Learn How To Prep Concrete Floors Like The Pros For Metallic Epoxy Install | Start To Finish

What temperature is good to pour Epoxy

This isnt how i would have done it.

Is this the same process with new construction?

Thx for sharing 😀

What is the power source you are using? Homeowners or a generator?

You talked about how you find companies that will do the concrete for your team. What are common websites that you recommend to find subs for concrete prep? Thanks for the content!

Looking for the next video on this garage getting the epoxy? I can find others, but not this one with all the details covered in depth. Link, or title, plz?

Thank you so much for this video 🙏🏽👍🏽. This is exactly what I was looking for.

Great video, but a note on dust control. A shop vac isn’t adequate to pull dust from even a small hand grinder. You need either a pre separator or a pulsing filter cleaner. You also need to pull 25 cfm for every inch of wheel size, that means 175 cfm or greater for a 7” wheel. They make high cfm, small shop vac style vacuums with auto thumpers that pulse the filter. A bagger vacuum like you are using is even better since it separates, pulses, and bags the dust which limits your exposure. Rental places that rent grinders will also rent these vacuums, it’s important to get the right one or it will clog up very quickly and release dangerous levels of dust.

How are you filling the floor/wall joint?

How heavy is the shop blaster? Can I use this on a bare concrete slab on outside of house that will be used as a "patio"? Not very smooth. Need to smooth out the slab as the concrete pourer did a P___ Poor job of leveling/smoothing the slab. Since I would not be using epoxy could I use power washer when finished? Or is this equipment not the right one to smooth out bare concrete?

Which type of blade did you use on that had held grinder? how many segments.

thank you so much for this. I bought the shroud at HD, put it on my rigid 7" grinder, had to use the spacers to keep the cup from melting the shroud, but then the bristles on the shroud would fold into the grinding surface. That tape skirt is the trick plus comparing how much your 7" removes makes me feel better about my grinder. Again. Thank you

Wonderful. Another video showing some guy advertising tools, while working on a floor that already looks perfect.

the shot blaster is cool, but good luck finding one. Here in north Atlanta, they don't rent them and if they did, they'd be over $500 per day

My local Sunbelt rents out that very shot blaster for FIVE HUNDRED per day, 500/d, 1000/wk, 2000/mo. The same rates as a mini-excavator! I get it, kind of. Both save you a lot of time.

Shot blast rental is $315 a day for me where I live vs $180 for the EDCO Concrete Grinder 10"

Do you have a best tip to remove paint from a basement floor? I would like to remove and reapply something more industrial as previous home owner I think just used cheap stuff. Thanks!

What are my manual options if I can't rent a scrubber?

What do you do if the concrete floor for a shop keeps having dust on it after scrubbing and mopping and blowing

great video. But how do you power supply all this powerful machines. I did not see any generators. Thank you

Why do you use a hand grinder for the stress lines?

Thank you so much for doing this video! Saved me so much time trying to understand what I need

Doesn't look like a diy job

How deep should the channel near the front be be ? Thanks.

instead of tape for tracing, mark the door with tape, mark 1/2" in with a marker. Then snap a chaulk line

what brand is that 7 inch diamond cup wheel?

Is that makita variable speed

Quit calling it cement 😂

Great video, information and tips...appreciate it very much and hope to be able to do my floor this summer. My 36x30 (1080 sf) garage floor has 3- 6"x48" floor drains mid floor. The floor drains are 2" below the outside walls. Will this present a problem with the epoxy wanting to slowly flow towards the floor drains before it sets up? When I power wash, the water will slowly run towards the drains. Thank you

Does anyone else get the impression he's a salesman by day making install videos but never installed

What do you do for the corners since the grinding wheel is round?

What if is on 2nd or 3rd flor apartment and there is no elevator? This equipment is to heavy to take it up the stairs

Man that tattoo is tight.

ok stopped watching after no guard on grinder, ty mr diy

eeek no guard on grinder

I love watching your videos. We are in constant leaning stage. I have been doing floors for a couple decades, and I am still learning, lol. Nice part about cutting grove into the concrete at the door.

Makes no sense to edge grind before surface grinding. You end up wasting energy and time hand grinding concrete that the surface grinder can do. Also could miss a spot that the surface grinder couldn’t get to, making you have to set up you hand grinder up again. Not a fan of “double work”

Is a self level concrete a good profile for epoxy floors

Does anyone else feel like this guy is just remembering things from a book he read in Junior high, and has never actually done any of the work himself?

Can one grind or prep a floor with tiles in it?

What size is that makita angel grinder?

Could you use just a pressure washer or mop instead of the floor scrubber like the one in the video, if you don't have access to a floor scrubber (or don't want to pay money to rent one)?

Man...I was smiling when I saw you were able to just sweep up the beads and reuse them.

Very nice video, I used the hand grinder but my poor skill creates lost of gouges some seem a bit deep. Would it be visible after applying epoxy coating using a roller?

What kind of bag are you talking about to reduce clogging in rigid vac? I use the angle grinder but the vac is just don't have enough suction power.

Great job

What did you put in the control joints?

Awesome video. Do you think a floor sander with a heavy grit pad by 3m would be enough to prep the concrete?

To those looking to under take this kind project please remember to use the proper personal protective equipment because doing this kind of work does pose associated health risks. Cement contains silica which typically effects lungs,