@@ArtisanDesignConcepts This channel is amazing. I asked another RU-vidr's channel if I could paint by hand on the tiles and cover them with epoxy, which no one had done, but no one answered, so I made the mistake of turning the floor yellow. I wish I had known about it earlier. It's a good channel.
Looks beautiful! We have a shop in Lake Tahoe and are brainstorming this. Do you have an approximate what materials would cost for me to try this? And about how long it would take? You’ve inspired me!😎
900sqft your going to want to go about 60sqft per gallon of metallic epoxy clear with added pigment to cover the floor. You can stretch honestly depending on how much pigment you add and the primer you put over wood. No for prep you will either have to remove the wood and go bare concrete (I would do it’s safer) grind the concrete, patch the concrete grind the patch work if your not using an epoxy based hardner that you can flatten smooth with a putty knife so there’s no high spots in the floor . If going over wood you have to patch everything, crack, joint, and nail hole. Then add your primer coat (primarily the main color your floor is going to be. I’d say double prime if your going over the wood just in case there are any cracks you didn’t see or if the primer soaks into the wood. Let dry for 24hr (my preference). Sand the primer coat clean off any dust possible with a micro fiber mop and denatured alcohol. Please make sure there’s no dust. Put down your metallic coat, let that dry for 48 hours depending on how hard the floor is then sand with 100grit sandpaper , fiber mop it with denatured remove all the dust then put a polyurethane topcoat or Polyaspartic let dry for 48hrs for full use 24hrs for walking. Ps deshed any roller that you use during any process have fun
That day I was wearing metal baseball cleats but I mostly wear spike shoes made for epoxy that have a bit more grip. Almost fell on my butt a few times on this floor in those shoes! Didn't include that on the video lol
That was an old epoxy floor at a friend's office that he wanted me to pour over for fun. So we did an abrasive sanding and recoated. Typically we would not go over an existing coating. We would grind it off and start with profiled concrete. This was more for fun.
This was a really small room and I was in and out pretty quick so wasn't too concerned. For anything larger we would wear respirators and for topcoats, we always wear respirators! I also wear medical scrubs on my legs and arm sleeves as I am highly allergic to epoxy. So yes I definitely wear PPE!
It really depends on what’s needed. Demo of existing surfaces, the condition of the concrete underneath, square footage, etc…. We bid each project independently based on time and materials.
There are spiked shoe coverings which allow you to walk on the wet epoxy. She’s probably wearing cleats in this video, so it’s basically the same thing.
This was different- it was done over old epoxy at a class, but typically we would grind the existing substrate to a CSP2 with a commercial diamond grinder, fill all cracks with a polyurea, clean, MVB, two coats primer and then color and topcoat.
It really depends on each job. We don't just "based on square footage because every job is different. For instance, grinding 2000 ft.² and one big open room would take less time than grinding that same square footage with a whole bunch of small rooms and hallways.
@@ArtisanDesignConcepts Lol. Well I was thinking of floating on my broomstick but I guess the spike shoes will do? It still seems like that would leave marks. But idk, this looks great and I don't see any marks.
@@MalikaRa777 lol!! It would be fun to hover over for sure!! The epoxy levels out and as long as you don’t go back to a spot too late, it won’t show. We also use a big torch to walk ourselves out of a room and the heat helps move the epoxy a bit and covers the spike marks.
Fortunately you don't speak for anyone but yourself and don't represent me. Your level of disrespect and presumptuousness is all you. I liked it all and the final result was just fine.
