My 20+ year old garage floor got a facelift

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Before moving in to our new home I wanted to coat my 3-car garage (750 sq. ft) with an epoxy coating. It seems like there are so many options out there it can be hard to choose which system is right for you. I did a ton of research and always seemed to keep coming back to Leggari. In this video I apply a flake epoxy floor coating in my garage using all Leggari products.
In the world of epoxy coatings there is a wide spectrum of quality available. At my last house I applied a "low cost" epoxy solution that I bought online. This Rustoleum Professional series promised "industrial strength" but I quickly found out that wasn't the case. The coating went on very thin and in one of my garages the finish was not great. Although I didn't drive on these floors I could see that it wouldn't take much to start destroying my coating.
For my new house, I wanted to make sure I was putting on a quality product. Leggari epoxy resins are 100% solids and incorporate a lot of layers which ultimately yield a very strong floor. The products are quite a bit more money than the cheap store bought stuff...but it's worth it. You really do get what you pay for. Big thanks to Leggari for supporting the DIY community!
Leggari Website: leggari.com/floors/epoxy-floo...
Leggari KZbin Channel: / leggari
Leggari Garage Floor with Chips Tutorial: • Concrete Garage Coated...
Specific coating products I used for my 750 sq ft Garage:
Leggari WB Primer (black) - [(2x) 1.5 gallon kits]
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Leggari Metallic Epoxy Resin (clear) - [(6x) 3 gallon kits, 2x (1.5) gallon kits]
leggari.com/product/metallic-...
Leggari WB Urethane (matte) - [(2x) 1 Gallon kits]
leggari.com/product/wb-uretha...
Floor Flakes (B-414 Color) - [(1.5x) 25lb box]
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Supplies I used to finish my floor (affiliate links help support the channel!):
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Tools:
Concrete Shot Blaster - (rented)
4-1/2" Diamond Wheel - amzn.to/3hUkGXm
Cordless Rigid Angle Grinder - homedepot.sjv.io/mQrD1
Cordless Rigid Leaf Blower - homedepot.sjv.io/qPkeL
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[@michaelwied4034]

One of the many things that makes this channel great is how open you are about cost of materials, sponsored content, what sponsors paid for, income from the channel. I wish more KZbiners were like this.

[@michaelkopysh1429]

Straight shooter for sure.

[@theclassicalcraftsman]

The thing keeping me from doing this in my garage isn’t the cost, it’s emptying my garage and keeping it empty for a week.

[@snofire9119]

The company that will be doing mine only needs 1 day to do it and roughly 24hrs before putting stuff back.

[@havox112]

@@snofire9119 not gonna lie the fact that someone can do it in a day and all you gotta do is move the stuff out almost seems worth the cost of getting it professionally done

[@snofire9119]

@@havox112 it is worth it. I had a company do it and watched the whole process..

[@rock4600]

I just had my garage professionally epoxy resined. I had to take everything out of my garage for 2 weeks.. It took one week to apply the epoxy. 5 coats in total.. 1 base coat 2 top coats with flakes and 2 polyurethane sealer coats.. The guy in this video absolutely did not do it properly and his floor will not last 20 plus years like it should. It took 1 week to complete the job and you need to wait another 1 week for the epoxy to cure to 100 percent.

[@tanyakauffman311]

This right here!! 👍

[@scioli700]

I love Legarri's KZbin page! Their epoxy pours are amazing to watch and learn from. Been a subscriber of them for a while. Your floor definitely looks a lot better than the kits you buy in the big box stores.

[@ConcreteFloorSolutions]

Nice job on your floor. You did a great job explaining the actual amount of work involved. Most people don’t understand this and cringe when you tell them how much a floor costs installed professionally. I’m also glad you broke down the actual cost of professional epoxy (100% solids) as opposed to big box store epoxy. (There is a difference). Keep up the good work. Looking forward to the next video.

[@justinblanchard1142]

This is awesome. I’m in the middle of building my house and a 3 car garage. I may do this when it’s finished to prevent having to do the shop blaster part lol

[@LBox0]

"Which, you know... is neat." Laughed. My favorite term for those type of situations is, "Well, that's novel." This is an excellent step-by-step. I've done, and seen, concrete "paintable" coatings and they flake off as soon as water finds a pin hole OR if the concrete is porous enough to bubble from underneath. The prep, the primer and the top coat had me nodding and pointing at the screen the whole time. Great video!

[@chronosynth]

Your videos are the reason I created a KZbin account. Just so I could subscribe to your content. It's amazing to see how far your channel has come. You rock and keep driving for shop greatness!

[@AM1015-]

appreciate your transparency

[@briancollins2230]

I have been waiting for you to do another video, this was not a let down. I just did the floors in my employeers shop it worked out amazing. Looking forward to your next DIY

[@andresjose625]

Looking on epoxy the garage floor on a house we are soon to acquire and came across this video. I really appreciate the fact that you did a price breakdown including things that we do not have, for example the floor scraping machine.

[@odarkthirtywoodworks3543]

I have always love watching your videos and following your advancement in your search for shop greatness!! As always your content is precise and to the point!! Thank you

[@mikeh4924]

Great job! I opted for the 2x2 cushion squares, for various reasons. Can't wait to see what else you have in store for us!

[@wolfwoodworkingcreations4321]

Nice job explaining the entire process. Glad you're back and doing videos.

[@jajablonsky]

Great job Travis. Congratulations on the new house. I've been looking to do the same thing in my garage/shop. Now I have another product that I can use to get the job done. Looking forward to seeing the new shop progress. Have a great day.

[@johnwaynebrooks]

I wish I had used a diamond grinder instead of the shot blaster when I did this. The glorified angle grinder shot blaster was inconsistent causing excessive pitting and took forever. Not to mention high material costs for the actual blast beads. I used rustoleum instead of leggari in a commercial bar environment and it worked great with the only wear spot being where the crappy dishwasher was always drug out for service. Good tips all in all though, you should be happy with that for a long time, I would like to do something similar with the addition of caulked gaps for a smooth transition from wall to floor.

[@RhinoAg]

I had our floors done in our last house and wished I had way less flakes more plain epoxy. Funny you wanted more. Different folks different strokes! Great looking floor. Thanks for the video.

[@joseph3520]

Dude. Thank you so much. I watched this over and over for months. Finally did it and I am loving how my floor came out! I was super hesitant and then I decided to do it.

[@Criminelsoyeux]

Hi I'm in the same boat now but afraid to make a mistake. Any tips?

[@johne9341]

Great video! I paid a small fortune to have my kennel shop building done professionally and watch the entire process. Our video looked just like the pros process. I plan on doing my two car garage myself using the Leggari now that I have watched your video.

[@andrewbrown8148]

Great job, Travis~! Floor looks really good (from what I can see in the video). I'd love to finish my shop floor with a product like this~! The square footage of my pole barn shop is 1300 sq.ft., so I'll first need to fatten up my piggy bank a bit. I agree with you on the cost of putting out for a good product. My grandmother always told me, "Cheap is expensive." I later learned that she was spot on~! Thanks for sharing~!

[@justinbey3426]

Probably not going to invest in epoxy floors in the garage/shop of our current house, BUT. Just want to point out my gratitude Travis for the way you take subjects with tons of content and/or product options out there, research it all, then boil it down to a great option for us all to consider. The fact that you’re compensated (in part) for all this by picking up the sponsorship is well deserved in my book.

[@erichenao6537]

Awesome! Tell me shop lights are NEXT so that way we can see all the next projects! yeah the epoxy surfacing is always the best. Totally worth it.

[@ephraim.1964]

Floor looks AMAZING!!!! Definitely worth the investment in my opinion. 👍🏼👍🏼

[@rockymanify]

Your videos are always so informative. Always time well spent

[@Indyken]

Excellent video sir!!! You're the first I've found to establish estimated costs. Especially the time!! Really really appreciate it.

[@pauldemeules9927]

I think you did a very good job on your homework and the work its self. I had my garage floor done and I never have looked back its been 5 years and it looks like new !!

[@jadesumsion]

I’m doing it. !!!!! New house. Framing just completed. 1360 square feet of garage. It’s the best part of the house.

[@adamrbuchanan]

I used Leggari to refinish my kitchen countertops. Great product.

[@totalgaragesolutionsllc6043]

We are professional installers, and everything you described in terms of material costs is spot on, and the floor looks great for your first time! Thankfully we’re able to complete a floor in 2 days though and not a week plus 😉

[@tswilborn]

Great video! Agreed with previous comment that it is great that you keep it honest about prices and everything in general!

[@doogiemcdougster6740]

I used a similar professional grade product on my new garage 18 years ago. It STILL looks great and has had zero peeling or lifting. You get what you pay for.

[@Flexb123]

Floor looks great. I had mine done with Polyurethane, black with silver glitter and white specs. Looks really cool, and looks different depending on what kind of lighting is on it and time of day. Its kinda neat, with sun on it glittlers blue, green and purple almost, can see it from the street if garage door is opn. Only thing was the joints are still showing a bit and was supposed to be a seamless floor. But it looks so good to me I don't even mind that much.

[@ronnietucker683]

nice job I'm excited to see the new shop come together

[@mJlReplicanT001]

That is a lot of work plus videotaping for one person. Impressive, well done

[@avgFloridian]

Looks nice dude. I went with a much cheaper option, and still broke the bank in the process (probably 2.5 times your area). I did mine a few years ago now but it still looks great. I was recommended what I got from a friend who worked at a marina. He said it holds up to the weather here, and all the caustic fluids they could throw at it, and I believe him. What you used is MUCH nicer though. No regrets for what I used, but I'd have definitely upgraded to this stuff if I could.

[@withJordanFrank]

Daaaamn that's a lot of work, but it looks like it paid off. Great overview of how to do it. Excited to see what you do with all this space!

[@Tennissoccergolfski]

Pretty much answered all my questions

[@poochscarcorral9660]

I would have suggested taking the time to fill the expansion joints. Will make moving around the shop way easier and look cleaner in the long run

[@djmarc]

Great video.....love your humor and simple approach to DIY!! Keep the videos coming.

[@shinigamilee5915]

I ended up spending thousands of dollars on my garage and I have no idea how long it took. Mine has a grade at the last 1/3 but I ended up using a copper metallic and grey charcoal that looks amazing in the sunlight. I also put in dimmable LED's that makes my garage look like a show room. I wish I had cut the end like you did where the garage door goes down because the sun light and heat are really hard on the epoxy. It is so easy to clean, I can't tell you how beautiful the floor is when you are done. It was worth every penny and I would do it again.

[@jdmnizmo]

Glad this video popped up. Been watching a ton on the rustolium stuff and was kinda turned off by it. This product looks a lot better and isn't really that much more cost wise. Definitely gonna do this when we get into our new home in 6 months!

[@homeontherange4867]

Congrats on the sub list, and your sponsorship. I love this channel. Wish I would have seen something like this before using the cheaper materials when epoxying our garage.

[@c10seth]

Very helpful! Thank you. I'm buying a house as a new build and I would like to do the garage floor before I even move in, so the concrete will be brand new.

[@pensive69]

Beautiful job. A firm in our area will do the shot blast but not the chemical etch. Their reasoning is to avoid any added moisture or organic agents added to the blasted. dry concrete floor surfaces.

[@MrBillCNW]

The floor looks great thank you for sharing

[@jimwiskus8862]

excellent job! I think finding the shot machine could be a challenge. I'll have to look into that. Can't wait to see your garage done!

[@CraigGatza]

just built my 24x24 and I'm going with these guys soon as i get my heat pump installed to keep a consistent temp.

[@DJJs635]

Legarri is amazing!! I’m planning on using lagarri as well when our home is done being built.

[@andy-in-indy]

Always opt for the traction enhancement - epoxy floors get really slippery with any dust, water, or oil on them! We did an 1,100 room with an epoxy floor at our makerspace. We did not do the same prep work, because the floor had carpet glued to the tile at one point and all that was left was the glue. It took us 2 weeks with scrapers, solvents and finally a motorized wire brush machine that we borrowed (and broke and had to fix in order to finish) to clean the floor. We used epoxy paint from a local paint company without a primer, chips or topcoat. We cut the epoxy paint with 50% Xylene by volume to make it go down easily with rollers, but that really lengthened the cure time: No walking on it for 3 days, to moving furniture for a week, 3 weeks before we would be able to move in heavy workbenches or machines without risking damage. Two coats went down in two days (paint, cure, second coat). It took two people with VOC cartridges, gloves and paper socks 3 1/2 hours to coat the floor. There were no windows, so we did not opt for UV Stabilizers. We did it for $1800, including consumables (but not including the cost of the wire brush machine repair) in early 2013 but it was a lot of work. We moved out last year and the floor was still great looking despite 5+ years of maker shenanigans.

[@andy-in-indy]

By the way, I am a little jealous of how fast and easy your prep was with the shot blaster!

[@Wrought_Iron_Wolf]

I did my 500 sq ft garage with Armorpoxy 100% solids epoxy and top coat for around $800 total. Was super easy to do, just make sure to prep well and understand each step fully.

[@caseydurrans521]

Hahaha dude, you crack me up. I love how honest your videos are. Keep it up!

[@jim9520]

Thank you for the info. Great video.

[@jamesbjerkholt6804]

Awesome. Excellent presentation too.

[@techvelocity9923]

What a great job! It looks great!

[@theokayestguy9167]

Making some good humor jokes and being upfront about the process. Subscribed!

[@jerydnoblett121]

Hmmm, looks pretty good, but I think for the price, SwissTrax gives it a run for the money. Plus the ability to take it with you if you mov, is mighty attractive. Great work regardless!

[@rickcassell9613]

Just came on board , great stuff 👍 keep them coming.

[@Shakerhood69]

Looks great

[@SuperJESSE327]

Nice job bro! That turned out freakin awesome!!!

[@Watchingyou-daily]

Leggari's products are awesome.

[@BrianJKelly3244]

Great video and well done floor! I’m about to start mine with a polycuramine from Rustoleum, so we’ll see how it goes. Thanks

[@Oscar-mc8gj]

Awesome video! Thanks for posting.

[@lifeaccordingtobri]

Awesome video!! Looks like a good project for the fall/winter

[@MaleSoCal]

Thank you for a Great overview.

[@JeffreyQProductions]

Thanks for showing a transparent break down of the cost. It drives me wild when I see DIY videos and the creator leaves that out for whatever reason.

[@mwebazajimmy9670]

Thanks for the work... u really made a difference

[@jshannon5771]

ambitious project

[@fatherandsonwoodshop8353]

Looks great! Nice job!

[@judgintransportation6465]

Jan 4th 2022 Bless you, man. you saved me $1750 just in less than 10 minutes. Appreciate thank you.

[@devindiep919]

Just a tip brother, blue tape works best on trims and other painted our stained materials, the white tape is much stronger which is why some paint was removed from the trim but this was a great tutorial and it truly was helpful. Keep it up!

[@RealitySurvival]

Nice work!

[@RLLWoodworks]

Nice video Travis. You always do a great product demo and review. I already bought the same Graco gun you have after your review and this might need to be next!

[@tootallc6335]

Awesome video, man. Very informative. Floor looks great. Thank you.

[@MrJohnsonx3]

I've never done an epoxy floor costing but id imagine one of those hand spun lawn fertilizer spreader could help get more even flake spread

[@SilverWolf177]

Nice idea!!

[@HickLif3]

3:30 That's why you wear jeans when working lol. It'll give you at least a little protection

[@aaronmudge4537]

I’ve wanting to do this for awhile.

[@joseglez4741]

good job and good break down of the process and cost that way the costumer know that not being rip off by the contractors and paid for the sytems

[@mplussant]

Great, great project...always interesting,...always well presented...kudos...

[@samtheman0876534]

Turned out great👍

[@chefls1]

Great video man! Thanks for sharing 👍

[@manicmaker52]

Cool project..

[@markvasiloff2217]

Job well done 👍.

[@diycentral]

We've epoxied a few floors over the years and after the first one I quickly learned that using a traction additive is a must. The first floor was like an ice rink whenever you had any moisture on the bottom of your shoes. I'm personally not into flakes because I like super clean looking shop floors so I'm not sure if they add sufficient traction to pass on that step 🤔

[@CrabCracker]

Over time micro scratches be your reactions or use aluminum oxide smallest size you can get.. mix in top coat and spread it out.. it's like sandpaper floor.

[@owenmullinger2264]

anti-slip is only good in times where you use no flakes. Flakes create a natural anti-slip

[@Snausages32]

Get a car mat for your garage floor, that way you aren't driving on the epoxy floor. That's what I did, and its awesome. AutoFloorGuard

[@driftowl2920]

Uhg.. yeah putting down a good and long lasting garage floor sure is a long...loooooong process, especially when it comes to prepping. Hell I did our 2 1/2 garage just a few months ago, used a 4" hand grinder on the whole surface (because I was being a stupid cheap ass... 10/10 would rent a machine if I did it again), not to mention the numerous cleans and etches. But the end result is extremely satisfying and should last a long time! No peels or anything yet :)

[@jamisontaylor878]

Nice that's how a video is done TY

[@that6.7guy30]

my 40x60 shop is being built as we spead, I know I've wanted epoxy floors from the beginning. I checked on prices and I'm about $6800 just for epoxy, obviously doing it all myself. 2022 prices suck.

[@dumdiversaspapalbull1452]

Looks good

[@peterwalker1543]

Man that’s so Awsome thinking about doing mine

[@ojbudz]

Ghost shield epoxy makes a great product. I just did a 1200sq ft shop. Looks great. Only cost 1000$

[@DaleSteadman]

Leggari is a American company, big plus!

[@paulblack5679]

Great video! Very helpful!!

[@isoceles1]

Great video! Brutally truthful! (thank you for that). I have less than no desire to undertake that project for my customer, I will thanks to you, encourage them to take the alternative, and use the professional franchised service, (not mentioning names). Too, too much for a 67 yo! Your video was very informative, you made the options crystal clear, and the only, and I mean only critique I can offer is it could have used a lot more light. Great job! Just so you know, I am a miser at giving out accolades, you have to earn them from me, and you are deserving.

[@PureMagma]

You give so much more information on this "How to video" than Leggari does on their channel. I want to give them my business but I loth "watch me work while music plays" videos that tell me nothing other than what I see them doing... It doesn't take much effort to edit a nice video, so it just seems like they don't take their business serious if they consider their music videos instructional.

[@Reject06]

subbed. glad you actually included the links because damn that extra flakes is what made me hit that subb

[@fishgutz4272]

Every video on this subject further convinced me that I will just pay a pro to do it. 😀😃😄😁😆

[@glycerine3065]

Great video, as always! For your next project, I would recommend getting rid of the pink walls! ;)

[@colleenmygatt3563]

Not pink walls - they’re beige - bad lighting

[@cedricnashley]

Great video. Very informative 👏

[@Virtualmix]

Alright I'm now convinced I should pay a contractor to do my garage.

[@lulmoewiththegimpyleg6815]

If your in the bay area.... I'm your guy 🥳

[@Virtualmix]

@@lulmoewiththegimpyleg6815 South Bay! How can I contact you to get a price for a two car garage?

[@ryancrumb1155]

Good on you man, this looks like a terrible time lol.

[@opufy]

Great video