin drying pulling the roller apart. If you keep using new per kit you will avoid this issue.

Well the best roller are wooster 1/4in epoxy ones but these kits say to use 1/2in either way use an epoxy roller. theres always the squeegee method. its better to do a 2 coat system days apart

What did that cost you to do as far as materials alone??? How much time do you think you have and that was your garage pretty clean to begin with

What year is your truck and what suspension/ wheel tire upgrades have you done??

Also tape up the hole roller first will help pull off most the loose pieces.

White Dove roller cover is what you should have used. I think Purdy makes them

Should of used a diamabrush floor surfacer, I wonder how that would work with Maine winters with all the calcium chloride they use on the roads?

No clear coat man? Thats real important

I think a pro tip for all the spots you mentioned could be resolved with a base coat of paint before you applied the epoxy. But it does look nice good job. And I am not a pro just a regular guy lol...

Might want to cut a vent in the top And bottom of the water heater door.

12:37 You probably had Covid-19... Bitchin' floors dude! Congrats! that is on my to-do list!

Looks good. What made you choose Epoxy that is prone to failure and hot tire pickup vs SwissTrax or Racedeck garage floor tile systems? I’m evaluating my own garage. The tile systems are a bit more expensive, but less prep, allow for drainage and cleaning, and you can get some awesome designs & colors.

3:40 that respirator ins't doing much without the filters attached... LMAO

Has anything had luck applying in 50* temps? Is that too cool???

never saw which roller would work out best with this product, or at least not seeing the pin, and from plenty others who have done this get the bubbles forming in the epoxy, would it help to use a weed burning torch over it to pop the bubbles before it cures to prevent it

You should have looked into Stone Coat Countertops for professional floor epoxy. Also you should have bondoed the seam...and got a floor sander. You'd have been money ahead.

Damn this is why you leave this type of floors to the professionals.

Is it suitable for external floor or floor subject to heat and direct sunlight.

Now, the walls and ceiling need a treatment!

What color did you use on those awesome looking garage doors?

Clear coat will help a lot !!!

What is better the Rocksolid or the epoxyshield? im not sure which one to get

You need a exopy grade roller, any other sleeves used means sadly the hairs pull off. As the epoxy cures it pulls the sleeve apart.

Careful when the floor gets wets without that non-slip stuff on the floor. we had it put on our floors, and even with it the floor can be a little tricky sometimes. Floor came out great for a DIY project!

Need that valspar 1/2 roller

The garage looks amazing that turned out great. Maybe The roller disintegrated because you only used one for the full 7 And a 1/2 kicks And it's probly not built for that many passes. I'm not a professional the death still turned out great

Nice charger I have a 2018 daytona 392 ..

How can a floor like that looks great when he has so many issues. I would repaint it and try not to put no circular motions in the floor

Epic so floor

Did you ever consider using all of the rollers? Perhaps the one fell apart because it was over used

Since you finsih the project have you had any issues with tire marks or hot tire lifting or damaging the floors?

Can u post a link to this product all I find it in is brilliant blue

Silver bullet is my favorite color too! I’m going to do my garage with i same. How did you save your floors? Did you use that little Orbiter for all the floor or just the patches !?

Excellent turnout, too bad the kit didnt recommend a solid prime coat first, and to Deshed the rollor Naps. But great turnout regardless. 👍

Epoxy grade rollers only, plus as a novice, you were moving to slow, agree with you on additive, tears up mops, etc...

One roller per kit. Switch the roller out each time you mix up a new kit.

How is this stuff holding up over time?

What headlights are those on your truck?

I used this stuff on a bathroom floor. Looks great and is a bit on the slippery side, but not terrible. That being said, the only reason I ever considered it is because I got it for free. Apparently the reviews online have been so bad that Rustoleum worked with Lowe's to distribute free product to get people to write better reviews on it to counteract the bad ones out there. They did this by sending FOUR kits to folks for a two car garage, ensuring you had more than enough to use. I don't know, but I would be curious if this guy got these kits for free, because 9 kits is way overkill for what they recommend, and at $169 each, that's pushing $2K with tax for that many kits. And at that kind of cost around here you can have professionals come do your garage with pro grade materials. Anyway, I only needed one kit for a super thick coat on a guest bathroom floor and am happy enough with the result. If you use the acid etch on your concrete, ensure you get EVERY last bit of it off before starting or you'll end up with bubble pits in your final finish.

How long does it last though?💁

How many sq feet is your garage?

How’s it holding up?

How has it held up after a year?

You life in Prosper/McKinney?

The addition of the non slips have some pros and son cons, we you put on the floor you are going to lose the mirror finish of the floor, some clients prefer the look, some clients prefer the safety

I think your floor turned out pretty good all things considered, but definitely some big mistakes in the process, the 5 MAIN issues one of which you already have realized which is #1 your ROLLERS, you should have used Mohair rollers or a more quality roller, THEN de-shed the roller AND change the roller out more often, also you should move your material first, a magic trowel or sqeegee when applied, then use your roller, preparation when doing Epoxy along with the right material and tools is key! #2 Diamond Grind your concrete, light sanding will not cut it. Prepping the floor the correct way is essential for a long lasting problem free floor. Grinding does a couple of things it insures that you have removed anything from the surface that isn't concrete, sealers, paint, drywall mud ect... You get the picture and it opens the pours of the concrete to allow the material to wick down into the pours of the concrete which helps strengthin the bond between your concrete and your Epoxy coating. #3 A better quality product and a 2 part product mixed vat a 2 to 1 ratio. #4 you should have applied a Base coat of epoxy first, then within a 24hr window came back with your money coat. #5 You NEED a Top coat over the Epoxy, I use a water based urethane, it goes on milky and thin but dries glossy and clear, a Top Coat is a MUST HAVE to protect the Epoxy from Ambering (yellowing out), and urethane is tuff as nails. BUT it should be applied with a 24hour time frame, you can however still give it a coat you just need to lightly sand your entire floor first. I recommend 2 coats of of Urethane. Other than that some other miner mistakes, but ya don't know what ya don't know. Pro Tip for ya: If it we're me, I'd go back in, sand down the entire floor which will also eliminate all your roller junk (that's a plus) 👍, use about 6 mohair rollers 3 rollers per coat, (2 coats) get some football cleats so you can step into your urethane because you will need to crosshatch your urethane and sometimes you have to step into it, work in small 10x10 blocks as you work the floor, and you need to use a paint tray to dip and roll your urethane...other than that your floor looks nice! Hope that helps, if you have any questions hit me up!

Should have wet the brushes before using. Also use a primer underneath next time.

did u apply primer coat?

I was wondering what bu was picking up